Global Ganja Report

Resisting the Eradication Regime, Defending Your Right to Cannabis

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Cannabis prisoners as geopolitical pawns

Posted on February 10th, 2020 by Bill Weinberg and tagged Canada, cannabis, Caucasus, Chechnya, China, East Asia, Europe, India, Israel, Lithuania, methamphetamine, Middle East, Poland, Russia.

The global prohibition of cannabis affords the opportunity for imperial powers and authoritarian regimes to exploit those caught in the web of enforcement to advance their own political agendas. The recent case of Naama Issachar was deftly leveraged by Vladimir Putin, and could encourage other depots to similarly use pot prisoners to exact concessions from foreign governments.

ArcView analyzes state of world legal cannabis markets in 2019

Posted on January 29th, 2019 by Bill Weinberg and tagged Africa, California, Canada, cannabis, capitalism, East Asia, Europe, Korea, legalization, Lithuania, Maine, Mexico, Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Planet Watch, South Africa, United Kingdom, Utah.

Planet Watch California's ArcView Market Research and its affiliated BDS Analytics have released a "2019 Update" to the 6th edition of their report on The State of Legal Marijuana Markets, which was published back in June. The Update takes stock of events in the second half of the year, and anticipates that worldwide spending on legal cannabis will grow 39.1% to $17 billion in 2019.