An Selection of Importanat International Cannabis News

UK: DOWNFALL OF BIRMINGHAM DRUG DEALERS WHO ASKED AI HOW TO MAKE STRONG CANNABIS, 27 July 2026

MAJORITY OF BRITS SUPPORT CANNABIS REFORM, YOUGOV SURVEY FINDS, 21 April 2026

ACTIVISTS LAUNCH CANNABIS PILOT CAMPAIGN AT HYDE PARK 4/20, 21 April 2026

CANNABIS IN TAIWAN IN 2026: STRICT PROHIBITION, HARSH PENALTIES, AND THE REALITY BEHIND THE LAW, 22 February 2026

NETHERLANDS: CANNABIS CAFE BAN FOR TOURISTS IN AMSTERDAM BACK ON THE AGENDA, 16 February 2026

UK: RECORD 269,321 DRUG SEIZURES HIT ENGLAND AND WALES AS CANNABIS HAULS SURGE 71%, 13 February 2026

SOUTH AFRICA COULD ALLOW POSSESSION OF OVER 2,000 JOINTS-WORTH OF WEED, 6 February 2026

SWITZERLAND POISED TO SURPASS GERMANY WITH SMARTER, SCIENCE-BASED CANNABIS REFORM, 1 December 2025

MALTA, GOVERNMENT PROPOSES STRICTER CANNABIS LAWS, 10 April 2025

BRAZIL'S SUPREME COURT DECRIMINALIZES MARIJUANA POSSESSION, 9 April 2025

CANNABIS LEGALIZATION APPEARS TO BE OFF THE CHOPPING BLOCK IN GERMANY FOR NOW, 9 April 2025

NETHERLANDS: APRIL 7 MARKS FIRST DAY OF FULLY-LEGAL SUPPLY CHAIN, 7 April 2025

UK: GOVERNMENTT REJECTS CALL TO LIBERALISE CANNABIS LAWS, 28 March 2025

DOMINICA TO LEGALIZE PRODUCTION OF CANNABIS BYPRODUCTS BY END OF 2025 , 20 March 2025

AUSTRALIA: AUTOMATIC LICENCE BANS FOR CANNABIS-USING DRIVERS TO BE DROPPED IN VICTORIA , 1 March 2025

MEDICAL CANNABIS DOSING DOESN'T NEGATIVELY IMPACT DRIVING PERFORMANCE IN EXPERIENCED PATIENTS, 27 Feb 2025

WHAT DOES THE CONSERVATIVE WIN MEAN FOR LEGAL CANNABIS IN GERMANY? 26 Feb 2025

ITALY, FRANCE AND SPAIN ARE THE EU COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST CANNABIS USE, 25 Feb 2025

UK REPORT ON MEDICAL USE OF CANNABIS, 29 Jan 2025

HAWAII GOVERNOR PROTECTS MEDICAL MARIJUANA CAREGIVERS WITH EXECUTIVE ORDER, 2 Jan 2025

JAPAN CRIMINALIZES CANNABIS USE AS REVISED LAWS TAKE EFFECT, 15 Dec 2024

WAR ON DRUGS HAS FAILED SAYS UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF, 10 Dec 2024

IS WEED STILL LEGAL IN THAILAND? HERE'S WHAT TOURISTS NEED TO KNOW AS GOVERNMENT U-TURNS, 7 Nov 2024

CZECH GOVERNMENT PROPOSES TO EASE CANNABIS RULES, 23 Sept 2024

LONG-TERM MEDICAL CANNABIS USE HAS NO SIGNIFICANT HARMFUL EFFECTS ON MEMORY OR IMPULSE CONTROL, 23 Sept 2024

SWISS CANNABIS PILOT SHOWING 'POSITIVE RESULTS' AFTER FIRST YEAR, 20 Sept 2024

CZECH REPUBLIC CONSIDERS FULL CANNABIS LEGALIZATION WITH POTENTIAL $2.4 BILLION ECONOMIC BOOST, 18 Sept 2024

UK: GARY YOUDS IS BACK IN BUSINESS BUT WILL THE CANNABIS KING STAY ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW, 14 Aug 2024

CANNABIS DECRIMINALISATION NOT LINKED TO RISE IN PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS, 16 Jun 2024

NEW LAWS FOR CANNABIS IN SOUTH AFRICA, 30 May 2024

MALAYSIA: EX-ODD JOB WORKER GETS 30 YEARS FOR TRAFFICKING IN 245KG OF CANNABIS, 26 JUNE 2024

SOUTH AFRICA LEGALISES CANNABIS USE. WILL THE REST OF AFRICA FOLLOW? 10 JUNE 2024

AUSTRALIA: SENATE REPORT REJECTS PROPOSED LAWS TO LEGALISE RECREATIONAL CANNABIS USE, 3 JUNE 2024

SINGAPORE MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR 4.5KG OF CANNABIS HE SAID WAS FOR RESEARCH, 13 APRIL 2024

MALAYSIA: EX-VARSITY STUDENT GETS 30 YEARS JAIL, WHIPPING FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS: DAILY EXPRESS, 24 MARCH 2024

