CANNABIS CHANGING WORLD: JUNE 2012 to DECEMBER 2013: NEWS REPORTS

• US: THE YEAR IN WEED, 25 DEC 2013

• URUGUAY LEGALISES THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF MARIJUANA, 11 DEC 2013

• MOROCOO IS GOING TO POT! RABAT EYES GIVING HASHISH LEGALIZATION LAW THE "GREEN" LIGHT, 5 DEC 2013

• GERMANY: BERLIN COUNCIL AUTHORIZES FIRST CANNABIS CAFE, 30 NOV 2013

• ST VINCENT & GRENADINES TO LEGALISE MARIJUANA?

• CZECH REPUBLIC: POLICE RAID GROW SHOPS, 6 NOV 2013

• MEXICO CITY MAY BE NEXT TO BEAT CALIFORNIA TO MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION, 14 OCT 2013

• MARIJUANA FINALLY DECRIMINALIZED IN JAMAICA, 13 OCT 2013

• ROMANIA BECOMES 10TH COUNTRY IN THE EU TO ALLOW MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA, 5 OCT 2013

• SWITZERLAND: MIXED FEELINGS OVER NEW SWISS CANNABIS LAW, 30 SEPT 2013

• NETHERLANDS: UTRECHT PRESSES AHEAD WITH 'LEGAL' CANNABIS EXPERIMENTS, 11 SEPT 2013

• CANNABIS CAFES COULD SET UP SHOP IN BERLIN, 16 SEPT 2013

• MALTA: NO POSSESSION OF DRUGS REQUIRED FOR DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES, 6 SEPT 2013

• MEXICO CITY MULLS LEGAL MARIJUANA 'CLUBS', 4 SEPT 2013

• SOUTH AFRICA TO CONSIDER LEGALIZING MARIJUANA, 8 AUGUST 2013

• URUGUAY VOTES TO CREATE WORLD'S FIRST NATIONAL LEGAL MARIJUANA MARKET, 1 AUGUST 2013

• FRENCH LAW ON POT-BASED MEDICINE TAKES EFFECT, 10 JUNE 2013

• CANADA'S NEW MEDICAL MARIJUANA RULES CUT HOMEGROWERS, PHARMACISTS OUT, 10 JUNE 2013

• DENMARK: COPENHAGENERS CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORT LEGAL CANNABIS, BUT PROVINCES UNCONVINCED, 6 MAY 2013

• ITALY LEGALISES MEDICINAL CANNABIS, 12 MARCH 2013

• HAWAII: SENATE VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA, 6 MARCH 2013

• CANADA: POT STAYS ILLEGAL IN CANADA AFTER APPEAL COURT OVERTURNS RULING, 2 FEB 2013

• COSTA RICA, MEXICO, AND COLOMBIA PREPARING FOR U.S. POT LEGALIZATION

• US: AMERICAS FIRST LEGAL RECREATIONAL CANNABIS CLUB OPENING TODAY 31 DECEMBER 2012

• US: THE NEXT SEVEN STATES TO LEGALIZE POT, 18 DEC 2012

• CROATIA DECRIMINALIZES DRUG USE, 14 DEC 2012

• NEW ZEALAND: NZ CALLING FOR A NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT CANNABIS, 14 NOV 2012

• LATIN AMERICAN LEADERS CALL FOR DRUG POLICY REVIEW AFTER 2 US STATES VOTE TO LEGALISE CANNABIS, 12 NOV 2012

• US: LEGALIZE IT! HISTORIC NIGHT FOR MARIJUANA REFORM AS COLORADO AND WASHINGTON TAKE THE BIG STEP, 6 NOV 2012

• FRANCE’S MINISTER OF EDUCATION FAVOURS CANNABIS DECRIMINALISATION, 15 OCT 2012

• CHILEAN SENATORS PROPOSE DECRIMINALISATION OF CANNABIS CULTIVATION, 8 AUG 2012

• SWISS EXPERTS DEBATE WHAT TO DO ABOUT CANNABIS, 22 Jul 2012

• BELIZE CONSIDERING DECRIMINALISATION OF MARIJUANA POSSESSION, 20 JUL 2012

• PORTUGUESE POLITICIANS PROPOSE BILL TO LEGALISE AND REGULATE CANNABIS, 16 JUL 2012

• IRELAND: OUR POLITICIANS NEED TO FRAME A DRUGS POLICY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS, 4 JUL 2012

• FRENCH CANNABIS SOCIAL CLUBS START GROWING IN DEFIANCE OF POT LAWS, 28 JUN 2012

• BASQUE GOVERNMENT REGULATES CANNABIS SALE AND USE, 30 DEC 2011

We need to debate use of cannabis - Bristol Post - Comment

It's been debated long enough and it's the politicians that refuse to seriously consider changing the law. 

The law MUST be changed in the interests of public health, Justice, Human Rights and the environment.  

The present law that punishes people that have done no harm and posed no threat, for the possession or cultivation of plants in their own homes for their own use - it is expensive, an utter failure at protecting people, and completely unworkable in a society where over 10% have admitted using cannabis.   

These times of prohibition will be looked at in the future i the same way we now look a alcohol prohibition in the US.  

In short, evil.

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/need-debate-use-cannabis/story-20256098-detail/story.html
Bristol Post: Dec 4 2013:

Editor's comment: We need to debate use of cannabis

IT is no accident that the number of cannabis factories is on the increase. Whilst they may be illegal they are certainly lucrative. And without question they are meeting a demand.

It could be argued that the proliferation of these factories is evidence for saying the law needs to change to make the use of cannabis acceptable.

Then there is the use of cannabis to treat medical conditions.

Should we follow the United States where it is regularly prescribed?

And should we deny people with arthritis and other painful conditions the relief cannabis can deliver?
But equally we should not forget that these factories are part of a much bigger picture involving drug dealing and violent crime. It is surely no coincidence that knives were found at one of these farms.
And there is a further issue here. That is if we accept the common use of cannabis then we run the risk of more people moving on to harder drugs and everything that implies.

It is time again to have a serious debate about all these issues.

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