As Canada (under Justin Trudeau) and Mexico consider marijuana legalization, leaders hope the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on drugs will clarify international drug control treaties. Read article here: High Times
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U.S. Government May Push for International Drug Decriminalization During UNGASS 2016
Although President Obama has not given any official indication, a leading official with the U.S. State Department seems confident that prohibition may become unhinged at some point in 2016 and lead to the possible decriminalization of all illegal drugs across the globe. … Read article here: High Times
U.S. Government May Push for International Drug Decriminalization During UNGLASS 2016
Although President Obama has not given any official indication, a leading official with the U.S. State Department seems confident that prohibition may become unhinged at some point in 2016 and lead to the possible decriminalization of all illegal drugs across the globe. … Read article here: High Times
Song Premiere: Mystic Revealers’ ‘Leagizlie The Weed | International Remix’
After a 15 year music hiatus, the legendary Jamaican band Mystic Revealers are back! The group released a new album "Crucial Cuts" this year, as well as a new single called "Her Must Legalize Now," but that's not all! The Mystic Revealers have team… Read article here: High Times
Amnesty International: ‘Trigger Happy’ Police Kill Hundreds in Rio
A new Amnesty International report sheds light on police brutality running wild in Rio. Read article here: High Times
International Cooperation: Raising The Finest Medical Marijuana
From the outside, MedReleaf’s production facility in Markham, Ont., doesn’t look like much. It’s a large rectangular building about three stories tall, shorter but wider than a football field, and camouflaged by an unassuming white exterior with few windows. There are no signs or company logos to tempt inquiring minds or mischief-minded passers-by. That’s partly […]
United Nations Asked to Change International Drug Laws
While the United Nation prepares for the first time in nearly two decades to examine the staleness of international drug law, advocates from all over the world have joined forces in an attempt to persuade the global governance to reform the policies that bind individual n… Read article here: High Times
2014: International Drug War Round-Up
Take a look back at the ongoinginternational drug wars during 2014, in areas including South America, the United States, Africa and beyond. Read article here: High Times
The International Cannabis Business Conference
On September13thand14th, the International Cannabis Business Conference was held in the City of Roses, Portland, Oregon. Around 700 attendees, a few having traveled from as far as India, gathered to listen to cutting edge speakers on all thingscann… High Times
International Manhunt After Haiti Prison Break
Officials in Haiti on Aug. 12 announced that police have re-captured Clifford Brandt, a disgraced businessman who seems to have been the intended beneficiary of an armed prison break two days earlier. High Times