United Nations Condemns Marijuana Legalization As Treaty Violation, 'Grave...
UN Wants US Federal Government to Crack Down On Colorado and WashingtonBy Steve Elliott Hemp NewsThe United Nations drug watchdog group, the International Narcotics Control Board, on Tuesday released...
View ArticleUruguay: Country Will Issue Government-Approved Clones; Non-Government...
President Mujica Calls Colorado Legalization 'Fiction' and 'Hypocrisy'By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsUruguay President Jose Mujica said on Friday that his country's system of marijuana legalization -- which...
View ArticleUruguay: Rules Released For World's First Modern National Legal Marijuana Market
Consumers Must Choose Between 3 Forms of Access: Domestic Cultivation, Membership Clubs, or Licensed Sales in PharmaciesGovernment Also Announces Marijuana Will Be Sold at $1/Gram to Undercut Illicit...
View ArticleUruguay: Marijuana Will Be Sold Tax-Free To Undercut Drug Smugglers
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsMarijuana production and sales will be exempt from taxes in Uruguay, according to government consultants who said the move is to ensure prices remain low enough to undercut...
View ArticleGMO Weed? Connections Alleged Between Uruguay Marijuana Legalization,...
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsUruguay earlier this year became the first nation in the world to legalize the cultivation, sale and possession of marijuana. Now one German researcher is alleging that...
View ArticleChile: Housewife Billed As Latin America's First Legal Medical Marijuana Patient
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsA 48-year-old woman in Chile has become the first legal medicinal cannabis patient in Latin America after being granted special permission by the Institute for Public Health...
View ArticleUruguay: Citizens Can Now Register To Grow Marijuana At Home
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsUruguayans who want to grow their own marijuana are able to register with the government to legally do so, as of Wednesday, when the government there launched the latest phase...
View ArticleGlobal Leaders Call For Ending Criminalization of Drug Use and Possession
The Global Commission on Drug Policy on Tuesday will release Taking Control: Pathways to Drug Policies that Work, a new, groundbreaking report at a press conference in New York City.The event will be...
View ArticleUruguay: Presidential Candidate Wants To Roll Back Marijuana Legalization
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsUruguay's leading opposition candidate for President said he would try to repeal much of the country's historic marijuana legalization law which allows the commercial...
View ArticleUruguay: Presidential Election Safeguards Marijuana Legalization
Frente Amplio Candidate Tabaré Vázquez Wins, Promises He Will Implement The LawFrente Amplio (Broad Front) candidate Tabaré Vázquez defeated opposition candidate Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou in a Sunday...
View ArticleUruguay: 1,200 Marijuana Growers Authorized
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsA year after marijuana legalization in Uruguay, the small South American country of 3.3 million people has registered 1,200 cannabis growers, the head of the National Drugs...
View ArticleU.S.: Brookings Institution Lists 8 Things To Watch About Marijuana...
The Brookings Institution has released a list of eight critical marijuana legalization items to monitor during 2015.The list, from Brookings Fellow John Hudak, follows:1) Oregon, Alaska Plan &...
View ArticleU.S.: Bud and Breakfast Launches New Accommodations Booking Engine
Founded by experienced travel professionals, Budandbreakfast.com fosters safe, legal cannabis tourism by matching travelers with a variety of accommodationsBud and Breakfast has launched what it calls...
View ArticleUruguay Stands Up To U.N. On Marijuana Legalization
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsUruguay has stood up to the United Nations on the issue of marijuana legalization, refusing to back down after several meetings with officials from the international body.Juan...
View ArticleUruguay Recommends Marijuana Legalization To Rest Of The World
By Steve Elliott Hemp NewsUruguay isn't just defending its own national sovereignty regarding its legalization of marijuana. The small South American country is now recommending that the rest of the...
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