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Lukas Hurt

Lukas Hurt is Leafly’s central and eastern Europe correspondent. Originally from a small town outside Prague, he studied history and English at university. After a stint as a bartender in Ireland, he returned to his home country in 2010, where he now works as a translator, journalist, and editor focusing on cannabis issues. He has advocated for patients and recreational consumers, publishing articles and translating books and scientific studies. He is one of the main contributors to the highly popular Czech cannabis magazine Legalizace.

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Pressure Mounts for Slovenia to Embrace Medical Cannabis
Lukas Hurt - Published on January 11, 2017
Facing growing pressure from patients and activists, the Central European country could finally see change in 2017.

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Serbian Cannabis Leader Arrested Ahead of Public Hearing
Lukas Hurt - Published on January 4, 2017
Scheduled to give public testimony on the plant’s therapeutic powers, Dragan Alargić was jailed before he could make his legalization plea.

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A European’s Take on Colorado’s Cannabis Market
Lukas Hurt - Published on January 3, 2017
We talk to Vladan M., a 29-year-old chemist from the Czech Republic who spent a week exploring Colorado’s cannabis market.

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The Roots of Eastern Europe’s Medical Cannabis Revolution
Lukas Hurt - Published on December 30, 2016
In recent years, Eastern Europe has seen an unprecedented rise in the number of patients treating themselves with homemade cannabis extracts.

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Bureaucratic Red Tape Frustrates Czech Cannabis Patients
Lukas Hurt - Published on December 21, 2016
Medical cannabis is legal in the Czech Republic, but complicated rules and supply issues have ground the system almost to a halt.

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Meet Lumir Hanus, Who Discovered the First Endocannabinoid
Lukas Hurt - Published on December 13, 2016
Leafly spoke with the scientist who first isolated what’s sometimes called “the bliss molecule” about the future of cannabis research.

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How to Make Money Off US Cannabis Legalization Without Leaving Europe
Lukas Hurt - Published on December 7, 2016
Some inventive European cannabis enthusiasts have already found a way to capitalize on the end of prohibition happening across the pond.

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Central European Legalization Efforts Gaining Political Support
Lukas Hurt - Published on November 24, 2016
Both the Czech Republic and the German city of Berlin could see the arrival of legal cannabis next year if efforts supported by political parties there gain traction.

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Polish Bill to Legalize Medical Cannabis Reaches Parlimentary Committee
Lukas Hurt - Published on November 14, 2016
Parliament has begun debate on new legislation that would make cannabis available to tens of thousands of Poles with a wide range of health issues.

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Czech NGO Distributes Thousands of Free Cannabis Seeds Every Year
Lukas Hurt - Published on November 11, 2016
In the Czech Republic, where cannabis is widely tolerated, these small acts of of civil disobedience are what locals call “legalization from the bottom up.”

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Pressure Mounts for Slovenia to Embrace Medical Cannabis

Serbian Cannabis Leader Arrested Ahead of Public Hearing

A European’s Take on Colorado’s Cannabis Market

The Roots of Eastern Europe’s Medical Cannabis Revolution

Bureaucratic Red Tape Frustrates Czech Cannabis Patients

Meet Lumir Hanus, Who Discovered the First Endocannabinoid

How to Make Money Off US Cannabis Legalization Without Leaving Europe

Central European Legalization Efforts Gaining Political Support

Polish Bill to Legalize Medical Cannabis Reaches Parlimentary Committee

Czech NGO Distributes Thousands of Free Cannabis Seeds Every Year