Legal & Regulatory

Cannabis: prohibited or beneficial substance for sports?

In professional sports, ingesting any type of prohibited substance is considered cheating. Each league has its own policy about this,…

6 years ago

Canada cannabis industry yet to get a boom from legalization

Since October 2018, Canada has become the first major country to legalize the use of cannabis. Now, adults can buy…

6 years ago

Japanese work injury victim takes cannabis case to media

Tetsuya Aoyama, who suffers cervical damage as a result of a work-related injury, was arrested last December for private cannabis…

6 years ago

Medical cannabis provisions ordered by the Supreme Court

The Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation said the Ministry of Health must comply with…

6 years ago

Mexico to become a leading producer of cannabis and hemp

Everybody is turning its attention towards the wonders of hemp, with the global market estimated at $12 billion in the…

6 years ago

Hemp farmers in the United Kingdom forced to destroy crops

The UK Home Office's policy on growing hemp has forced farmers Patrick Gillett and Ali Silk to cut their crops.…

6 years ago

Some doctors reject Canada’s decision to legalize marijuana

Since Canada legalized the sale and use of recreational and medical marijuana in 2018, some doctors have expressed their opposition.…

6 years ago

Waiting under the sun: The irony of Portuguese hemp

Portugal has used industrial hemp since many years ago and there was never a law banning hemp farming. Strangely, in…

6 years ago

Cultural anthropologist explains why cannabis was banned

Cultural anthropologist Lena Papasabbas from the Zukunftsinstitut Frankfurt presented a few interesting facts about drug policy in Germany. She explained…

6 years ago

A look at the drug tourism in Berlin

In 2019, Berlin now has a reputation of a drug paradise, which is a far cry from what the city…

6 years ago