Recreational Marijuana
- All
- News
-
No More Cannabis In Bangkok? New Thailand Laws To Clamp Down On Marijuana
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022.
-
Germany's Cabinet Okays Bill Legalising Recreational Marijuana Use
Germany's cabinet on Wednesday passed a contentious bill to legalize recreational marijuana use and cultivation, potentially giving further momentum to a worldwide trend to liberalize cannabis laws.
-
First Legal Recreational Cannabis Shop Opens In New York
New York's first legal recreational marijuana dispensary opened on Thursday in the heart of Manhattan.
-
Amazon Says It's Relaxing Marijuana Policy To 'Become Earth's Best Employer'
Amazon has said it will further relax its marijuana policy for employees and is gearing up to support national legislation to legalise the drug. Citing its decision from June 2021, the American e-commerce giant said it has “reinstated the employment eligibility” for former employees and applicants terminated or deferred during random or pre-emp...
-
Mexico Supreme Court Decriminalizes Recreational Marijuana Use
Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use for adults, declaring its prohibition under the health law to be unconstitutional, after a legalization bill stalled in Congress.
-
Marijuana Use Linked To Increased Risk Of Heart Problems
"Marijuana use, both recreational and medical, is increasing nationally yet many of its cardiovascular effects remain poorly understood," said lead author Ersilia M DeFilippis from Columbia University in the US.
-
Let's Legalize Use Of Recreational Marijuana, Says New York Governor
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday called for the legalization of recreational marijuana use in his state -- a move that would add America's most populous city to the growing list of places that allow the drug's use.
-
Canada's Marijuana Industry Imports Workers As Job Openings Multiply
Canada's largest cannabis companies are now actively recruiting for approximately 1,700 positions, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Many companies say they expect that number to grow as they expand production facilities after Canada legalized recreational marijuana in October.
-
US State Massachusetts To Start Selling Recreational Marijuana
Massachusetts is joining the growing list of US states where Americans can walk into a shop and legally buy recreational marijuana, with two stores due to open next Tuesday.
-
Marijuana Smokers Beware! You Are At High Risk Of This Disease
Growing trends of stroke among marijuana users warrant further prospective studies to evaluate the marijuana-stroke association amidst legalisation of recreational use: researchers.
-
Canada Legalises Sale And Use Of Recreational Marijuana
Nearly a century of marijuana prohibition came to an end Wednesday as Canada became the first major Western nation to legalize and regulate its sale and recreational use.
-
UK Doctors Can Now Prescribe Medicinal Cannabis Products
British doctors will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis, the government announced Thursday following a review -- but insisted it was not a first step towards legalising recreational use.
-
Canada Senate Passes Bill Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Canada's Senate passed a bill Thursday legalizing recreational marijuana, moving it closer to becoming the first member of the Group of Seven nations to legalize the production, sale and consumption of the drug.
-
Russia Okays Cocaine, Heroin During World Cup... But With Doctor's Note
The loophole in Russia's no-nonsense approach to recreational drugs -- they are all illegal -- comes in a loose alliance it forged in 2014 with Belarus and Kazakhstan.
-
On New Year's Day, California Legalises Sale Of Marijuana
California will launch the world's largest regulated commercial market for recreational marijuana on Monday, as dozens of newly licensed stores catering to adults who enjoy the drug for its psychoactive effects open for business up and down the state.
-
No More Cannabis In Bangkok? New Thailand Laws To Clamp Down On Marijuana
The Thai government will urgently move a bill to ban the recreational use of cannabis, the health minister said on Tuesday, after the kingdom decriminalised the drug in 2022.
-
Germany's Cabinet Okays Bill Legalising Recreational Marijuana Use
Germany's cabinet on Wednesday passed a contentious bill to legalize recreational marijuana use and cultivation, potentially giving further momentum to a worldwide trend to liberalize cannabis laws.
-
First Legal Recreational Cannabis Shop Opens In New York
New York's first legal recreational marijuana dispensary opened on Thursday in the heart of Manhattan.
-
Amazon Says It's Relaxing Marijuana Policy To 'Become Earth's Best Employer'
Amazon has said it will further relax its marijuana policy for employees and is gearing up to support national legislation to legalise the drug. Citing its decision from June 2021, the American e-commerce giant said it has “reinstated the employment eligibility” for former employees and applicants terminated or deferred during random or pre-emp...
-
Mexico Supreme Court Decriminalizes Recreational Marijuana Use
Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use for adults, declaring its prohibition under the health law to be unconstitutional, after a legalization bill stalled in Congress.
-
Marijuana Use Linked To Increased Risk Of Heart Problems
"Marijuana use, both recreational and medical, is increasing nationally yet many of its cardiovascular effects remain poorly understood," said lead author Ersilia M DeFilippis from Columbia University in the US.
-
Let's Legalize Use Of Recreational Marijuana, Says New York Governor
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday called for the legalization of recreational marijuana use in his state -- a move that would add America's most populous city to the growing list of places that allow the drug's use.
-
Canada's Marijuana Industry Imports Workers As Job Openings Multiply
Canada's largest cannabis companies are now actively recruiting for approximately 1,700 positions, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Many companies say they expect that number to grow as they expand production facilities after Canada legalized recreational marijuana in October.
-
US State Massachusetts To Start Selling Recreational Marijuana
Massachusetts is joining the growing list of US states where Americans can walk into a shop and legally buy recreational marijuana, with two stores due to open next Tuesday.
-
Marijuana Smokers Beware! You Are At High Risk Of This Disease
Growing trends of stroke among marijuana users warrant further prospective studies to evaluate the marijuana-stroke association amidst legalisation of recreational use: researchers.
-
Canada Legalises Sale And Use Of Recreational Marijuana
Nearly a century of marijuana prohibition came to an end Wednesday as Canada became the first major Western nation to legalize and regulate its sale and recreational use.
-
UK Doctors Can Now Prescribe Medicinal Cannabis Products
British doctors will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis, the government announced Thursday following a review -- but insisted it was not a first step towards legalising recreational use.
-
Canada Senate Passes Bill Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Canada's Senate passed a bill Thursday legalizing recreational marijuana, moving it closer to becoming the first member of the Group of Seven nations to legalize the production, sale and consumption of the drug.
-
Russia Okays Cocaine, Heroin During World Cup... But With Doctor's Note
The loophole in Russia's no-nonsense approach to recreational drugs -- they are all illegal -- comes in a loose alliance it forged in 2014 with Belarus and Kazakhstan.
-
On New Year's Day, California Legalises Sale Of Marijuana
California will launch the world's largest regulated commercial market for recreational marijuana on Monday, as dozens of newly licensed stores catering to adults who enjoy the drug for its psychoactive effects open for business up and down the state.
