5 september 2014
The Italian government has plans to produce medical marijuana in a military factory in Florence, national media reported on Friday. The plans could see cannabis drugs available in Italian pharmacies as early as next year.
Students campaign worldwide to end the war on drugs
Students for Liberty start worldwide campaign to end the war on drugs
The War on Drugs has undoubtedly been one of the worst political mistakes of the 20th and 21st centuries. The ripple effects of this failed attempt at prohibition are endless. The War on Drugs has ravaged developing countries by creating the conditions for violent drug lords to rise to unprecedented levels of power, thus leading to political and economic instability and the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent people.
Judge refuses to jail cancer victim who has twice been caught growing cannabis for pain relief
Aug 29, 2014
By Anthony Bond
Jonathan Yates, 65, whose throat has been badly damaged by radiation treatment for tongue cancer, says cannabis is the only effective pain killer he can find
END THE PROHIBITION OF HEROIN
A cop’s experience tells him the drug war is doing more harm than good
By Jack Cole
AUGUST 24, 2014
MESSAGE OF THE CANNABIS SOCIAL CLUB OF GRAZALEMA, SOUTH OF SPAIN
FOR THE RECOGNITION OF A MODEL BASED ON (AMONG OTHERS) SOLIDARITY AND SELF MANAGEMENT
1 September 2014
Cannabis Social Clubs in Belgium: Organizational strengths and weaknesses, and threats to the model
Cannabis Social Clubs can be found in many countries, but the term often covers very different empirical realities. Inspired by the Spanish CSCs and
similarly taking advantage of a grey area in the Belgian cannabis legislation, Belgian cannabis activists set up the first Belgian CSC in 2006, and there are
now at least 5 Belgian CSCs. This paper’s main objective is to analyse the (internal) strengths and weaknesses and the (external) opportunities and
threats of the model, as it exists today
Coca-Cola Forced to Abandon $25 Million Project in India
August 25, 2014
The enterprise that managed to prohibit the coca leaf internationally now has to try to save its face by “withdrawing” its application after denial by agency in India
“Coca-Cola is a shameless and unethical company that has consistently placed its pursuit of profits over the well-being of communities that live around its facilities. It is absolutely reprehensible for a globally recognized company like Coca-Cola to seek further groundwater allowances from an area that has become acutely water-stressed, and that too in large part due to Coca-Cola’s mining of groundwater alone, ” said Amit Srivastava of the India Resource Center which has led the campaign to challenge the new plant.