Explore how Germany takes the lead in the EU by decriminalising recreational cannabis use, setting a historic precedent.
Only recently did I stumble upon a piece of news that transported me back to a historical epoch where colonial reins were held tight. It's 2022, and I find it somewhat outrageous that the British Government have exercised their power to block cannabis legalisation in Bermuda, a self-governing British Overseas Territory. Yes, I know I…
On Wednesday 2nd December 2020 the United Nations Commission for Narcotic Drugs voted to remove cannabis from a category of the world's "most dangerous drugs", schedule IV of the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic drugs.
This historical reclassification was both well-sought-after and long-delayed, but this week passed 27 to 25 (the commission is based in…
When travelling to Canada, if you wish to use cannabis then you need to be aware of the cannabis laws covering the area you are visiting. These laws can vary depending on where you are going and can cause confusion if you are travelling through different provinces. With this guide, we hope to make Canada’s…
Could COVID-19 Lead To UK Cannabis Legalisation?
Saying that COVID-19 is changing life as we know it could be the understatement of the century. The British public is masked, sanitised and dealing with an economic recession. However, there are a few silver linings—one of them being that the pandemic may drive the UK toward cannabis legalisation.…
The good news ... The criteria is set by patients and growing based on medical research rather than politics. The bad news... The police still using their discretion as nothing is changing in law.
Read on to find out about Cancard and MedicannID, two new cards launching in 2020 for medical cannabis patients in…
In the past couple of days, something amazing has happened. UK Veteran cannabis campaigner Lezley Gibson, MS Sufferer and activist who has been campaigning for cannabis for over 30 years, received her first delivery of legal medical cannabis to her home in the UK on 10th April 2019 - and yes, it was in its herbal form.
Read on for more details on this incredible update...
Cannabis advocates worldwide rejoice as the World Health Organization calls for a change to the international drug treaties with a recommendation for a rescheduling of cannabis.
On 24th January 2019, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the World Health Organization presented recommendations from the forty-first meeting of the World Health Organization Expert Committee on Drug Dependence’s (ECDD) which stated…
Australia’s political and legal systems are very similar to, and in fact, often inspired by, UK equivalents.
Just as in the UK, Australia has a department responsible for licensing drugs and other patient treatments, before they are prescribed by Doctors. In the UK, the relevant regulatory body is called the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). In Australia, the function is performed by a body known as the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA.)
The TGA decriminalised the supply and use of medical marijuana by Australians in 2016. However, just as in the UK, for now, recreational cannabis is still prohibited across the country.