MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY — Uruguay’s drug czar says the country plans to sell legal marijuana for $1 per gram to combat drug-trafficking, according to a local newspaper. The plan to create a government-run legal marijuana industry has passed the lower house of Congress, and President Jose Mujica expects to push it through the Senate soon as […]
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SOURCE: Uruguay to Sell Marijuana for $1 per Gram to Prevent Black Market Sales by Associated Press
. . . . . READ MOREDENVER, CO – With Colorado and Washington state launching the regulated marijuana markets approved by the voters in 2012, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) and the Drug Policy Alliance are hosting an international delegation in Denver this week to learn first hand from Colorado’s experience in enacting and implementing Amendment 64. Comprised of government officials and legislators […]
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SOURCE: International Delegation Visits Colorado to Learn about Marijuana Legalization by Drug Policy Alliance
. . . . . READ MORECHISINAU, MOLDOVA — A cat has been busted for smuggling pot into a prison in Moldova. Guards became suspicious about the feline, which routinely entered and left the prison through a hole in a fence, when they noticed its odd collar. On closer inspection, they found two packets of marijuana attached to it. The Department […]
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SOURCE: Cat Busted for Smuggling Marijuana into Prison by Associated Press
. . . . . READ MOREJERUSALEM, ISRAEL — Legalizing the retail production and sale of cannabis in Israel would generate an estimated 1.6 sheckels (approximately $450 million) annually, according to an economic assessment published this month by the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies (JIMS). The authors estimate the existing Israeli marijuana market to total some 2.5 billion sheckels ($704 million). They estimate that taxes […]
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SOURCE: Israel: Economic Assessment Says Legalizing Cannabis Will Boost Revenue by Allen St. Pierre
. . . . . READ MOREBRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA — Marijuana seeds will no longer be illegal in Slovakia as of March 2014, according to a report in the Slovak Spectator. The decision came Wednesday in a proposal from the Health Ministry. While the move has yet to be confirmed by parliament and the president, the deed is considered as good as done […]
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SOURCE: Slovakia to Drop Marijuana Seeds from Drug List by Phillip Smith
. . . . . READ MORELONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Hundreds of users of medical marijuana protested outside Parliament last week to demand changes to Britain’s strict cannabis laws, a move many experts believe could yield billions of pounds in tax revenue and save the government billions in policing costs. Under current law, it is illegal for British citizens to consume or […]
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SOURCE: Marijuana Reform Could Earn UK Billions a Year, Studies Say by Bernd Debusmann, Jr.
. . . . . READ MOREKINGSTON, JAMAICA — Lawmakers in Kingston Tuesday debated marijuana decriminalization, even though there is no bill pending or vote scheduled. The move came as the evergreen issue of marijuana law reform picks up momentum in the home of reggae and Rastafari, with other Caribbean and nearby island nations and US states contemplating similar pot law […]
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SOURCE: Jamaica Debates Marijuana Decriminalization by Phillip Smith
. . . . . READ MORECARACAS, VENEZUELA – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro warned last week this his government will shoot down planes using Venezuelan air space to smuggle drugs. The National Assembly passed a law allowing for such actions in May, but it did not go into effect until this month. “Let drug traffickers know that starting today any plane that […]
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SOURCE: Venezuela Says they Will Shoot Down Drug Planes by Phillip Smith
. . . . . READ MOREBUCHAREST, ROMANIA — The East European nation of Romania has approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes, according to neighboring Bulgaria’s Sofia News Agency, citing Romanian sources. It becomes the 10th European Union country to do so. Legislators in Bucharest amended the country’s drug laws to provide that marijuana-derived medicines can be used to relieve […]
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. . . . . READ MOREBUCHAREST, ROMANIA — The country of Romania legalized medical marijuana this week, becoming the tenth member of the European Union to allow the use of marijuana to treat certain aliments, primarily to alleviate pain and seizures. Romanian lawmakers on Oct. 4 moved to amend an across-the-board ban on marijuana in the country, allowing medical marijuana for […]
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SOURCE: Romania Becomes 10th EU Nation to Legalize Medical Marijuana by Thomas H. Clarke
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