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US House votes to decriminalize cannabis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 02 12:16 PM

The bill will eliminate punishments for providing or possessing the drug if is signed into law by President Joe Biden. Read more »

LOOK: Cannabis-infused candy, vape cartridges seized

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 11:09 AM

MANILA – Customs officials seized cannabis-infused gummy candies and vape cartridges at the PHLPost Central Mail Exchange Center on Monday. Read more »

Can cannabis compound CBD treat COVID-19?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 07:15 PM

Early research suggesting that a popular non-psychoactive compound derived from marijuana might help prevent or treat COVID-19 warrants further investigation in rigorous clinical trials, researchers say. Read more »

Malta OKs cannabis for personal use, first in Europe

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 03:28 AM

Malta has adopted a ‘harm-reduction approach’ with the establishment of an authority to regulate the sale of cannabis for personal use by adults. Read more »

Legalized cannabis: A rarity around the world

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 06:42 PM

The next German government plans to legalize the recreational use of cannabis, which would make Germany the third nation to do so after Uruguay and Canada. Read more »

Sundalo kulong sa paglagay ng cannabis sa cupcake

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 03:23 PM

Guilty ang hatol sa Canadian soldier na naglagay umano ng cannabis sa mga cupcake na ibinigay sa mga nakaalitang kasamahan sa militar noong 2018. Read more »

Britain's legal cannabis market booms on COVID-19 demand

Jean-Baptiste Oubrier, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 19 03:24 PM

Britain's legal cannabis market has boomed during the coronavirus pandemic to become the second biggest after the United States. Read more »

Joints for jabs in Washington state

Lindsey Wasson, Reuters
Posted at Jun 19 03:59 PM

Street performer Keith Sexton wears a hat with a dragon mask, adorned with a surgical mask, while receiving the COVID-19 vaccine from Tara Biller of health care organization Pliable during a "Joints for Jabs" initiative at the Evergreen Market cannabis store in Auburn, Washington, U.S., on Friday. Read more »

Retired US airman, Filipina partner arrested in condo marijuana-farm bust in Taguig

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 14 07:04 AM

NCRPO director Brig. Gen. Vicente Danao Jr. described the marijuana farming operation as "high-tech”.   Read more »

Virginia governor signs bill legalizing marijuana possession from July 1

Reuters
Posted at Apr 22 03:56 PM

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill that legalizes the simple possession of marijuana, making the state the first in the US south to allow the drug's recreational use, the governor said. Read more »

'Joints for jabs': Free marijuana for vaccinated New Yorkers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 21 11:27 AM

NEW YORK - New Yorkers who have been vaccinated against Covid-19 were able to get an unlikely freebie Tuesday: a marijuana joint. Read more »

Singapore makes biggest cannabis seizure in 25 years

Reuters
Posted at Apr 19 06:21 PM

Singapore's anti-narcotics agency said on Monday it made its biggest seizure of cannabis in 25 years in a bust last week in the city-state, which has some of the world's toughest narcotics laws including capital punishment. Read more »

New York passes bill to legalize marijuana

Reuters
Posted at Mar 31 02:44 PM

New York lawmakers passed a bill on Tuesday to legalize adult use of marijuana, which will make it the 15th state in the United States to allow recreational use of the drug. Read more »

New York state announces deal to legalize recreational marijuana

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 02:02 AM

Once the underlying legislation passes, New York will join 14 other states and the District of Columbia in permitting cannabis use.    Read more »

Hempburger to go? Thai consumer goods firms pile into legal cannabis trade

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 12 03:36 PM

If the bets of Thailand's farmed cannabis promoters pay off, Thais could soon be chowing down on hempburgers, washed down with cannabis-derived drinks, before freshening up with shower gel and toothpaste infused with a compound from the plant. Read more »

Morocco set to legalize cannabis production for medical use

Reuters
Posted at Feb 26 12:32 AM

RABAT - Morocco plans to allow the farming, export and domestic sale of cannabis for medical and industrial use, the government said on Thursday, a move it hopes will help impoverished farmers in the Rif mountains amid a growing legal global market for the drug.   Read more »

New Jersey governor signs legislation legalizing recreational cannabis

Barbara Goldberg, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 05:38 AM

MAPLEWOOD - Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation on Monday making New Jersey the latest US state to legalize marijuana for recreational use, but it is expected to take up to a year before dispensaries will begin selling cannabis to the public.   Read more »

Betting on Biden? Reddit fuels fresh surge in cannabis stocks

Danilo Masoni and Julien Ponthus, Reuters
Posted at Feb 11 10:52 PM

Shares in North American cannabis firms were heading for new highs on Thursday, with Reddit-inspired retail investors betting they could beat the short-sellers and benefit from new legislation that is expected under US President Joe Biden.   Read more »

Aiming high? Firm wants to bring cannabis medical oil to PH, counts on legislation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 05:57 PM

MANILA - Businessman Antonio Tiu's Greenergy Holdings is targeting to introduce and bring in marijuana-based cannabidiol or CBD oil to the Philippines, counting on legislation to pave the way.    Read more »

Antonio Tiu's Greenergy beefs up Makati subway project

Nika Lazo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 05 04:52 PM

Businessman Antonio Tiu said his firm Greenergy Holdings is in the "advanced stage" of entering into a joint venture (JV) with an Asian firm -- both aiming to improve connectivity and develop communities surrounding the $3.7-billion Makati City subway. Read more »