Etichetta: cannabis
No 10 says mayor of London’s cannabis review a ‘waste of time’
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Downing Street has condemned a planned review by the mayor of London into the decriminalisation of cannabis as a waste of time, saying the issue is not in his remit, and that the government has no plans to change the ...
Lesotho firm first in Africa to be granted EU licence for medical cannabis
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A company in Lesotho has become the first in Africa to receive a licence to sell medical cannabis to the EU. The country’s top medical cannabis producer, MG Health, announced it had met the EU’s good manufacturing pra...
Children who ate ‘cannabis sweets’ risked serious harm, say Surrey police
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Four children who were taken to hospital after eating sweets they thought contained cannabis are not believed to have suffered long-term effects, la polizia ha detto. The youngsters were found vomiting uncontrollably and...
UK cannabis campaigners take note: negli Stati Uniti, change came from below
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Take a stroll down Abbot Kinney Boulevard, the high street for hipsters in Venice Beach, California, and alongside the brightly painted boutiques offering vintage T-shirts or oat-spiced lattes, you’ll find a sleek, br...
Sha’Carri Richardson reportedly out of Olympic 100m after positive cannabis test
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American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has tested positive for cannabis, sources have told Reuters, and she is unlikely to get the chance to challenge for the Olympic 100m title in Tokyo later this month. Jamaica’s Gl...
Sacha Baron Cohen sues over cannabis billboard in US featuring Borat
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Sacha Baron Cohen is taking legal action against a US cannabis dispensary after it used his Borat character on a billboard in Massachusetts. The billboard features the fictional Kazakh journalist promoting cannabis so...
Is medical cannabis really a magic bullet?
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Nel 2017, Mikael Sodergren, a liver and pancreatic cancer surgeon at Imperial College healthcare NHS trust, was finding himself becoming increasingly interested in the potential role of medical cannabis in treating pai...
Barcelona cannabis clubs face closure in new legal setback
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Barcelona’s 200 cannabis clubs face closure after the supreme court shut a legal loophole that has seen the city become Spain’s marijuana capital. It is the latest in a series of setbacks for the asociaciónes, as they...
Mio padre, Mr Nice: life as the daughter of Britain’s best-known cannabis smuggler
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Nel 1988, 10-year-old Amber Marks was woken at her home in Palma de Mallorca by the sound of her younger sister Francesca screaming. She got out of bed and found two strange men in the hall, one of whom would shortly i...
‘Swazi gold’: grandmothers in Eswatini growing cannabis to make ends meet
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In Nhlangano, in the south of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), the illegal farming of the mountainous kingdom’s famous “Swazi gold” is a risk many grandmothers are ready to take. In what is known locally as the “gardens...
The cannabis industry is booming, but for many Black Americans the price of entry is steep
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While Bernard Noble sat in a Louisiana jail riding out a 13-year sentence for possession of 2.8 grams of marijuana, cannabis legalization and decriminalization swept through the United States. With no chance of parole...
Luxembourg becomes first in Europe to legalise growing and using cannabis
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Adults in Luxembourg will be permitted to grow up to four cannabis plants in their homes or gardens under laws that will make it the first country in Europe to legalise production and consumption of the drug. The anno...
‘A farce of social equity’: California is failing its Black cannabis businesses
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Half a million dollars and nearly four years into his Los Angeles-based cannabis venture, Donnie Anderson had no shop, no prospects and a mountain of debt. With financial help from family and friends, Anderson rented ...
Green cards, cannabis and a strip club: JCB heir in US legal battle
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The heir to the JCB digger empire, whose father Lord Bamford is one of Boris Johnson’s biggest financial backers, is locked in a legal battle with a former close friend that has shed fresh light on alleged tensions in...
Sadiq Khan plans pilot to ‘decriminalise’ minor cannabis offences in London
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Downing Street has expressed concern over moves to end the prosecution of young people caught with cannabis in some London boroughs, under a pilot scheme being developed by Sadiq Khan. The mayor of London is understoo...
Man trapped inside London cannabis factory dies after fire
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A man died after a fire in a cannabis factory on New Year’s Eve in east London. Police said a manslaughter investigation is under way and are appealing for information after the fatal incident at a lock-up garage on S...