Aboutaleb kraakt gedoogbeleid | Miniserie | Deel 3

35 Nederlandse gemeenten tekenden in 2014 een overeenkomst, de Joint Regulation, een pleidooi om de teelt van softdrugs te reguleren. Volgens de Rotterdamse burgemeester Aboutaleb is het huidige gedoogbeleid onhoudbaar. Deel 3 in de mini serie ter informatie voor beleidsmakers, burgemeesters en andere betrokkenen. Bekijk de gehele miniserie: Klik hier voor deel 1

The rise of Cannabis Social Clubs, a civil revolt?

While countries and organizations strive for a different approach towards cannabis, consumers are just going ahead by taking matters into their own hands: they start Cannabis Social Clubs (CSC). But what are social clubs and how do they work? Can they exist at a time when Local and national authorities are still not willing to change the ridged drug laws? Cannabis News […]

Cannabis Connecting the Troubled in Northern Ireland | Cannabis News Network

Clark French, the founder of the United Patients Alliance, traveled to Belfast for the first ever held Medical Cannabis Summit in Northern Ireland. A landmark occasion! His exclusive report for Cannabis News Network shows that cannabis can bring people together in a conflict area. The conflict in Northern Ireland during the late 20th century is […]

Cannabis Liberation Day 2016 & Rick Simpson: Cannabis Oil’s Godfather

Rick Simpson, the godfather of cannabis oil, was a guest at the recent Cannabis Liberation Day (Cannabis Bevrijdingsdag) in Amsterdam. The Canadian cannabis oil producer put the medicinal use of cannabis on the worldwide map with his documentary Run From the Cure on the Rick Simpson Oil (RSO) technique. He has treated many patients and […]

An end to the UN as we know it‏?

The United Nations’ drug conventions were recently discussed in Vienna by the Commission on Drugs and Crime. The results of this convention make it clear that, with regards to international laws regarding cannabis, the United Nations commission on drugs and crime is way behind despite a world-wide shift forwards. https://www.cannabisnewsnetwork.com/incb-un-ungass-vienna/ Even before the meeting, the […]

Cannabis News Network: Your Source of Cannabis News

Cannabis News Network is proud to present the new website. We invite you to come and take a look: https://www.cannabisnewsnetwork.com/ In a time countries regulate cannabis, the international community fails it’s responsibility and the United Nations seems to be a lame duck. Scientists and experts from the field acknowledging the real harm being done! None! […]

Cannabis Reguleren in de Praktijk, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam | Cannabis News Network

Voor het eerst sinds de Tweede Kamer heeft ingestemd met het reguleren van de cannabisteelt voor coffeeshops, komen de hoofdrolspelers van het nieuwe cannabisbeleid bij elkaar om te praten over de toekomst. Centraal staat de vraag hoe regulering van cannabis er in de praktijk uit moet gaan zien. Lang was de vraag in Nederland óf […]

The International Cannabinoid Research Society 2014 – Cannabis News Network

Top scientists from all over the world gathered together in the small Italian town Baveno to talk about the latest on medicinal cannabis.

Criminalization of Cannabis: The Human Toll

As long cannabis is still illegal to get access to, many people are hurt because of that illegality. The international premiere of the documentary; “Grassroots: The Cannabis Revolution” was held in Dublin, Ireland. For three years film-maker Dale Beaumont-Brown followed his cousin Clark French, a young guy suffering from multiples scleroses.  The documentary was first […]

COMING UP: Medicinal Cannabis as a Human Right

For our first story of 2016, Cannabis News Network aims the spotlight on Medicinal Cannabis as a Human Right. Check out some of the subjects we will be covering below.