The Global Commission on Drug Policy’s report, Beyond Punishment: From Criminal Justice Responses to Drug Policy Reform, exposes how punitive drug policies have driven mass incarceration and grave human rights violations. In 2023 alone, over 3.1 million people were arrested for drug-related offenses, with 20% of the global prison population detained for such crimes – nearly […]

11 December 2024 Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) Harm Reduction International (HRI) U.S. leads global drug war The role of the United States in exporting the destructive war on drugs to other countries is unparalleled. Since 1971, the U.S. has spent more than a trillion dollars on the war on drugs, prioritising law enforcement responses and […]

Header Image: Let’s remeber that this is about the death of a human being called Lorna McMurrey aged only 27 with a whole life ahead of her It’s a timely vignette both about the insurance industry and the cannabis industry considering the events of the past couple of week Green Market Report A Berkshire Hathaway […]

What to say except there it is ! The Barren County Economic Authority Board of Directors unanimously voted to disallow medical marijuana growing or processing facilities. President and CEO of the authority Maureen Carpenter presented the board members with the “South Cooper Industrial Park Restrictive Covenants,” which outlines things like the location of loading docks, […]

Kloten / Tokio AstraSana Japan Co., Ltd. has formed a capital and business alliance with Japan’s GSI Creos Corporation, bolstered by their investment. This partnership will enhance the wholesale distribution of CBD raw materials across Japan, leveraging the strengths of both companies. Through this alliance, the AstraSana Group, headquartered in Switzerland, will establish a robust […]

Rubio is in for some hefty legal fees.. A recently unsealed plea agreement suggests that state Sen. Susan Rubio was part of a sprawling cannabis bribery scheme when she served on the Baldwin Park City Council in 2018. Rubio denies wrongdoing. Rubio said she talked to federal authorities and was told she is not a […]