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Are We There Yet? – Almost!
Read more: Are We There Yet? – Almost!Nicholas takes a look at the report: An Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use and what this means for the upcoming Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs Use next month. With every passing month, the topic of cannabis use in Irish society is becoming more prevalent…
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No Country for Auld Smokers III
Read more: No Country for Auld Smokers IIINicholas continues his No Country for Auld Smokers series, touching upon two cases from last year which deviated from the usual defendants brought before the courts for cannabis possession. As we begin a new year, we can only imagine what 2023 will bring for cannabis reform across Europe, with Germany’s landmark decision to declassify the…
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The Mighty Plus, by Storz und Bickel | Review
Read more: The Mighty Plus, by Storz und Bickel | ReviewBefore I start this review, I’d like to thank the generous people at Storz und Bickel for providing me with a free vapouriser for the purpose of this review. The Mighty+ (their flagship handheld device) can be purchased at this link: https://bit.ly/3EsVuVA The vapouriser arrived with about two bars of battery charge and it takes…
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Brendan and Ryan of Crainn
Read more: Brendan and Ryan of CrainnCrainn (the Irish word for ‘trees’) are a cannabis advocacy group who boast Ireland’s largest online cannabis community, with over 30,000 members on their Reddit page alone. They started life there, but have since expanded their presence to Twitter and other social media outlets. Recently, on April 20th (‘420’) they organised a team of volunteers…
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Eoin Long of The Cannabis Review
Read more: Eoin Long of The Cannabis ReviewIn The Cannabis Review, Eoin Long talks with leading figures in commercial cannabis. The show has a stated aim of educating viewers while clarifying ‘some of the sectors and topics of interest in the global cannabis industry’. The YouTube channel launched in February of 2021, where he has interviewed the likes of Dr. Peter Grinspoon,…
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My First Toke: From Environment to Etiquette
Read more: My First Toke: From Environment to EtiquetteMy First Toke: From Environment to Etiquette In the future, I’d like to think first-time smokers will be introduced to cannabis in a completely different environment. But unfortunately, it will be a long time coming as many newcomers will have to endure the touch and go setting of the black market. In a legalized, regulated…
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My Introduction to Cannabis
Read more: My Introduction to CannabisRichard reminisces on his year in San Francisco, where he embraced cannabis use as part of the cultural experience and realised what he had been missing out on for years. [All photos below were taken by the author] In my teens, I bought into the ‘cannabis as a gateway drug‘ myth. I was hesitant when…
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No Stopping Now
Read more: No Stopping NowNicholas takes a look back at 2021 up until today and how cannabis legislation has progressed throughout the world. 2021 saw many developments in the reform of cannabis legislation across multiple countries. We observed as America flourished in the wake of numerous states legalising cannabis and watched as Canada cultivated their regulated cannabis industry into…
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Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil & Drugs
Read more: Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil & DrugsThe opening line of the drug policy section in Fine Gael‘s GE20 Manifesto proudly ends with an emphasis on more of the same: ‘continuing the relentless pursuit of drug dealers.‘ This is a clear sign that they just don’t get it. How does Fine Gael not know by now that the 50-year-old global war on…
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