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Child slave people trafficked into the UK by ruthless criminal gangs to grow cannabis.
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Conservative Party endorses child slavery and people trafficking.

By Richard Shrubb Teenage child slaves trafficked from Vietnam are being prosecuted for cannabis cultivation instead of being looked after by the state, despite the May government constantly harping on about how they are taking the ‘global…
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Dutch cannabis experiment without progress.

By Chris Bovey The Dutch government voted in favour of starting trials with a regulated supply chain for the coffeeshops. Cannabis, while technically not legal in The Netherlands, its sale has been tolerated since the 1970s in licensed…
Cannabis buds and the EU flag.
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EU is laying the groundwork for legalising medicinal cannabis.

By Chris Bovey As prohibition fails throughout the world the European Union is laying the groundwork for legalising medicinal cannabis. A number of EU countries including Portugal, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Croatia,…
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Trinidad and Tobago latest country to review cannabis laws.

By Chris Bovey Trinidad and Tobago is to be the latest country to knock down the dominoes of prohibition by announcing it intends to review its cannabis laws. Last year Canada followed the lead of Uruguay and a number of US states by legalising…
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Canadian Catholic bishops call recreational pot use ‘sinful’.

By Chris Bovey Catholic Bishops of Yukon and British Columbia penned an open letter warning that while cannabis may now be legal in Canada, using it recreationally remains sinful. The letter, posted online last month, was signed by the…
People celebrate legalising weed in Canada.
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2018: A year of weed in review

By Chris Bovey 2018 was an interesting year for cannabis law reform, especially in the USA where it is gradually the land of red white and green. Things got off to a good start on the 1st January 2018, when California legalised the sale of…
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Study finds pot smoking in teens falls following legalisation.

By Chris Bovey Contrary to predictions, cannabis usage in Washington State has fallen since they legalised for adults according to a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association. Data from the Washington Healthy…
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New Zealand government confirms cannabis referendum.

By Chris Bovey The Justice Minister of New Zealand, Andrew Little, has confirmed his country will be holding a referendum on recreational cannabis use in 2020 and the result will be binding. He indicated the question to be asked still…
Flag of New Zealand with cannabis leaves.
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New Zealand government relaxes medical cannabis laws.

By Chris Bovey New Zealand has just passed a law that will relax marijuana laws in their country by allowing terminally ill patients to use the drug. They now follow a number of US states, Canada, Latin America and European countries,…
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Luxembourg to be first country to legalise cannabis in the EU.

By Chris Bovey The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a small European country bordered by Germany, Belgium and France will be the next country to legalise cannabis, as prohibition falls across the globe. Following the lead of both Uruguay and…
Canadian flag with cannabis leaf.
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Canada doesn’t collapse after legalising weed.

By Chris Bovey Prohibitionist politicians throughout the world are dumbfounded after Canada became the first G7 country to legalise cannabis without civilisation coming to an end. On Thursday 18th June, the Liberal Government of Justin…
YouTube shuts down cannabis channel Stoned Alone
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YouTube is shutting down marijuana related channels

By Chris Bovey Since its inception, YouTube has been a popular social media source for cannabis information, with some weed related channels having hundreds of thousands of subscribers. Nobody is really sure what YouTube is actually doing,…