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Chaos as Health Minister Tried to Ban Cannabis Edibles in South Africa

May 16, 2025

After trying to unilaterally ban cannabis edibles in South Africa, and having this decision reversed by the President in late…

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Regulating Cannabis Vapes in Brazil: A Matter of Health and Coherence

Paulo Thiessen

May 15, 2025

The regulation of cannabis in Brazil is progressing rapidly. In a country where over 7.7% of the population has reported…

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Regional Focus On Medical Has Limited Caribbean Cannabis Reform

Ryan Hesketh

Feb 4, 2025

A 2018 report authored by the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) called for unified progress to decriminalise and regulate…

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Japan Bans Cannabis Use Yet Opens Medical Cannabis Industry

Rose Inoue

Dec 12, 2024

For decades, Japan has had some of the strictest cannabis regulations across the world, handing out harsh sentences for its…

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Russian Soldiers Increasingly Use Drugs on the Frontlines

Stanislav Korovyev

Nov 26, 2024

Since the beginning of the war, the Russian military command has deployed around 700,000 soldiers on Ukrainian territory. The invasion…

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South African Cannabis Reform is Celebrated – But Still Missing Legal Market Access

Daniel Itai

Nov 25, 2024

On the eve of the national elections in May 2024, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law the Cannabis…

A cannabis store in Montevideo, highlighting progress with Uruguay's cannabis regulation.

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A Decade In: Taking Stock of Uruguay’s Cannabis Regulation

Lauren Predebon

Nov 7, 2024

Uruguay’s cannabis regulation thrust the nation onto the global drug policy reform spotlight in 2013 when it passed the Law…

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“Am I Not a Citizen?”- The Inequality of Brazil’s Cannabis Law Changes

Thaynara Santos

Oct 7, 2024

When I started thinking about examining recent the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) No. 45 of 2023 and the…

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What Does the Future Hold for UK Cannabis?

Michael Sassano

Sep 13, 2024

After a recent conversation with Pierre van Weperen of Grow Group PLC and Grow Pharma, his vision of the United…

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Can Zimbabwe Reach its Billion Dollar Cannabis Dream?

Daniel Itai

Sep 11, 2024

Zimbabwe is one of the few African nations hoping to make it big from the global cannabis boom. The Government…

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“Cannabis Substitution Therapy”: Can Cannabis Ease Opioid Withdrawal?

Mattha Busby

Sep 5, 2024

Rosie Rurka had a reputation as the frontline drugs worker who brought people back from the dead with naloxone after…

A woman sits while sifting through large bushels of cannabis plants in Mpondoland, South Africa.

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Mpondoland Cannabis Growers Left Out to Dry

GroundUp

Aug 12, 2024

Six years after the Constitutional Court judgment, small-scale dagga growers are sliding deeper into poverty while businesses profit in South…