How Noida man, inspired by a web series, grew weed worth Rs 60 lakh in flower pots in a flatPolice in Noida arrested a man for growing cannabis in his flat. He had 80 cannabis plants worth Rs 60 lakh. The man used high-tech methods...
13 Nov, 2024, 03.53 PM IST
Germany gives controversial green light to cannabisGermany legalizes recreational cannabis, allowing possession and cultivation. The law faces opposition and concerns about enforcement, heal...
01 Apr, 2024, 12.04 PM IST
Grassroots revolution: The road to legal cannabisGermany is set to join the global cannabis revolution on Monday, with a law coming into effect legalising recreational use of the drug. Und...
30 Mar, 2024, 12.04 PM IST
Germany to legalise cannabis: what are the new rules?Germany partially legalises cannabis, allowing personal use and home cultivation. Regulated cannabis clubs will provide legal access, addre...
30 Mar, 2024, 11.59 AM IST
German parliament votes to legalise cannabis possessionGermany has seen a sharp rise in the number of young people using cannabis obtained on the black market, with no guarantees over the drug's...
23 Feb, 2024, 10.12 PM IST
From textiles to plastic, India needs to get ‘high’ on hempA culinary actor, hemp is now finding a place in textiles and other products. But regulatory hurdles make it difficult to even market these...
16 Dec, 2023, 09.53 AM IST
Marijuana: US states that have acted to legalize recreational marijuanaOhio has recently become the 24th state to give the green light to recreational marijuana use. With 38 states and Washington, D.C already a...
11 Nov, 2023, 10.12 PM IST
Significant increase in seizures of drugs in India over past five years: UN narcotics watchdogIn the period 2017-2022, heroin seizures increased from 2,146 kg in 2017 to 7,282 kg in 2021. There has also been an increase of more than ...
10 Mar, 2023, 12.54 PM IST
In search for sustainable materials, developers turn to hempHemp can be used in block form, as it was in the building of the sports center, or poured like traditional concrete using hempcrete, a comb...
23 Feb, 2023, 10.18 AM IST
Don't criminalise our traditional recreationThe law criminalised the fruit and flower of cannabis but not the leaves used for making bhang, and its possession and consumption is not i...
28 Oct, 2022, 11.31 PM IST
Thailand makes marijuana legal, but smoking discouragedThe decision by the Food and Drug Administration to remove all of the plant from the category of narcotic drugs makes Thailand the first na...
10 Jun, 2022, 01.14 PM IST
Consensus emerges on decriminalising personal drug consumptionAll key stakeholder departments have agreed to do away with imprisonment and fines for personal consumption of drugs and amend Section 27 o...
12 Nov, 2021, 10.53 AM IST
Narcotics seizure increases by 300%; highest at 3.6 lakh kg in 2017: ReportThe year gone by also saw the maximum number of cases of interdiction of these illegal drugs in the last 5 years, generally abused by the y...
25 Mar, 2018, 12.55 PM IST
Forfeit assets of drug traffickers, target kingpins: Rajnath Singh to officials"Drug law enforcement in India is a multi-agency task. All enforcement agencies should give high priority to this," Singh said.
24 Mar, 2018, 09.03 PM IST
Rajnath Singh-led GoM to review national policy on drug abuseThe policy talks about two type of addictive substances-- the illicit drugs like heroin, opium and the other, pharmaceutical preparations.
22 Sep, 2016, 11.02 PM IST
Bombay Hemp Company makes products from hitherto ‘unrecognised’ fibreTouted to be a billion-dollar industry in the West, hemp so far has received little recognition in India because it is often confused with ...
06 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
- Smugglers dose up on medicinal herb Nag Chatri
It is unbelievable but true that the smuggling of medicinal herb Nag Chatri, a new source to make quick buck, has reduced the pace of chara...
03 Aug, 2012, 02.27 AM IST