Tom Blickman
@tomblickman.bsky.social
Drug policy reform expert at the Transnational Institute (TNI)
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Contributing in Dutch, English, Spanish, French, German ...
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The legal #cannabis sector in Morocco (for industrial and medicinal cannabis) is inhibited by bureaucracy, the ban on recreational cannabis and the appeal of the illegal market. 1/4
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July 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The legal #cannabis sector in Morocco (for industrial and medicinal cannabis) is inhibited by bureaucracy, the ban on recreational cannabis and the appeal of the illegal market. 1/4
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Did it work? Over the past three decades, different Swedish governments avoided evaluations of the consequences of the national drug policy. The independent Expert Group on Public Economics (ESO) recently conducted a goal-attainment evaluation: 4/4
April 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Did it work? Over the past three decades, different Swedish governments avoided evaluations of the consequences of the national drug policy. The independent Expert Group on Public Economics (ESO) recently conducted a goal-attainment evaluation: 4/4
The article is based on a study published earlier this year in the International Journal of Drug Policy @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social 2/4
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April 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The article is based on a study published earlier this year in the International Journal of Drug Policy @ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social 2/4
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This article in Swedish discusses the failure of Sweden's drug policy and advocates for the decriminalisation of personal drug use. Written by criminologists Felipe Estrada, Albin Stenström, and Henrik Tham ... 1/4
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April 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This article in Swedish discusses the failure of Sweden's drug policy and advocates for the decriminalisation of personal drug use. Written by criminologists Felipe Estrada, Albin Stenström, and Henrik Tham ... 1/4
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Energy-intensive indoor cultivation drives the cannabis industry’s expanding carbon footprint
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April 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Energy-intensive indoor cultivation drives the cannabis industry’s expanding carbon footprint
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Die Kommission für soziale Sicherheit und Gesundheit des Nationalrates (SGK-N) hat einen Vorentwurf für ein Bundesgesetz über Cannabisprodukte in der Gesamtabstimmung mit 14 zu 9 Stimmen bei 2 Enthaltungen angenommen.
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March 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Die Kommission für soziale Sicherheit und Gesundheit des Nationalrates (SGK-N) hat einen Vorentwurf für ein Bundesgesetz über Cannabisprodukte in der Gesamtabstimmung mit 14 zu 9 Stimmen bei 2 Enthaltungen angenommen.
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Conflictuados por la coca
Crónicas de la Coca #4: Para los Pueblos Indígenas andino-amazónicos eliminar la prohibición de la coca conlleva promesas y peligros ...
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Crónicas de la Coca #4: Para los Pueblos Indígenas andino-amazónicos eliminar la prohibición de la coca conlleva promesas y peligros ...
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March 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Conflictuados por la coca
Crónicas de la Coca #4: Para los Pueblos Indígenas andino-amazónicos eliminar la prohibición de la coca conlleva promesas y peligros ...
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Crónicas de la Coca #4: Para los Pueblos Indígenas andino-amazónicos eliminar la prohibición de la coca conlleva promesas y peligros ...
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Conflicted over Coca
Coca Chronicles Issue #4: Andean-Amazonian Indigenous Peoples in the three main #coca producing and consuming countries of Bolivia, Colombia and Peru see promise and peril in lifting coca ban ...
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Coca Chronicles Issue #4: Andean-Amazonian Indigenous Peoples in the three main #coca producing and consuming countries of Bolivia, Colombia and Peru see promise and peril in lifting coca ban ...
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March 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Conflicted over Coca
Coca Chronicles Issue #4: Andean-Amazonian Indigenous Peoples in the three main #coca producing and consuming countries of Bolivia, Colombia and Peru see promise and peril in lifting coca ban ...
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Coca Chronicles Issue #4: Andean-Amazonian Indigenous Peoples in the three main #coca producing and consuming countries of Bolivia, Colombia and Peru see promise and peril in lifting coca ban ...
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In einer Studie wurden erste Erfahrungen aus den verschiedenen #Cannabis Pilotversuche in der Schweiz ausgewertet und erste Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen den Verkaufsmodellen identifiziert. In allen Versuchen läuft die Umsetzung bisher reibungslos. 1/3
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March 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In einer Studie wurden erste Erfahrungen aus den verschiedenen #Cannabis Pilotversuche in der Schweiz ausgewertet und erste Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen den Verkaufsmodellen identifiziert. In allen Versuchen läuft die Umsetzung bisher reibungslos. 1/3
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Initial findings point to differences between for-profit and not-for-profit models for selling cannabis. For example, it has been shown that a for-profit approach tends to encourage sales, which can hardly be prevented even with a strict ban on advertising.
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March 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Initial findings point to differences between for-profit and not-for-profit models for selling cannabis. For example, it has been shown that a for-profit approach tends to encourage sales, which can hardly be prevented even with a strict ban on advertising.
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The preliminary findings from Switzerland’s seven active #cannabis pilot trials have provided some early insights into the impact they could have on Swiss society. While the trials are still in their nascent stages, the early signs appear promising.
