As the festival season kicked-in in Malta, ENCOD participated at the first harm reduction booth set up at Earth Garden festival. Organised from 3rd to 5th of June, Earth Garden Festival is synonymous with the local entertainment scene and provides a family friendly atmosphere to those visiting the festival grounds. Spread over three days and […]
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. Just Coca | Solo Coca | 18–19 […]
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 […]
ENCOD regularly publishes articles in the Cannadouro Magazine from Portugal. Here’s the last summer edition published in the Portuguese language with the English version below. In late 2021, the new German government announced its plans to legalize recreational cannabis: A milestone in European drug policy. Legalisation will control quality, increase youth protection, and stop the […]
Our team has published a paper on the farmability / pharmability potential of different drug categories. We argue that certain drug categories can be regulated with a self-supply model. To find out more see below. Farmability and pharmability: Transforming the drug market to a health-and human rights-centred approach from self-cultivation to safe supply of controlled […]
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 […]
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 […]
ENCOD regularly publishes articles in the Cannadouro Magazine from Portugal. Here’s the last spring edition published in the Portuguese language with the English version below. In the past year, we witnessed important developments in cannabis policy in Europe. Discussions on recreational use of cannabis are getting louder across Europe and important steps have been […]
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, […]
