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Switzerland has something to celebrate. Two proposals open the way to the tide of liberalisation that is shaking the world. This month we learned that the Swiss parliament studies regulating both therapeutic and recreational use of cannabis.
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Guam, a white sand island on the North Pacific, replete of huge palm trees with branches dancing to the sea breeze’s tune and sorrounded by crystallin waters with emerald reflections, has been the last country to legalize recreational use of cannabis. As unincorporated territory of the USA, the island is one of the 17 non autonomous territories under the supervision of the United Nations Decolonization Committee.
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Her name made the world headlines on past June 8. Democrat congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (known as AOC on Internet) launched a legislative proposal to knock down the ban on scientific investigations using psilocybin and MDMA in the USA.
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New Zealand is getting ready to open doors to cannabis. First, they legalized medicinal cannabis; now, they are on the path to admit also recreational use of cannabis through a referendum.
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The Andean country had already decriminalized possession of small amounts of cannabis, and now it takes a giant step with regulation of medicinal cannabis. A great victory for Peruvian patients and activists, like the users of @fundaciondaya, who will be granted legal and safe access to cannabis, although they won't be able to legally grow it.
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A conversation with scientists about cannabis therapy used against one of the deadliest cancers known: glioblastoma. The investigation moves forward with the study of cannabinoids and their antitumour effects.
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Luxembourg is the last European country to jump on the train of legalization. Medicinal and recreational marijuana will be free in the Grand Duchy.
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New scientific evidence clarifies the link between behavioral disorders and consumption of marijuana in young people. One important investigation has debunked many established prejudices, which we list in this article.
Los Angeles’ cooking star opens his kitchen’s doors to share his vision of marijuana, one shaped between science and the stove. The Herbal Chef innovates in each dish, merging haute cuisine and cannabis. We invite you to sit at his table.
Herbal Chef Restaurant, in Los Angeles, California, is open since 2014. In the beginning, only medicinal marijuana card holding members could taste its menu. Now, after several changes in weed’s legal status in that State, Chris Sayegh’s business, which mixes haute cuisine and our favourite plant, is on the rise. Viewed as a model by other similar companies, Sayegh creates flavour combinations, “infused” or “non-infused”, to offer his customers the ultimate culinary experience.
After the arrival of Bitcoin in January 2009, digital currencies caused an earthquake that has shaken the foundations of trade markets and traditional economy. The possibility of using a virtual currency in transactions worth millions of dollars opens the door for a whole range of opportunities. One of them is organizing a real “marijuana bank”.
The goal of electronic currencies based in marijuana is to serve the more than $100 million that legal weed generates. But how does something like that work?
