Over the past five days, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) has been conducting its 39th meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The ECDD meeting, held from Nov. 6-10, offered an opportunity for committee members to deliberate …
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Luxembourg’s Half-Hearted Green Light for Medical Cannabis
On Wednesday, the Cabinet of the Duchy of Luxembourg agreed to a reform of the Narcotics Act to allow the use of medical cannabis at an undetermined future date. Despite the new law, patients in Luxembourg will continue to have …
Read More »Happy Holidays Unlikely for Canada’s Senators
Provincial and territorial finance ministers met for a second time Monday to negotiate how revenue from legal marijuana will be shared. Although the marijuana meeting did not have high hopes for a resolution anytime soon, a surprising deal was struck as …
Read More »Holiday Gift Guide: Hardware Accessories
On behalf of weed smokers everywhere, please do not buy us any more Cheech and Chong memorabilia or weed leaf-emblazoned socks this holiday season. Pot some thought into it, please. If you need help, Marijuana.com has compiled a handy gift guide …
Read More »California Fires Up Online Licensing for Marijuana Industry
California ended last week on a high note. In preparation for rolling out the state’s newest industry on Jan. 1, marijuana entrepreneurs began rushing to complete their temporary business applications online. Made available Friday, California’s license application system is easy …
Read More »Florida Researchers to Explore Cannabis and HIV with Major Grant
University of Florida Health’s Dr. Robert Cook is lead investigator of a study starting in January that will look at the health effects of cannabis on people with HIV as well as its potential as an alternative to addictive opioids. …
Read More »Austrian Police Okay Granny’s Weed Grow Over the Phone
Last week, in Austria, a 78-year-old woman came out to the world as a successful cannabis grower. The pensioner and medical cannabis gardener shared her run-in with the law on Austrian television’s Die Barbara Karlich Show to a receptive audience. “Mara” …
Read More »25 Most Popular Cannabis Strains Across North America in November
Online search results for Forbidden Fruit, Blackberry Kush, and Durban Poison indicate they were but a few of the consistently searched strains for the month of November. As we collectively recuperate from the traditional Thanksgiving Day feast and prepare for …
Read More »Newfoundland to Receive Over 35,000 Pounds of Weed for Two Years
Licensed marijuana producer Canopy Growth continues to dominate the impending legal landscape for cannabis in Canada. This time, the pot cultivator secured a deal with Newfoundland to supply the Atlantic province with 16,000 kg (approximately 35,274 pounds) of marijuana over …
Read More »Congress Avoids Shutdown, MMJ Safe Until Late December
On Thursday, elected officials in the House and Senate passed a stopgap-spending bill that temporarily averts a federal shutdown of the U.S. government and extends protections for state medical marijuana programs through Dec. 22. The two-week continuing resolution (CR) was …
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