Uruguay‘s envoy to Ottawa says his small South American country has opened up some breathing room for marijuana legalization within international treaties that have outlawed recreational pot for decades.

The French government is about to make some drastic changes to the enforcement of cannabis use laws. A government spokesperson revealed that by the end of 2017, France will end all prison terms for cannabis users.

The recreational, medicinal and industrial use of cannabis has become much more socially acceptable over the last decade, and has seen a rapid increase in support from the public, politicians and celebrity icons.

While just a few years ago, it was still taboo to talk about legalising cannabis in Morocco and Tunisia, nowadays, everyone is talking about.

Chileans are increasingly growing their own cannabis for medical purposes as the conservative South American nation begins loosening legal prohibitions on the formerly illegal plant.

Students of Australia's first medicinal cannabis course will learn everything there is to know about the plant, short of ingesting the thing.

Manifesto pledge figures based on Treasury report and evidence of recent legalisation in Colorado, Washington state and Uruguay

The decision to include Port Macquarie Base Hospital in a trial of medicinal cannabis has met with a strongly favourable response.

Israel's Health Ministry recently released new directives easing restrictions on the possession and use of medical marijuana by authorized users.