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Building A Parliamentary Front For Cannabis In Brazil

Sep 28, 2022

Efforts to legalise medical and industrial cannabis have encountered strong reactionary opposition in Brazil, with past attempts to regulate medicinal…

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Maltese Non-profit Cannabis May be The Way Forward

André Gomes

Sep 26, 2022

In December 2021, Malta made history as the first European country to legalise cannabis for recreational purposes. While the system…

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Ghana’s Legal Cannabis Hits a Constitutional Roadblock

André Gomes

Sep 1, 2022

On the 27th of July 2022, the Supreme Court of Ghana gave a narrow judgement on a case brought before…

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Brazilian Government’s Selective Blindness to Cannabis Evidence

Felipe Neis Araujo

Jul 29, 2022

The Bolsonaro administration’s hatred and contempt for science are not new, nor is its authoritarian stance against cannabis and other…

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Ukraine took a step towards the legalization of medical cannabis

Anastasia Bezverkha

Jun 30, 2022

On June 14, the National Health Committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine supported the new bill 7457 on the…

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Tracing The History of Hallucinogens in China

Fan Pen Li Chen

Jun 6, 2022

Professor Fan Pen Li Chen, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies & Department Chair of East Asian Studies in the State…

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How are Cannabis Cultural and Harm Reduction Practices Created?

Felipe Neis Araujo & Russell Newcombe

Apr 12, 2022

Prohibitionism and the war on drugs are cultural phenomena. They are associated with and bring together notions of ethics, ideologies,…

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The Eternal Pricing Struggle of UK Medical Cannabis Patients

Sarah Foxall

Feb 10, 2022

Despite becoming a legal medication available on prescription in 2018, patients continue to face challenges gaining access to medical cannabis.…

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Another Year Goes By Without The Regulation of Medical Cannabis in Brazil

Felipe Neis Araujo

Dec 20, 2021

Felipe Neis Araujo reflects back on the Brazilian development – or lack thereof – around the provision of medical cannabis.…

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TalkingDrugs News from Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region [September-October 2021]

Anastasia Bezverkha

Nov 17, 2021

1. In Orenburg Russia, on October 15, representatives of the Russian Federal Security Service entered two Russian human rights defenders’…

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TalkingDrugs News from the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region [September-October 2021]

Anastasia Bezverkha

Nov 8, 2021

On October 15, in Orenburg, Russia, FSB officers came to the home of two human rights activists – the head…

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An Insight into Colombia’s Drug Policy

Mauro Echeverría

Oct 22, 2021

This is the first article of Mauro Echeverria’s “The Great Colombia: A Drug Policy Profile of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador”…