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Netherlands To Supply Medical Cannabis Until July Despite Brexit Ban

The mother of a nine-year-old boy with a severe and rare form of epilepsy who was told Brexit would end the supply of a life-changing cannabis medicine that saved her son’s life has been given a six-month reprieve. Hannah Deacon said she was hugely gra…

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Dutch recreational cannabis experiment advances after court appeal rejected

A Dutch judge rejected on Thursday a request to annul the results of a lottery process used to select cultivators for the country’s recreational cannabis experiment. “This means the experiment will likely continue moving forward as planned,…

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Why Do The British Insist On Confusing Cannabis With Tobacco?

Why Do The British Insist On Confusing Cannabis With Tobacco?
Tobacco is much more problematic than cannabis. So why are the Brits talking like they’re the same substance?  
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Netherlands to draw 10 recreational marijuana growers this week

The Dutch government will hold a draw on Thursday to choose 10 marijuana cultivators for the country’s upcoming pilot program, according to a letter to Parliament from the medical and justice ministers dated Friday, Nov. 27. The winners of the dr…