Jamaica has introduced two new special permits designed to help traditional growers and small farmers enter its regulated cannabis industry despite the financial, technical and
The Netherlands’ regulated cannabis experiment is already reshaping coffeeshop shelves, expanding product variety and driving down flower prices. But early findings show little change in consumption, health outcomes, or public safety—and the illicit market hasn’t disappeared.
Brazil’s medical cannabis access runs through court orders and nonprofit patient associations. Twenty of them gather in Ceará this month, alongside free music, art and talks.
Researchers found traces of arecoline in ancient teeth from Indonesia, suggesting humans may have used psychoactive areca nuts as far back as 25,000 years ago.
Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that cooking with cannabis can be covered under a personal-use permit, expanding the scope of recreational self-consumption without legalizing commercial edibles.
New Zealand has authorized two psychiatrists to prescribe pharmaceutical-grade MDMA to selected adults with PTSD, creating a tightly controlled treatment pathway while the drug remains officially unapproved.
Chile’s Operación Imperio Ámsterdam has intensified a sweeping crackdown on medical cannabis networks, leaving more than 16,000 patients facing disrupted access and exposing deep legal gaps around collective cultivation and the right to health.
Barcelona’s new Plan Druida ramps up police presence, surveillance and enforcement across the city, with cannabis clubs firmly in the crosshairs. Authorities call it a modern public-safety strategy, but its critics see a familiar prohibitionist playbook with a new name.
A new study published in Nature Medicine found that dronabinol, a pharmaceutical form of THC, significantly reduced trauma-related nightmares in people with PTSD. The findings raise new questions about the relationship between cannabis, REM sleep, and how the brain processes traumatic experiences at night.
Australia banned Halloween: The Game, but not because of its brutal violence. A cannabis-related gameplay mechanic was enough to earn the horror title a Refused Classification.
Colombia is turning back to crop spraying as a weapon in the War on Drugs. But the rise and fall of the Bonanza Marimbera offers a warning: destroying a crop doesn’t necessarily destroy the economy built around it.
Germany has received nearly 900 applications for cannabis cultivation associations, but only just over half have been approved as clubs struggle with licensing, location rules,
Jamaica has introduced two new special permits designed to help traditional growers and small farmers enter its regulated cannabis industry despite the financial, technical and administrative barriers that have historically kept them out. The reforms create transitional and community-based pathways into the legal market while extending cultivation licenses and simplifying some requirements. Jamaica is one of the countries with the
The Netherlands’ regulated cannabis experiment is already reshaping coffeeshop shelves, expanding product variety and driving down flower prices. But early findings show little change in consumption, health outcomes, or public safety—and the illicit market hasn’t disappeared.
Brazil’s medical cannabis access runs through court orders and nonprofit patient associations. Twenty of them gather in Ceará this month, alongside free music, art and talks.
Researchers found traces of arecoline in ancient teeth from Indonesia, suggesting humans may have used psychoactive areca nuts as far back as 25,000 years ago.
Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that cooking with cannabis can be covered under a personal-use permit, expanding the scope of recreational self-consumption without legalizing commercial edibles.
New Zealand has authorized two psychiatrists to prescribe pharmaceutical-grade MDMA to selected adults with PTSD, creating a tightly controlled treatment pathway while the drug remains officially unapproved.
Chile’s Operación Imperio Ámsterdam has intensified a sweeping crackdown on medical cannabis networks, leaving more than 16,000 patients facing disrupted access and exposing deep legal gaps around collective cultivation and the right to health.
Barcelona’s new Plan Druida ramps up police presence, surveillance and enforcement across the city, with cannabis clubs firmly in the crosshairs. Authorities call it a modern public-safety strategy, but its critics see a familiar prohibitionist playbook with a new name.
A new study published in Nature Medicine found that dronabinol, a pharmaceutical form of THC, significantly reduced trauma-related nightmares in people with PTSD. The findings raise new questions about the relationship between cannabis, REM sleep, and how the brain processes traumatic experiences at night.
Australia banned Halloween: The Game, but not because of its brutal violence. A cannabis-related gameplay mechanic was enough to earn the horror title a Refused Classification.
Colombia is turning back to crop spraying as a weapon in the War on Drugs. But the rise and fall of the Bonanza Marimbera offers a warning: destroying a crop doesn’t necessarily destroy the economy built around it.
Germany has received nearly 900 applications for cannabis cultivation associations, but only just over half have been approved as clubs struggle with licensing, location rules, financial risk, and inconsistent enforcement. At the same time, medical cannabis patients face new reimbursement restrictions that could force tens of thousands to pay out of pocket, switch treatments, or challenge the reforms in court.
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