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March 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The preliminary findings from Switzerland’s seven active #cannabis pilot trials have provided some early insights into the impact they could have on Swiss society. While the trials are still in their nascent stages, the early signs appear promising.
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Cannabiskonsumenten in Deutschland steigen auf medizinisches Cannabis um, das seit April leichter zu bekommen ist, da die Regulierung des Cannabismarktes scheitert.
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February 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Cannabiskonsumenten in Deutschland steigen auf medizinisches Cannabis um, das seit April leichter zu bekommen ist, da die Regulierung des Cannabismarktes scheitert.
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Voces del Rif sobre el Cannabis
Un pueblo, una planta ancestral y un comercio millonario: la breve historia del cannabis en el Rif de Marruecos
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Un pueblo, una planta ancestral y un comercio millonario: la breve historia del cannabis en el Rif de Marruecos
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January 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Voces del Rif sobre el Cannabis
Un pueblo, una planta ancestral y un comercio millonario: la breve historia del cannabis en el Rif de Marruecos
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Un pueblo, una planta ancestral y un comercio millonario: la breve historia del cannabis en el Rif de Marruecos
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Un reportaje sobre la historia de resistencia del pueblo Amazig y su lucha por mantener el cultivo de la semilla autóctona de #cannabis, la beldía; prohibida y tolerada a lo largo de los siglos y, finalmente, regulada en Marruecos en 2021.
tni.org/en/node/18739
tni.org/en/node/18739
January 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Un reportaje sobre la historia de resistencia del pueblo Amazig y su lucha por mantener el cultivo de la semilla autóctona de #cannabis, la beldía; prohibida y tolerada a lo largo de los siglos y, finalmente, regulada en Marruecos en 2021.
tni.org/en/node/18739
tni.org/en/node/18739
Will this exercise in futility ever stop ...
A record 13-ton seizure of cocaine in Spain in mid-October is more evidence that the country has returned as Europe's main entry point after Antwerp and Rotterdam significantly improved security at their ports.
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A record 13-ton seizure of cocaine in Spain in mid-October is more evidence that the country has returned as Europe's main entry point after Antwerp and Rotterdam significantly improved security at their ports.
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January 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Will this exercise in futility ever stop ...
A record 13-ton seizure of cocaine in Spain in mid-October is more evidence that the country has returned as Europe's main entry point after Antwerp and Rotterdam significantly improved security at their ports.
insightcrime.org/news/spain-r...
A record 13-ton seizure of cocaine in Spain in mid-October is more evidence that the country has returned as Europe's main entry point after Antwerp and Rotterdam significantly improved security at their ports.
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Cannabis in Malta: Prospects for 2025 and beyond; by Karen Mamo
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January 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Cannabis in Malta: Prospects for 2025 and beyond; by Karen Mamo
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Europe is going back to the future. In 2019, the Transnational Institute (TNI) analysed cannabis market regulation models to allow local authorities to share best practices to reduce the negative consequences of illicit cannabis markets on individuals and society.
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December 11, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Europe is going back to the future. In 2019, the Transnational Institute (TNI) analysed cannabis market regulation models to allow local authorities to share best practices to reduce the negative consequences of illicit cannabis markets on individuals and society.
druglawreform.info/en/item/9243...
druglawreform.info/en/item/9243...
The Controlled Cannabis Supply Chain Experiment in the Netherlands to allow licensed growers to supply commercial coffeeshops will now start in April 2025, despite numerous delays to get the project up and running in the ten participating cities.
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December 11, 2024 at 2:22 PM
The Controlled Cannabis Supply Chain Experiment in the Netherlands to allow licensed growers to supply commercial coffeeshops will now start in April 2025, despite numerous delays to get the project up and running in the ten participating cities.
www.dutchnews.nl/2024/12/lega...
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In Switzerland, not in the EU but part of the borderless Schengen area, several pilot projects are currently running in the cities of Zürich, Basel, Bern, Biel, Lucerne and Lausanne and the cantons of Basel, Zürich and Geneva.
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December 11, 2024 at 2:22 PM
In Switzerland, not in the EU but part of the borderless Schengen area, several pilot projects are currently running in the cities of Zürich, Basel, Bern, Biel, Lucerne and Lausanne and the cantons of Basel, Zürich and Geneva.
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On the way to a new cannabis market; an evaluation of the preparatory phase of the Dutch Controlled Cannabis Supply Chain Experiment
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December 10, 2024 at 9:56 PM
On the way to a new cannabis market; an evaluation of the preparatory phase of the Dutch Controlled Cannabis Supply Chain Experiment
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New centre-right government in Luxembourg: Cannabis cultivation for private use as introduced by the previous government remains legal. The new government will take into account the position of the neighbouring countries on cannabis legalisation.
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November 17, 2023 at 3:24 PM
New centre-right government in Luxembourg: Cannabis cultivation for private use as introduced by the previous government remains legal. The new government will take into account the position of the neighbouring countries on cannabis legalisation.
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