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• Predictions For Cannabis 2019 From Entrepreneurs On The Front Lines
  14 janvier 2019

  Ten states encompassing more than half the US population, will now have access to legal recreational marijuana. Canada went legal this year and Israel continues to expand its medical marijuana research. What’s next ? Entrepreneurs in the industry cite new ways to invest, better testing and the continued explosion of CBD products as some of the biggest trends. Still, the industry is fundamentally selling a product that is federally illegal, so the biggest question on everyone’s mind is : will (...)

• Allemagne, Italie, Suisse : quelques avancées pour l’accès au cannabis
  10 septembre 2014

  Un vent de légalisation du cannabis souffle sur la Suisse, annonce Céline Zünd dans le quotidien suisse Le Temps. Elle remarque que "Le nombre de villes souhaitant réguler le marché de la marijuana augmente. A Genève, une commission planche sur un projet d’association de consommateurs. Le Conseil fédéral se montre prudent. Même le président américain, Barack Obama, l’a fait. Il a fumé des joints dans ses jeunes années. Surtout, il a fermé les yeux sur la décision de deux Etats, le Colorado et Washington, (...)

• The International Cannabis Policy Conference 2018 is the global interdisciplinary gathering of the greatest minds from the fields of Cannabis policies and Sustainable Development.
  9 octobre 2018

  December 5-6-7th 2018, the UN Commission of Narcotic Drugs (CND), the only United Nations body dealing with Cannabis policy, will receive the final scheduling recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) on cannabidiol (40th ECDD) and cannabis in all forms (41st ECDD). These recommendations will be presented to the 187 Member States at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
  This CND gathering will be the final global meeting before (...)

• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Brings Former Marijuana Policy Project Director
  5 février 2019

  In her much loved dinner prep Instagram livestreams, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has made it clear that she thinks marijuana prohibition is a “tool” used to oppress people of color in the United States. But other than the fact she’d legalize cannabis and advocate for the release of people who have been incarcerated for nonviolent drug offenses, she hasn’t released much info on her ideas around cannabis.
  Those looking for clues to any potential strategy got another one this week, (...)

• Conference Targets UN to Change Cannabis Policy
  19 novembre 2018

  If we miss this chance, then we may not have another window of opportunity, on the world stage, for many years What are you doing this December ? If you are a cannabis user or a sympathizer to the potential of the plant as a medicinal aid or a sustainable material, then we strongly recommend you head for Vienna to make your voice heard at the International Cannabis Policy Conference, December 7 -9th.
  Why ? Because next month the Austrian capital is going to be the focus of drug policy (...)

• Cannabis compound gives hope to patients with pancreatic cancer
  14 janvier 2019

  Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly forms of the disease. Sitting behind the stomach, where the ribs meet the sternum, the pancreas is a gland that produces digestive enzymes and insulin.
  Cancer in this gland is a silent killer, with most patients unaware they are ill until the condition is far advanced. Only three per cent of patients survive for five years after diagnosis, compared with 87 per cent for breast cancer and 98 per cent for testicular cancer.
  Now, Professor Marco (...)

• UN Launches First-Ever Full Review Of Marijuana’s Status Under International Law | Marijuana Moment
  12 septembre 2018

  Here’s what the UN experts have determined so far : “There are no case reports of abuse or dependence relating to the use of pure CBD. No public health problems have been associated with CBD use,” an annex attached to Ghebreyesus’s letter reads, noting that research has shown it to be effective in treating epilepsy. “CBD has been found to be generally well tolerated with a good safety profile.”
  “Cannabidiol (CBD) is not specifically listed in the schedules of the 1961, 1971 or 1988 United Nations (...)

• USA : le chef de la santé de l’administration Obama reconnait l’utilité du cannabis en médecine.
  5 février 2015

  Au lendemain de la discussion au Sénat français, c’est une nouvelle qui aurait fait l’effet d’une bombe aux pays des Lumières. Imaginez le responsable de l’INSERM et de l’INPES, ou le chef de l’ANSM et de la DGS reconnaitre sur un plateau de télévision "qu’il y a des éléments qui démontrent que l’utilisation du cannabis est bénéfique pour traiter certaines pathologies et symptômes".
  Cette déclaration du Docteur Vivek Murthy est importante pour plusieurs raisons.
  D’une part parce qu’il affirme que "ces (...)

• UK : La ministre en charge de la Politique Drogues s’oppose aux évolutions législatives sur le cannabis tandis que son mari dispose d’une licence pour le cultiver.
  24 mai 2018

  A cannabis law reform lobbying group has hit out at a Tory drugs minister for what they call “hypocrisy” for opposing drugs reforms while her husband’s company has a lucrative contract growing cannabis.
  Victoria Atkins husband’s company is in partnership with GW Pharmaceuticals, a UK biotech firm, which is developing Epidiolex, a synthetic drug made from cannabis plants and used to treat childhood epilepsy.
  Families with children with epilepsy around the world have been medicating the (...)

• 10 ans de politiques de lutte anti drogues : un Bilan par l’IDPC :
  28 octobre 2018

  « Bilan : 10 ans de politiques des drogues – Un rapport parallèle de la société civile » évalue l’impact des politiques en matière de drogues mises en œuvre dans le monde au cours de la dernière décennie, à l’aide de données des Nations Unies (ONU), et de celles de la recherche académique examinée par des pairs, de même que des rapports de la société civile.
  La société civile : un rôle important Le rôle important de la société civile dans la conception, la mise en œuvre, le suivi et l’évaluation des politiques (...)

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