Author: Johnny Green

Prevalence Of Cannabis Use Among Canadian Youth “Unchanged” Per New Data

Written by Johnny Green on September 25, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Canada is home to the largest cannabis public policy and regulation experiment in history. Canada became the first G-7 nation to pass a national adult-use cannabis legalization measure in late 2018...

Compassion Should Be The Goal Of Medical Cannabis Reform

Written by Johnny Green on September 17, 2023. Posted in Policy.

The goal of medical cannabis policy modernization efforts should be obvious – to help suffering patients. If a suffering patient benefits from one or more medical cannabis therapeutics, and the...

Power Outages In Spain Supports Cannabis Regulation, Not Prohibition

Written by Johnny Green on September 11, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Earlier this month power outages were reported in parts of Spain, including in the Spanish city of Granada. While the outages are not necessarily a new thing in Spain, they are reportedly increasing...

Why Does Mexico’s President Disparage The NBA’s New Cannabis Policy?

Written by Johnny Green on September 11, 2023. Posted in Entertainment, Policy.

Outgoing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is not a fan of cannabis consumption, nor is he a fan of current cannabis policies in the United States. He will soon be replaced by a new incumbent...

Greek Cannabis Study Provides Encouraging News For Patients With Neurological Disorders

Written by Johnny Green on September 4, 2023. Posted in Science.

Neurological disorders are serious medical conditions that affect the human brain as well as the nerves found throughout the human body and the spinal cord. Examples of neurological disorders include,...

Belgium’s Cannabis Legalization Effort Receives A Big Endorsement

Written by Johnny Green on September 4, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Belgium Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Economy and Employment Pierre-Yves Dermagne recently endorsed modernizing his nation’s cannabis policies to permit adult-use cannabis, stating...

Recent Study Highlights The Public Health Need To Regulate Cannabis

Written by Johnny Green on September 2, 2023. Posted in Policy, Science.

A team of researchers in Canada recently analyzed testing results for unregulated and regulated cannabis samples, and they described the difference in contamination rates between the two as having a...

Putting Japan’s Cannabis Arrest Data Into Proper Context

Written by Johnny Green on August 28, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Earlier this month Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare released data pertaining to cannabis-related detainments from 2022. The good news is that the total number of individuals detained by...

The World Anti-Doping Agency Is Wrong About Cannabis

Written by Johnny Green on August 23, 2023. Posted in Policy.

Earlier this month members of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) Prohibited List Expert Advisory Group published an editorial article in the journal Addiction, as first reported by Marijuana Moment....