2 days | 4 workshops The two-day event (with interpretation in English and Spanish) features 20+ international, multidisciplinary speakers: scientific experts, users, entrepreneurs, drug reform advocates and policy makers providing testimonials, keynote lectures, panel & round table discussions, and plenty of Q&A opportunities for interaction with the audience. Follow this link to register!
Dear friends and members, as part of the Freedom to Farm campaign, we are proud to publish the operation guide for Cannabis Social Clubs. Cannabis Social Clubs (CSC) are one of the most deeply-rooted and widespread models for regulating cannabis in the European Union. According to a study published a few months ago by the […]
Fernanda de la Figuera passed away last weekend. She was known as the Spanish Marijuana Grandmother amongst the activists. Fernanda was a referent for any issue on cannabis in Spain, having a long career since 1973 when she became a home grower. In 1996, she launched ARSECA (Asociación Ramón Santos de Estudios sobre Cannabis de […]
Malta has been heralded by international experts in drug policy for the recent changes to the law criminalizing cannabis and the establishment of not-for-profit cannabis associations. In fact, the new provisions of the law, establish that cannabinoids under 0.2% THC are outside the scope of national legislation pertaining to the control of narcotic and psychotropic […]
ENCOD regularly publishes articles in the Cannadouro Magazine from Portugal. Here’s the last winter edition published in the Portuguese language with the English version below. ENCOD, the European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies, is advocating for the “freedom to farm”. But what does that mean? Whilst it is perceived as something totally normal […]
The Dutch government’s announcement of more delays for the cannabis experiment has led to sharp criticism from mayors of the cities that are taking part. Paul Depla, mayor of Breda said: ‘Perhaps we should just move directly to legalization given the number of countries which do now have experience of legalized marijuana cultivation.’ The two […]
0:00:00 Introduction by Etienne Fontan 0:04:39 State of the art of cannabis therapeutics today by Dr Ethan Russo – the PDF presentation is available here. 0:17:25 The change in treaty status of cannabis by Dr Pavel Pachta 0:35:56 Overview of the recently published article on WHO cannabis review history by Michael Krawitz. The link to […]
The Dutch cannabis policy is as famous as it is inconsistent. The biggest inconsistency is the fact that coffeeshops are allowed to sell cannabis under strict conditions, but growing cannabis remains illegal and is actively persecuted. This paradox is known as ‘The backdoor problem’ and has many negative effects. Cannabis is grown in unsafe conditions, […]
Albania is an ex-communist dictatorship country with 2.8 million people living currently. During the dictatorship era, there was a total block on illegal drugs, and the number of people using them was nearly 0. After nearly 30 years of transition to have a stable democracy, Albania is today the largest producer of illegal cannabis in […]
Dear friends and members, Another year has passed. Not everything was about COVID-19. Check out what we did in the past year and what was happening in European countries regarding drug policies. ENCOD Annual Report ENCOD Financial Report Country Reports by our members
Today is Human Rights Day. Human rights and cocaine do not seem to go hand in hand. Human rights and the regulation of cocaine do though. By promoting cocaine regulation, we don’t mean to state cocaine isn’t a dangerous drug. We only argue that prohibiting cocaine makes the drug more dangerous, on both sides of […]