GERMANY LEGALISES POSSESSION OF DRUG FOR PERSONAL USE: 23 Feb 2024

SOUTH AFRICA IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO LEGALIZING CANNABIS FOR PERSONAL USE: 17 Nov 2023

ALBANIA LEGALIZES CANNABIS FOR MEDICAL AND INDUSTRIAL USE: 25 July 2023

US: RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS NOW LEGAL IN MARYLAND{ 1 July 2023

LUXEMBOURG PARLIAMENT VOTES TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA POSSESSION AND CULTIVATION: 28 June 2023

SINGAPORE HANGS 2ND CITIZEN IN 3 WEEKS FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS DESPITE CALLS TO HALT EXECUTIONS: 17 May 2023

CZECH REPUBLIC PLANS TO LEGALIZE CANNABIS IN COORDINATION WITH GERMANY, 6 November 2022

SOUTH AFRICA: CHILDREN CAN NO LONGER BE ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF CANNABIS, 30 Sept 2022

SWITZERLAND FULLY LEGALIZES MEDICAL CANNABIS AND ALLOWS EXPORT, 27 July 2022

BRAZIL COURT APPROVES HOME GROWN CANNABIS FOR MEDICAL USE, 15 June 2022

UKRAINE MAY LEGALIZE MEDICAL CANNABIS, 8 June 2022

UK: LONDON DRUGS COMMISSION TO LOOK AT LEGALISING CANNABIS, 12 May 2022

MOROCCO: THREE PROVINCES SELECTED TO GROW CANNABIS LEGALLY, 4 May 2022

ISRAEL SET TO LEGALIZE CANNABIS, 9 Frb 2022

UK: STARMER AGAINST CHANGING DRUG LAWS AS LONDON CONSIDERS REDUCING CANNABIS ARRESTS, 4 Jan 2022

MALTA TO LEGALISE CANNABIS IN EU FIRST, 14 Dec 2021

UAE EASES HARSH DRUG LAWS, RELAXING RESTRICTIONS ON CANNABIS CHEMICALS, 29 Nov 2021

THAILAND ESTABLISHES THE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CANNABIS RESEARCH CENTER, 22 Nov 2021

SRI LANKAN LAWMAKER WANTS TO LEGALIZE CANNABIS CULTIVATION, 17 Nov 2021

MALAYSIA ALLOWS CANNABIS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES AS LONG AS IT PASSES REGULATIONS, 10 Nov 2021

GUERNSEY STATES SET TO DEBATE CANNABIS LEGALISATION, 2 Nov 2021

LUXEMBOURG LEGALIZES GROWING CANNABIS IN EU FIRST, 22 Oct 2021

DRIVING AND CANNABIS - THE FACTS: A REPORT FROM SEED OUR FUTURE, 13 Oct 2021

SWITZERLAND: ZURICH'S RECREATIONAL CANNABIS TRIAL TO START NEXT YEAR, 15 Sept 2021

ITALY DECRIMINALISES RECREATIONAL CANNABIS AND LEGALISES HOME CULTIVATION, 9 Sept 2021

ZIMBABWE LICENSES 57 CANNABIS PRODUCERS AS IT EYES EXPORT MARKET, 5 Sept 2021

UK: BOTH TEST CASES SUCCESSFUL FOR POSSESSION OF 1 AND 6 OUNCES, JULY 2021

THE 2021 GUIDE TO CANNABIS LAWS AROUND THE WORLD, JULY 2021

TRANSCRIPT OF HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATE ON MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT, 17 June 2021

MALTA WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO GROW UP TO FOUR CANNABIS PLANTS IN MAJOR WEED REFORM: March 30 2021

INDIA: HIMACHAL PRADESH IS LEGALISING CANNABIS CULTIVATION FOR MEDICINAL, INDUSTRIAL USE: May 23 2021

MOROCCAN CABINET APPROVES MEDICAL CANNABIS LEGALISATION: May 12 2021

PRO-CANNABIS GROUP IN THE UK INITIATES HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGE AGAINST BRITISH GOVERNMENT: Mar 2021

MEXICO TO JOIN THE CLUB OF COUNTRIES THAT DECRIMINALIZE CANNABIS: Mar 11 2021

ICELANDIC GOVERNMENT PROPOSES DRUG DECRIMINALISATION: Jan 21 2021

ISRAEL MAY SOON LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL CANNABIS: Dec 22 2020

UNITED NATIONS APPROVES WHO RECOMMENDATION TO RESCHEDULE CANNABIS IN HISTORIC VOTE: December 2 2020

MACEDONIA WILL LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL CANNABIS: November 21 2020

