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Jamaica to See If Weed Can Help Blaze up Tourism

A special task force to inform the Tourism Ministry on using cannabis tourism for the promotion of the sector, is to be established.

South Africa: Cape Town smoking as hundreds participate in Cannabis Walk

“This plant does not harm us!’’ dagga (cannabis) activist Myrtle Clarke declared as hundreds of people marched through the Cape Town CBD (central business district) on Saturday.

The 2017 Global Marijuana March: This weekend around the world - Cannabis News

Two weeks after many cities celebrated 4/20, people in cities around the world will take to the streets on Saturday for the 2017 Global Marijuana March (GMM, in some places known as the Million Marijuana March) as a protest to end cannabis prohibition in each of the countries where the march takes place.

March for the decriminalization of cannabis in Paris

In rap and reggae tunes, the procession, composed of many young people but also of sick people, militant for the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes, departed shortly after 15 hours from Place de la Bastille to Place de la Bastille. Republic, behind a banner proclaiming: “Worldwide marijuana cannabis decriminalization self-production cannabis therapeutic. Another drug policy is possible “. 

Mexican Congress approves use of medical marijuana - Cannabis News

Mexico's Lower House of Congress passed a bill on Friday to legalize the use of marijuana and cannabis for medical and scientific needs, a step closer to outright legalization in a country long scarred by warring drug cartels.

Could Switzerland Become the First European Country to Legally Regulate Cannabis?

Nine years after a Swiss referendum failed to gain public approval for cannabis legalisation, a campaign group has reignited the movement for reform.

Can Germany Become the Worlds Largest Cannabis Market?

Germany, the largest country in the European Union started 2017 by legalizing medical cannabis creating a major opportunity for cannabis businesses across the world.

Medical marijuana prescribed to 11-year-old boy on the UK's NHS in first case of its kind

Medicinal marijuana has been prescribed on the National Health Service to an 11-year-old boy in what is believed to be the first case of its kind.

Some Arab governments are rethinking harsh cannabis laws

In many countries possession of a single joint can lead to jail. But some governments are acknowledging the harmful effects of their policies and thinking about reform.

Ireland Could Be the next Cannabis Growing Capital of the World

Speaking on JOE's business show Dr James Linden of Greenlight Medicines, said Ireland has the perfect climate to grow cannabis and he believes the country has the potential to become the next cannabis growing capital of the world.

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