Articles tagged with "Germany"

Berlin will vote for a new state Parliament and a new mayor on Sunday, and for the first time ever, cannabis is playing a role in the campaign.

Even in tolerant cities like Berlin, authorities have stepped up enforcement of cannabis prohibition. It’s not working, and it costs taxpayers a bundle.

“As a patient, I don’t want to hide. As a parent, I don’t want my children to inhale my smoke or vapor.”

A spokesman says the television personality, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, was detained by customs after leaving prescription cannabis powder in his luggage.

European politicians are mulling plans to expand medical cannabis options, but until the talk becomes reality it’s still slim pickings for Europeans in need.

Florida opens its first (limited) dispensary, Germany and Italy consider MMJ expansion, and a Maryland lawmaker denies a cannabis conflict of interest.

Medical use is up for discussion in Germany, while Italian officials will mull both medical and adult-use consumption.

Germany’s cannabis laws are liberalizing. But in Bavaria, officials want no part of it.

After years of pressure from patients and advocacy groups such as the German Hemp Association (DHV), the dream of securing unfettered access to medical cannabis in Europe’s most populous country is finally coming to fruition.

Voters weigh in on a controversial California ballot measure, a federal prisoner walks free, and a Colorado bill to require MMJ in schools becomes law.