BANGKOK — Thailand took another step toward decriminalizing marijuana on Thursday, kicking off a key government meeting that is expected help pave the way to scrapping jail terms and fines for possessing the drug or growing it at home. With this move, the kingdom hopes to promote its vital tourism industry, following countries such as […]
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Malta has become the first EU country to legalize the cultivation and personal use of cannabis. Adults will be allowed to carry up to seven grams of cannabis, and grow no more than four plants at home. But smoking it in public or in front of children will be illegal. Several other nations have similar […]
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Legalizing cannabis could bring Germany annual tax revenues and cost savings of about 4.7 billion euros ($5.34 billion) and create 27,000 new jobs, a survey said on Tuesday as politicians thrash out rules for the budding sector. Chancellor-in-waiting Olaf Scholz and his center-left Social Democrats (SPD) are in talks with the environmentalist, pro-spending Greens, and […]
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Since Amazon stopped screening new hires for cannabis use, applications for some positions have increased by as much as 400 percent. Amazon announced on Tuesday that it is lobbying the federal government to pass a bill that would deschedule and tax weed, making it federally legal in states that have already legalized cannabis. The company also […]
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With state legalization expanding and financial troubles receding, Wall Street says it’s time to pay attention to U.S. marijuana stocks. Their path to profitability is firmer than their better-hyped Canadian counterparts, analysts say. The playing field is bigger, even though cannabis isn’t federally legal yet. Sales growth for the biggest producers is stronger. And […]
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