It’s a pleasant summer evening in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter. The plazas are bustling, and it seems every bit of storefront is a bar or a restaurant. But one inconspicuous door opens to a different kind of place.

Sri Lanka is to launch its first official cannabis plantation to supply the traditional medicine market and export to the United States, the health minister said Wednesday.

Next April Bhang Travel will host its first annual Bhang Caribbean Cruise, featuring experts and professionals across the spectrum of the cannabis business.

Legalizing adult-use marijuana frees states from huge enforcement and incarceration and creates a huge new source of revenue.

The Swiss legislature is considering a bill that would allow Cannabis research as well as a trial program for Amsterdam-style cannabis cafés in the European country, writes Calvin Hughes.

Zurich residents with illness may have a card that allows them to acquire cannabis more easily.

Thailand is on the fast track to legalizing medical marijuana, the country's Narcotics Control Board director, Sirinya Sitdhichai, announced this week. 

The legalization of recreational and medical marijuana in several countries has made the cannabis industry more vibrant than ever. 

In Switzerland’s cities, the stuff has quickly become ubiquitous—standard fare in pharmacies, convenience stores, and a new crop of dispensaries.

Several African governments are considering tapping a lucrative natural resource.

In the first quarter of 2018, we’ve seen advances in our understanding of cannabis’ therapeutic benefits in a range of disorders, diseases, and cancers.

Taking inspiration from the West, India’s women and child development minister, Maneka Gandhi, has voiced her support for legalising marijuana in the country.

‘‘Legalising cannabis plants would benefit health’.

The recreational, medicinal and industrial use of cannabis has become much more socially acceptable over the last decade, and has seen a rapid increase in support from the public, politicians and celebrity icons.

In fields across Switzerland the harvest time for cannabis is coming to an end, and workers are distributing the crop to shops in France and Switzerland.

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The Guinness Book of World Records can tell you which city has the fastest internet connection, and which has the oldest restaurant, but  it doesn't say which city smokes the most weed, writes James McClure.

A Canadian company has its eye on the future of marijuana in Aruba and the Caribbean, signing a deal this week to produce marijuana and food there in the near future.

Thinking of visiting Australia? This country might be the next to pass major marijuana law reforms.

Can you guess who is paying the most?

The federal government says that Canadians generally support its planned approach to the legalization of marijuana, including detailed proposals surrounding plain packaging and warning labels.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted orphan drug approval for Chrysoeriol, a cannabis-based drug used to treat acute myeloid leukaemia, which was developed by Jamaican scientist Dr. Henry Lowe.

As marijuana legalization continues across the country, weed is becoming increasingly mainstream. 

 

It may not feature in Morocco's official tourism brochures but cannabis attracts thousands of visitors a year to the North African country. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says ''next summer," and not July 1, is the date cannabis will become legal across the country.

While just a few years ago, it was still taboo to talk about legalising cannabis in Morocco and Tunisia, nowadays, everyone is talking about.

New government regulations will allow highly-controlled and ministry-sanctioned cannabis production in selected provinces for medical and scientific purposes.

The majority of U.S. Virgin Island residents support the legalization of marijuana.

Cannabinoid biotechnology company MediPen Ltd. is launching its own dedicated 1,800ft sq marijuana research facility this summer, which will also provide a platform for anyone looking to utilise its facilities for the purposes of driving innovation around the use of medicinal cannabis.

Manifesto pledge figures based on Treasury report and evidence of recent legalisation in Colorado, Washington state and Uruguay

The parents of a young brain damaged girl who once faced regular seizures have credited cannabis oil with saving their daughter's life.

The family of an epileptic boy who suffers hundreds of seizures a day are quitting the UK to move to the Netherlands so they can leagally treat him with medical cannabis.

Vince Cable says the Liberal Democrats will keep pushing for the legalisation of cannabis.

Five months after legalising recreational marijuana, there are more than 16,000 Uruguayans registered to buy the drug from pharmacies, up from 5,000 users in July.

Uruguay‘s envoy to Ottawa says his small South American country has opened up some breathing room for marijuana legalization within international treaties that have outlawed recreational pot for decades.

International Cannabis Corporation will produce Uruguay’s first batch of medical cannabis oil for export in December, the company’s chief executive said Sunday.

Under the law, buyers must sign up to a national registry of users, in order to ensure they have fulfilled licensing procedures and do not exceed the monthly maximum purchase of 40 grams (1.4 ounces).

Canada is on track to become the second country in the world to legalize the consumption and sale of recreational marijuana, after Uruguay made the big leap in 2014.

WA doctors will be able to legally prescribe medicinal cannabis from Tuesday after the state government threw its support behind changes to new Commonwealth laws.

Australian drug regulators have granted what is believed to be the first licence to manufacture and supply medical cannabis in WA.

Nobody wants to smoke leafy stash full of sticks and stems. Trimming your cannabis plants is the final step in converting flowers into finished product.

On Oct. 10, a bill calling for legalized medical marijuana in the United Kingdom passed its first reading in Parliament completely unopposed.

The president of Peru signed a bill on Thursday legalizing medical marijuana across the country, a historic move that came a few weeks after the Peruvian Congress voted to approve it.

Europe loves marijuana. Unfortunately, you cannot enjoy a joint wherever you please. With this guide, we show you the best spots to enjoy cannabis throughout Europe.

Using software specifically designed with the marijuana industry in mind is one way suppliers, manufacturers, dispensaries, and users are all protecting themselves and their businesses.

From the United States to Australia, from Germany to Colombia, the Canadian cannabis sector continues to capitalize on an emerging global industry.

Cannabis should be made legal for medicinal purposes, say a cross-party group of U.K. MPs.

The WHO’s support for legal CBD oil puts the global community at odds with some elements in the U.S. government that continue to fight against the legalization of hemp and cannabis.

The Zimbabwean government this week published a licensing regime that will allow the legal cultivation of cannabis, state-owned newspaper The Herald reported on Saturday.