Europe

Despite the Netherlands liberal reputation for allowing ‘coffee shops’ the small scale cannabis growers who supply them are being threatened with extinction due to increased police harassment. The result is that coffee shops in Amsterdam and elsewhere in the Netherlands are now selling lower quality, and even dangerously adulterated merchandise sourced from major criminals,...
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A hemp farmer in Halland in western Sweden has won a 10 year battle in the Swedish and European courts, thanks to court ruling stating that his crop of Hemp was illegally seized by the Swedish state. The story is an example of the ignorance still surrounding cannabis and hemp which are closely related...
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MALAYSIA is to be the target of international protests at the Malaysian government’s mandatory death penalty policy for drug trafficking on Thursday March 4th. Peaceful protests are planned at Malaysian Embassies in cities worldwide, including Britain (London), Denmark (Copenhagen) France (Paris), USA (New York & LA) and Nepal (Kathmandu). There will also be protests at...
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Dear Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, It is with the greatest respect to you and your country and it’s legal system that we write to you today in the hope that your government will join the vast majority of UN member nations and urgently reconsider your current use of the death penalty, in particular for...
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TONY BLAIR will be over the moon: Not only has the UK won the Olympic bid, but now ‘Merry Britain’ has also been chosen to host the ‘Global Marijuana Music Awards 2006′ in what some will see as a further blow to Paris and worldwide alcoholism. With the highest consumption of cannabis in Europe,...
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ANDRE FURST’S farm buildings are made of hemp, he wears hemp clothing, he eats hemp, even his farm tractor runs on hemp oil. He is also one of Europe’s leading experts on the production and use of hemp, one of the most valuable but under utilised plants known to humanity. Now Andre Furst faces...
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European Parliament, Brussels, 13 September 2005: All 730 Members of the European Parliament (M.E.P’s) became ‘in possession’ of a bag of cannabis seeds on Tuesday (13th Sep), courtesy of the ‘European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies’ (ENCOD), which represents 120 ‘grass roots’ drugs action organisations throughout Europe. The European M.E.P’s were asked by ENCOD...
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The Washington Post is reporting that U.S. Drug Czar John Walters, and Dutch Health Minister Hans Hoogervorst, have reached an accord on dealing with “high potency marijuana” and announced plans to hold a ’skunk summit’ this autumn. Heaven knows what they will come up with, but ‘News of the Weed’ will be there. According to the...
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