Legalization

A majority of French physicians now appears to align with public opinion that favors allowing dispensing medical marijuana by prescription. A health professionals’ website conducted an online survey in July and August 2018  that revealed a shift in opinion. The …

A first-of-its-kind event aims to bring new attention to how cannabis may be effective in treating illnesses and diseases that afflict minority communities. The Minority Cannabis Business Association (MCBA) is the first non-profit business association of business owners, advocates, and …

The storm also sent an unexpected delivery to the Florida shore, though. The packages first began to surface in St. John’s County last weekend, when an off-duty sheriff’s deputy discovered a black package stuffed with illicit weed floating just offshore. …

The unanimous ruling by High Court judges also legalized the cultivation of “dagga” for private consumption. Continue reading at theweedblog.com

(courtesy MaxPixel.net) Adults in South Africa are allowed to use cannabis in the privacy of their own homes, according to a new court ruling. South Africa’s top court on Tuesday said that adults are allowed to cultivate and consume cannabis …

One week after off-duty Dallas police officer Amber Guyger entered the apartment of 26-year-old Botham Shem Jean on Sept. 6, 2018, and shot two bullets into his torso, allegedly because she thought she was in her own home and that …

Unlike in U.S. states, where cannabis reform has been enacted through legislation or public votes, South Africa’s legalization comes from a ruling of the country’s highest court in response to a case brought by cannabis activists. Earlier today, the Constitutional …

Dr. Fatta Nahab, a neurologist who directs the Functional Imaging of Neurodegenerative Disorders Lab at the University of California San Diego Health’s Movement Disorder Center, sits at his desk Monday, Sept 17, 2018, in San Diego. Nahab spent years going …

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s highest court on Tuesday allowed the private use of marijuana, upholding a lower court’s ruling that found the criminalization of cannabis was unconstitutional. FILE PHOTO: A man smokes marijuana, known locally as dagga, during a …

Dried psilocybe cubensis mushrooms (WikiMedia Commons) Phillip Smith | September 18, 2018 Denver could essentially legalize psychedelic mushrooms by next spring if a group of local activists has its way. But they have a few hurdles to overcome first. This …