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It’s Darkest before Dawn | Cannabis News Network

Medicinal cannabis is becoming more accepted around the world and various countries are moving towards a health approach instead of a criminal approach. Good news for patients, you would say. But as we’re approaching the point of (semi) legalization of (medicinal) cannabis, the fight isn’t over yet as shown in our latest report It’s Darkest […]

Interview Peter Muyshondt | Cannabis University 2018

EN: Peter is deputy chief of police and Director of Operations at the Belgian police in Brecht. For years he fought in the front line of the war on drugs and believed he was serving society doing so. Meanwhile, his brother Tom was struggling with an addiction to hard drugs. In 2006 he died of […]

Did you know about Sorgh painting cannabis in Rembrandt’s time? | Canna History HD

Cannabis News Network is launching a new series: Canna History. In cooperation with the Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum we are going to present multiple historical, entertaining, and need to know facts about cannabis and hemp. “Three men and a woman are sitting around a table. They are singing, drinking beer and smoking. The man on […]

Tom Blickman (Transnational Institute) over Fair Trade Hasj | Cannabis Reguleren in de Praktijk

“Dat betekent dat de internationale handel, die nu illegaal is en plaatsvindt, buiten de deur wordt gehouden. En dat heeft consequenties voor landen waar traditioneel cannabis wordt verbouwd, zoals Marokko.” – Tom Blickman (Transnational Institute) over Fair Trade Hasj tijdens het Cannabis Reguleren in de Praktijk seminar.  

Het Nederlandse gedoogbeleid is failliet | Miniserie | Deel 2

In deel 2: ‘Ja, in Nederland mag je blowen, maar waar die cannabis dan vandaan moet komen, daar hebben conservatieve en christelijke partijen geen antwoord op.’ De Nederlandse politiek heeft het cannabisdossier 40 jaar lang laten doormodderen. D66, GroenLinks, SP en kleine linkse partijen willen doorpakken en reguleren. Regeringspartij PvdA zegt ook voor regulering te zijn, maar ondertussen geeft de […]

De Waanzin van de Speekseltest Deel 1 | Roadside Drug Testing Pt. 1

Cannabis News Network presents an exclusive multi-part series about the insanity of the saliva test in Dutch, English subtitles.

Patients take control – Medicinal Cannabis as a Human Right | Part 4/4

Cannabis News Network is launching a miniseries on one of the hottest topics in cannabis regulation: the medicinal benefits of the plant and the struggle of patients to get access to it. Are cannabis prohibition and badly organized regulations for medicinal cannabis keeping patients away from such a promising medicine? No, not at all! Many […]

Why aren’t we building more with hemp? – Part 1

The United Nations recently discussed the environmental and climate change issues our world is dealing with today. There are a lot of possibilities to save the environment, including the increased use of hemp. A lot of people – including the famous Jack Herer – have even said that hemp can save the world. There are […]

Masterclass Hidde Siers (Plantarium) | Cannabis University 2018

EN: Hidde Siers has been working at Growshop Plantarium in Nijmegen since 2009. When he discovered how much demand there was for scientific information about the medicinal effects of cannabis, he went deeper and deeper into this and grew from enthusiast to expert. Since April, Hidde has been touring the Netherlands with his lecture ‘Medical […]

What’s Next After New Dutch Cannabis Cultivation Bill? | Cannabis News Network

In a landmark decision, the lower House of the Dutch parliament voted earlier this week in favor of adding cannabis cultivation to it’s famous tolerance policy. A move that would decriminalize the supply aspect of the coffeeshops. The bill would exempt professional growers working within certain conditions from punishment, creating a closed system from the […]