A SELECTION OF IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL CANNABIS NEWS
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BOTSWANA: PARLIAMENT FACILITATES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEGAL CANNABIS SECTOR, 21 Aug 2026
MEXICO'S SUPREME COURT ALLOWS HOME CANNABIS EDIBLES, BUT WITH A LIMITED PRACTICAL EFFECT, 11 Sept 2026
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
TARGETING CANNABIS, CZECH REPUBLIC TAKES AIM AT GARDENING STORE, August 3, 2016
MACEDONIA LEGALIZES MEDICAL CANNABIS, May 15, 2016
UN BACKS PROHIBITIONIST DRUG POLICIES DESPITE CALL FOR MORE 'HUMANE SOLUTION', April 20, 2016
COLOMBIA LEGALIZES MEDICAL MARIJUANA, December 23 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