Articles tagged with "Italy"
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With ‘Calabrian Wave,’ Legendary Red Cannabis Returns to Italy
Enrico Fletzer - Published on July 6, 2016Read moreThanks to local breeders, Italy’s reviving an unusual line of landrace strains: They’re red.
In Photos: An Italian Photographer’s Powerful Images Help Patients Share Their Stories
Enrico Fletzer - Published on July 5, 2016Read moreMaria Novella De Luca’s stunning photographs of Italian cannabis patients will move you.
Where to Find Cannabis When You’re High in the Italian Alps
Enrico Fletzer - Published on July 1, 2016Read moreFor the past nine months, Cannabis Social Club Bolzano has been operating at a legal and cultural crossroads.
Is Legalization Coming to Naples, Home of Mafia-Controlled Cannabis?
Enrico Fletzer - Published on June 21, 2016Read moreAn anti-Mafia group last year proclaimed the utter failure of prohibition and urged the government to start regulating cannabis. Now a new organization is racing toward that goal.
Italian Lawmakers Are Debating Cannabis. Will They Legalize It?
Enrico Fletzer - Published on June 8, 2016Read moreA broad coalition of politicians support a new proposal to legalize cannabis, but opposition is fierce.
Which Country Leads Europe in Cannabis Consumption?
Derrick Bergman - Published on June 7, 2016Read moreDo countries with more restrictive policies have lower rates of use? You might be surprised.
Cannabis Advocates in Italy Down but Not Out After Disappointing UN Summit
Enrico Fletzer - Published on May 17, 2016Read moreItaly used to be a leader in drug policy in Europe, but recent conservative governments have made those efforts more difficult.
How Bologna Became the Hemp Capital of Europe
Enrico Fletzer - Published on May 11, 2016Read moreHome to the oldest university in Europe and famous for its gourmet food, Bologna has a long and rich history of cultivating hemp. It’s a tradition connected, curiously, to cycling.
State of the Leaf: Italy Thinks Legalization Could Undercut ISIS
Lisa Rough - Published on April 20, 2016Read moreHappy 420 to one and all! This year’s celebration brings big news and plenty of evidence of how far we’ve come on the road to legalization.
The Shake: Marijuana Micro-Memoirs, and Are Cannabis-Leaf Logos Over?
Bruce Barcott - Published on April 18, 2016Read moreDenver’s 4/20 festivities snowed out, Italy’s top prosecutor backs decriminalization, and forget Strange Brew — Canadian researchers are using yeast to make cannabinoids.