Articles tagged with "United Nations"

Werner Sipp, president of the U.N.’s International Narcotics Control Board, pooh-poohed the idea of cannabis legalization and “so-called ‘new approaches’” to drug policy.

More and more doctors want cannabis to be legal, Mexico’s president is MIA from the U.N. summit, and did someone say, “dragon balls”?

Cannabis advocates are about to descend on the U.N., Bill Maher talks cannabis and the creative process, and criminal penalties are still outrageous.

Representatives from Canada and Mexico are calling on the United Nations to give countries broad authority to regulate cannabis within their borders.

All eyes are on U.S. cannabis policy in advance of a special United Nations summit, Israeli companies are drawing American investments, and a man is rewarded for being punched repeatedly in the face.

In today’s Shakeup, Colorado coal miners consider cannabis, the deadline hits for Georgia’s medical marijuana program expansion, and is Drumpf the best bet for legalization?

A major report issued this morning by The Lancet urges the U.N. to rethink its drug policy and adopt a number of major changes, including an end to cannabis prohibition.

A bad Montana court decision could be delayed, a Leafly contributor breaks the latest news about Washington pesticides, and a Denver consultant predicts cannabis shortages.

Utah patients are sick of lawmakers’ stoner jokes, New York’s medical program is stalling, and the Philadelphia Flower Show realizes what else is called “flower.”