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, […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
Cannabis will soon be legally available for consumption in Germany. Last week, the newly elected coalition of SPD, Greens, and FDP agreed on this in their coalition agreement. The distribution will be controlled in licensed shops and only to adults. Although in Austria the legalisation of cannabis seems to be a long way off, many […]
From 19th to 21st of November 2021 we participated at the much expected Hanfexpo / Cultiva 2021 in Vienna. The strict COVID-19 measures (2G+: vaccinated or recovered + a negative PCR test and FFP2 mask when walking around) resulted in a fair with a small number of visitors, the exhibitors had only a small assortment, […]
