Cannabis Fantastic

In Poland, the leader of a new left-wing party threatened to light up a joint in Parliament in Warsaw on Friday. Janusz Palikot is trying to get soft drugs, like cannabis, legalized among other liberal ideas in his rather conservative country. Palikot wants to decriminalize small amounts of cannabis in his country, so as his party leader, he announced his plan to light up some marijuana in Parliament.

The International body that governs professional surfing is about to change their policies. The Association of Surfing Professionals has decided on their 2012 policies for screening surfers competing in world surfing events.They have decided for the first time to introduce comprehensive drug testing for surfer to compete.  Surfing, as a sport, has grown out of [Read on . . .]

According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Sinaloa Cartel is responsible for smuggling 3.3 million pounds of marijuana, 20,000 pounds of cocaine and 10,000 pounds of heroin into the U.S. through Arizona over the past five years.  Officials say that amounts to about $2 Billion in revenue. The investigation into the drug ring in [Read on . . .]

A Canadian group of professionals has formed a coalition that calls on the legalization and the regulated sales of marijuana in Canada. The group made up of BC police officers, health professionals, legal experts and academics includes members such as former BC Supreme Court Justice, Ross Lander and BC’s former chief coroner, Vince Cain. And it isn’t just retired professionals that are joining in, one of the spokesman for the group is David Bratzer, a Victoria Police officer who is also running for the Victoria School board this fall.

The President of Colombia said he would support the global legalization of marijuana, but that his country could not be the one to lead the way. In a Sunday interview, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos called for the global legalization of marijuana, but said his country could not be the one to lead the way. [Read on . . .]

Mexican Government has allowed domestic marijuana and opium production to climb to record levels. Heroin seizures on the border have tripled since 2006.

Czech Republic is reviewing a medical marijuana law that would legalize growing and using medical marijuana

The State Government in Western Australia announced on Sunday that they are putting into place more repressive marijuana laws that will go into effect on August 1st. Western Australia had effectively decriminalized the possession of up to 30 grams of marijuana under the previous Labor Government that set the fines for violators with tickets between $100 and $200 dollars. But with the new Liberal-National party in power, Police Minister Rob Johnson said that those relaxed, soft-drug laws will be repealed and replaced with a much tougher approach. He told reporters yesterday that citizens caught with cannabis will no longer simply get a slap on the wrist for the crime.