Hemp for Victory! By Enrico Fletzer At the eve of the national demonstration against the Security Laws on Saturday 31st of May scheduled at 2 PM in Piazza Vittorio, Rome Cannabis seems to be the obsession of Mr. Alfredo Mantovano, a right wing politician who in the recent past inspired the so-called Law Fini-Giovanardi that […]
Germany’s cannabis sector is entering a new era. With the regulation of Cannabis Clubs underway, the time has come to educate and professionalize those who will lead this transformation. Join us on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Berlin for “Be Part of the Green Shift: Professional Training for Germany’s Cannabis Clubs”—a unique event that brings […]
ENCOD stands with the wave of hope and resistance in France This spring, France becomes the heart of cannabis resistance in Europe. Exactly 100 years after cannabis was internationally banned at a summit in Geneva in 1925, the streets of Paris and cities across the country echo a different call: cannabis liberation, freedom to […]
As a follow-up to the last demonstrations in Italy, Enrico Fletzer – former ENCOD chairman – is informing us about the next steps to be taken in Italy by the large movement of resistance against the neofascist government headed by Meloni. The Italian social movements backed by the Metal workers Union FIOM and the main […]
The Urgency of Regulating Cannabis Vaporizers in Brazil: Between Institutional Omission and the Right to Health Paulo Thiessen, lawyer and global activist in the cannabis sector, Administrative Director of ACURA, Legal Director of the International Movement Cannabis Sem Fronteiras, President of Santo Amor, human rights and drug policy consultant for ENCOD, legal advisor for NORML […]
Dangerous authoritarian drift in Italia: Meloni’s attack on Rights and the Hemp Industry Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, has presented a sweeping decree that significantly alters the country’s political and legal landscape. This decree compromises the Human Rights and Civil Liberties of millions of people in the country. It also targets the flowering hemp and […]
StopTheDrugWar.org Statement : Arrest of Rodrigo Duterte for Extrajudicial Drug War Killings Note: ENCOD welcomes the good new of the arrest of Rodrigo DUTERTE – former Philippinos president – as we were condamning the massive killings to follow the global claim that “illicit drugs use must be eradicated”, as well as there should be “zero […]
Cannabis remains part of the agenda at the 68th CND at the United Nations in Vienna, like Fields of Green For All’s side event this year focuses on Africa. Cannabis in Africa on the Centenary of Its Prohibition: Between Illegality and Opportunity Organized by Fields of Green for ALL NPC with the support of the […]
Commission on Narcotic Drugs – 68th session Tuesday March 11th, 2025 10:00 – 11:00 AM (Vienna) – ROOM : MOE05 1925-2025 : One centenary of Cannabis as a narcotic drug under international control This side event, in link with an exhibition, aims to present the long journey of cannabis from 1925 to the present day, […]
Italy : Massive demonstrations to say “NO DDL SICUREZZA” In Italy, several demonstrations against the dictatorial proposals of Meloni’s government against cannabis, and civil and human rights were quite big, with for example over 5000 people in Bologna and many others in most towns… Like our friend Enrico Fletzer argued “It was nice but the […]
