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