The legalisation of cannabis in Canada has enabled scientists to research how cannabis produces pain- and inflammation-reducing molecules that are 30 times more powerful than aspirin. Researchers at the University
France’s parliament has been urged by a government-tasked commission to “take back control” of the drugs trade by ending the “failure” of prohibition, recommending state-controlled stores as the best way
By Barnaby De Hoedt A legal cannabis industry in Africa could be worth more than $7.1bn a year by 2023 if legislation is introduced in a number of the continent’s
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio threw his support behind cannabis legalisation at the end of 2018, saying that it should be accompanied by the expungement of 700,000 New Yorkers
There are currently 10 active petitions on the Home Office website making an attempt at getting the Government to discuss cannabis. With 10,000 signatures the petition gets an official response.
UKCSC chairman Greg de Hoedt told the Welsh National Assembly that Wales should legalise cannabis clubs to create jobs and lift public health and safety in his speech to the
On 8 September 2018, UKCSC chairman Greg de Hoedt took part in a panel discussion at the Big Tent Ideas Festival at the Babraham Research Institute in Cambridgeshire. The panel,
US legalises hemp farming It is now legal to grow hemp in the US after President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill – as long as it contains no
In a milestone development for Europe, Luxembourg looks likely to become the first country in the EU to legalise cannabis, including recreationally. While cannabis is decriminalised or tolerated in the
At the end of June UKCSC chairman Greg de Hoedt was invited to speak at an Institute of Economic Affairs conference High Time To Legalise Cannabis in the UK. Greg
