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A view of the Maltese House of Parliament, where lawmakers are set to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis, Valletta, Malta. 

Malta just legalized recreational cannabis. Will other European countries follow? 

Justice

Malta is the first European country to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis. Germany and Luxembourg are likely to follow suit, but it’s a far cry from the liberal Canadian model.

Officers gather kratom plants in Phang Nha province, Thailand. Thailand on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, decriminalized the possession and sale of kratom, a plant native to Southeast Asia.

Thailand legalizes kratom, a mild narcotic leaf

Health & Medicine
A woman smokes a joint at cannabis coffee shop Prix d'Ami in Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 13, 2020.

Amsterdam officials move to ban tourists from its cannabis cafés

Lifestyle & Belief
fake plants

Cashing in on the weed industry

Health & Medicine
Close up of cannabis plants seen in a greenhouse at the headquarters of AGES agency in Vienna, Austria.

Thailand approves medical pot in small step away from US-backed drug war

Health & Medicine
coca cola logo painted on a brick wall

Coke eyes cannabis-infused drink market

Business

Big corporate names have inched into the marijuana industry since Canada approved recreational use, seeing the country as a production base and testing ground until US Federal Law changes.

a soldier and policeman face a field with their backs to the camera

Is medical marijuana the antidote to Lebanon’s trade deficit?

The Lebanese government is milling a controversial idea: Taking over the illicit cannabis trade and developing a medicinal marijuana industry to help the country’s struggling economy.

Smoke rises above a crowd assembled in front of the Ottawa government building

Move over gummy bears. Soon, you can drink weed in Canada.

Molson Coors has teamed up with a marijuana producer to create non-alcoholic cannabis-infused beverages, which could be for sale in Canada as early as September 2019.

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Colombia, known for illicit drug trade, ponders bet on legal marijuana

“We’re just realizing marijuana’s potential. It could be the next economic bonanza — like coffee was.”

According to the State Department Jamaica is the largest Caribbean supplier of illegal pot to the United States.

Jamaica wants in on the booming marijuana market. But will farmers be able to cash in?

Economics

Jamaica legalized medical marijuana and created a new licensing system to allow farmers to legally grow cannabis for medical, scientific or therapeutic purposes. But the fees are expensive and small farmers say they’re being left by the wayside.

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