FRENCH MPS HIT OUT AGAINST PROPOSED LEGALISATION OF CANNABIS: October 6 2020

ALBANIA, ONCE HAVEN OF ILLICIT CANNABIS, SET TO LEGALISE CROP FOR MEDICAL USE: May 13 2020

BERMUDA: CANNABIS CONVICTIONS COULD BE EXPUNGED: May 12 2020

INDONESIA: ACEH MAY LEGALISE CANNABIS: February 4 2020

ITALY COURT RULES HOME-GROWING CANNABIS IS LEGAL, REIGNITING DISPUTE : December 27 2019

LESOTHO: A TINY AFRICAN KINGDOM WANTS TO EXPORT ITS CANNABIS TO THE WORLD: December 20 2019

FINLAND: INTERIOR MINISTER VOICES HER SUPPORT FOR CANNABIS LAW CHANGES: October 30 2019

LUXEMBURG: RECREATIONAL CANNABIS TO BE INTENDED FOR LUXEMBOURG RESIDENTS ONLY: September 1 2019

US: NEW MEXICO HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE ADULT USE CANNABIS: March 8 2019

HAWAII: JUDICIARY COMMITTEE VOTES TO DECRIMINALIZE ADULT-USE OF CANNABIS: February 27 2019

US: ALASKA POISED TO BECOME FIRST STATE TO ALLOW ON-SITE CANNABIS CONSUMPTION: December 20 2018

SOUTH KOREA APPROVES MEDICAL MARIJUANA: December 12 2018

MEXICO'S SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN CANNABIS PROHIBITION: October 31 2018

CANNABIS BECOMES LEGAL IN CANADA: October 17 2018

SOUTH AFRICA: DAGGA IS NOW LEGAL IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR PRIVATE USE, RULES CONCOURT: September 18 2018

LEBANON: LEBANESE PARLIAMENT TO LEGALIZE CANNABIS CULTIVATION: July 20 2018

BRAZIL IS MULLING OVER MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION: July 14 2018

DENMARK: COPENHAGEN'S LARGEST CANNABIS MARKET SHUT DOWN: May 22 2018

NO EVIDENCE REGULAR CANNABIS USE CAUSES SCHIZOPHRENIA, STUDY SAYS: March 27 2018

SCHIZOPHRENIA MAY LEAD TO CANNABIS USE, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND: August 27 2018

PORTUGAL CONSIDERS CANNABIS LEGALISATION: Dec 20 2017

NEW ZEALAND: MEDICINAL CANNABIS RULES TO BE LOOSENED BY GOVT: Dec 19 2017

PERU APPROVES MEDICAL CANNABIS: Oct 20 2017

SRI LANKA LAUNCHES FIRST CANNABIS PLANTATION TO EXPORT TO THE US: Sept 14 2017

BERMUDA GOVERNMENT TO DECRIMINALISE CANNABIS POSSESSION FOR SMALL AMOUNTS: Sept 9 2017

BELIZE DECRIMINALIZATION OF MARIJUANA: Aug 17 2017

INDIA: MAKE MARIJUANA LEGAL FOR MEDICAL NEEDS: MANEKA GANDHI: July 31 2017

GREECE BECOMES SIXTH EU COUNTRY TO LEGALISE CANNABIS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES: July 4 2017

CATALONIA LEGALISES MARIJUANA CONSUMPTION, CULTIVATION AND DISTRIBUTION: June 30 2017

BERMUDA: HOUSE PASSES CANNABIS DECRIMINALISATION: May 19 2017

SOUTH AFRICA: CANNABIS CAN NOW BE GROWN, SMOKED AT HOME, COURT RULES: April 1 2017

TUNISIA TO EASE PENALTIES FOR CANNABIS USE: March 27 2017

ISRAEL APPROVES DECRIMINALIZATION POLICY ON CANNABIS USE: March 5 2017

SINGAPORE: CANNABIS POSSESSION: SINGAPORE REJECTS NIGERIAN'S CLEMENCY PLEA: AMNESTY INT'L, November 16 2016

TARGETING CANNABIS, CZECH REPUBLIC TAKES AIM AT GARDENING STORE, August 3, 2016

DENMARK: MOST DANES WANT TO LEGALISE WEED: THE PUBLIC SAYS 'YES', BUT THE GOVERNMENT SAYS 'NO', June 27, 2016

MACEDONIA LEGALIZES MEDICAL CANNABIS, May 15, 2016

UN BACKS PROHIBITIONIST DRUG POLICIES DESPITE CALL FOR MORE 'HUMANE SOLUTION', April 20, 2016

OVER 1,000 LEADERS WORLDWIDE CALL FOR END TO "DISASTROUS" DRUG WAR, AHEAD OF UN SPECIAL SESSION, April 14, 2016

COLOMBIA LEGALIZES MEDICAL MARIJUANA, December 23 2015

CHILE REMOVES CANNABIS FROM ITS SCHEDULE OF HARD DRUGS: THE LEAFLY LEGALIZATION ROUNDUP, December 7 2015

URUGUAY TO SELL 3 TYPES OF MARIJUANA IN DRUG STORES, December 6 2015

STUDY SHOWS CANNABIS HAS LITTLE TO NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON DRIVING, October 30 2015

CROATIA LEGALISES MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL USE, October 15 2015

PUERTO RICO MOVES TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL USES

JAMAICA DECRIMINALISES MARIJUANA

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