La crisis del coronavirus da impulso a Aurora Cannabis, pero sus cuentas siguen siendo un desastre
Activism Culture
by Teresa García on 27/07/20
Coronavirus crisis fuels Aurora Cannabis, but its accounts are still a mess.
The coronavirus crisis has served the giants of the international cannabis market well. Or at least that's how it’s been for Aurora Cannabis, second in the industry in global level turnover. Founded in 2004 in Ontario, Canada, the company has recovered a good part of the market value that it lost in the last fourteen months. In May, its shares on the New York Stock Exchange increased by 158%...
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¿Cuál es la postura de los 53 Estados que decidirán si la ONU rebaja la fiscalización del cannabis?
Activism
by Teresa García on 23/07/20
What’s the position of the 53 states that will decide whether the UN lowers cannabis control?
The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has once again postponed the decision to lower cannabis control until December of this year. Based on the recommendation made by the World Health Organization in October 2018, the decision would mean removing the plant from Schedule IV of the most dangerous substances (which also includes heroin) and facilitating medicinal use of it. The topic had already...
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La industria del cannabis en Polonia
Activism
by Redacción on 23/07/20
La industria del cannabis en Polonia
Twenty years ago, the hemp industry in Poland did not even crawl. At the moment, it is one of the most developing countries in Central Europe, and the prospects for the near future are promising. The hemp business in the country on the Vistula River has recently started to flourish and, in fact, some legal conditions are its only limitation. Even if some of the regulations have changed in favour...
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Marruecos se plantea el valor terapéutico del cannabis
Medical Activism
by Roberto Kannabia on 20/07/20
Morocco considers the therapeutic value of cannabis
The Moroccan National Narcotics Commission, under the Ministry of Health, met on 11th February to assess the recommendations made by the World Health Organization regarding the recognition of medicinal cannabis. This meeting opened up an official debate on the drug policy of the Maghreb country.
About a year has passed since the WHO recommended that the UN soften control over this plant by...
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Virginia entkriminalisiert als 27. Bundesstaat der USA den Konsum von Marihuana
Activism
by Teresa García on 10/06/20
Virginia becomes the 27th state to decriminalise marijuana use in the United States
The Virginia Senate and House of Representatives have approved the decriminalisation of cannabis use. Approved on February 11th, the bill does not mean that consumption has been legalised but it does mean a substantial reduction in the penalty for possession. From now on, people in possession of up to 1 ounce (28 grams) of the plant will be guilty of a misdemeanour or minor offence punishable by...
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Piden el indulto para tres miembros de una asociación cannábica (a punto de entrar en prisión)
Activism
by Roberto Kannabia on 02/06/20
Piden el indulto para tres miembros de una asociación cannábica (a punto de entrar en prisión)
Albert Tió es un activista muy conocido dentro del movimiento cannábico español e internacional y miembro destacado de la Federació d’Associacions Cannàbiques Autoregulades de Cataluya, y de la asociación cannábica AIRAM.
 


 
 
Tras varios años de lucha en los tribunales, el pasado febrero de 2019, él y otros dos miembros de AIRAM fueron condenados -tras varios años de lucha en los tribunales-...
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Trinidad y Tobago, a punto de entrar en la industria del cannabis
Activism
by Rebeca Argudo on 02/06/20
Trinidad and Tobago closer to set the framework for a national cannabis industry
Trinidad and Tobago could very soon join the list of countries that have decriminalized cannabis, a legalization that will open the door to the development of a national cannabis industry and the growth of export and import of this product, and that will equally create new business opportunity for this small Caribbean nation.
The Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act was passed in December 2019,...
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"Das CBD ist ungefährlich, vorteilhaft für die Gesundheit und sanft für die Seele" - Interview mit Dreyma
Activism
by Laura Rueda on 25/05/20
"CBD is safe, beneficial to health and sweet for the soul." Interview with Dreyma
The word “Dreyma" means “dream” in Icelandic. And, although neither of its members have anything to do with the land of fire and ice, the connection with nature is key to their music and evident in their video clips. It is also key to the dream state in which their dream-core electronic melodies immerse you. But Cris and Mel are much more than that: Risketos in the middle of an interview; their...
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Näher bei der Normalisierung
Activism
by Rebeca Argudo on 17/04/20
Closer to regularisation
The set-up of the new progressive Government brings the legalisation of cannabis consumption in Spain much closer. This is recognised and celebrated by Bernardo Soriano, spokesman for Responsible Regulation (one of the most important platforms for the regularisation of cannabis), who is especially optimistic: "In this legislative period, we are closer than ever to a regulation of cannabis."...
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Die Michael J. Fox Stiftung unterstützt drei Gesetzesinitiativen zur Förderung der medizinischen Cannabis-Forschung in den USA
Medical Activism
by Teresa García on 14/04/20
The Michael J. Fox Foundation supports three bills to facilitate research on medical cannabis in the United States
Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1991. He was then only 30 years old and it had been only a year since he played McFly in the third part of the Back to the Future trilogy. He is currently the president of the largest non-profit organization that funds research on this disease, The Michael J. Fox, Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF), and he has set out to end legislative...
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