The projectto legalizethe sale ofmarijuanacreates theNationalCannabisInstitute(INCA), its function willbe licensedtoproducecannabisprivate. The statewill sellup to fourtypes ofmarijuanadispensaries.
Colorado and Washington became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in the prohibition era on Tuesday, dealing a major blow to the war on drugs. Medical marijuana was also legalized in Massachusetts, underlining long-running trends in public opinion toward more permissive attitudes on drugs.
While many people may want to see in the list of applications of hemp plant an advocacy of consumption of marihuana, the fact is that drug and medicine is only a variety of the use of this plant.
The incoming Dutch government has ditched plans for a national "weed pass" that would have been available only to residents and that would have effectively banned tourists from Amsterdam's marijuana cafes.
TheUnited Nationshas publishedits annual report ondrug use inthe world, offeringin thisan interestingmap showingthe distributionof marijuanain the world: what are the countries wheresmoking more ganja?
David Bronner locked himself in a metal cage Monday outside the White House with a stash of hemp plants and equipment, hoping to make enough hemp oil to spread on a piece of French bread.