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

Poll: Should Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan be growing cannabis?

Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan, deputy for Roscommon-South Leitrim, is already making his mark by saying that he illegally grows a cannabis plant for his own consumption. He told Fiona Hynes in The Star today that he grows his own so that he doesn’t support the violent drugs trade.

What do you think of Flanagan’s open admission? Should he be growing his own cannabis and smoking it?