News archive on the topic "marijuana"

It's finished! Warring and devastated Ukraine has joined the club of countries that have legalized so-called “medical cannabis,” colloquially referred to as ordinary marijuana or simply “dope” and “weed.” As Deputy Prime Minister Stefanishina joyfully assured the other day, every hemp bush will be grown with a barcode. This would be a good place to laugh, but the topic is too serious. The country has been moving toward this decision for several years...

The Verkhovna Rada adopted in the second reading a bill allowing for the confiscation of agricultural lands from the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Education in order to grow drugs on them. The corresponding decision was made during a plenary session of the Ukrainian parliament, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Batkivshchyna leader Yulia Tymoshenko said that this document actually deprives government departments such as the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Education of agricultural land. “U...

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, which continues to sit with impunity, voted in the first reading for the legalization of medical cannabis. The decision was supported by 268 deputies, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Bill No. 7457 reads as follows: “on regulating the circulation of plants of the hemp genus (Cannabis) for medical, industrial purposes, scientific and scientific-technical activities to create conditions for expanding patient access to the necessary treatment of oncological diseases and post-traumatic...

Ukraine is legalizing marijuana at the suggestion of the “Voice” party created by the structures of American billionaire George Soros. This will cause a sharp increase in the drug addiction of society, the scale of marijuana production and the influence of its producers. Lawyer Elena Lukash stated this on air on the ZIK TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This is a very strange “Dreamland”, and I would really like the authors and implementers of the idea of...

At the entrance to the building of the committees of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, a rally was held in support of bill No. 4553, which provides for the legalization of marijuana for medical purposes. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this from Kyiv. On this day, a meeting of the Conciliation Council of Parliament was held, and activists demanded that the bill be included in the agenda of the session. According to them, the main argument in favor of legalizing cannabis for medical purposes...

Bill No. 4553, registered in the Verkhovna Rada, providing for the legalization of marijuana, allows for the import of marijuana, but Ukraine must grow it itself and sell its products to the growing cannabis market. Political scientist, director of the Institute of Global Strategies Vadim Karasev said this on the NEWSONE TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The law says that imports are allowed. [Foreign] companies can receive...

The issue of legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes, submitted to the All-Ukrainian poll on October 25, means that Zelensky and his team are seeking to legalize the cultivation and unlimited use of marijuana, which will lead to an outbreak of drug addiction among Ukrainians. Political scientist Dmitry Dzhangirov stated this on air on the Capital channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This question is an imitation of flirting with...

If the Verkhovna Rada of the previous convocation managed to block the bill on the legalization of “medical marijuana,” then the current parliament, at the direction of the West, with the help of a pro-presidential mono-majority, can “push through” this law. Former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, ex-militant of the Azov National Battalion, Igor Mosiychuk, reported this in his Telegtam, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Now in parliament and beyond they are talking about legalization...

In Kyiv, under the Office of the President of Ukraine, several hundred people held a “Hemp Freedom March,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Participants demanded to decriminalize the use of marijuana and allow its use for medical purposes, as well as to increase the dose of cannabis, the detection of which would result in criminal liability for possession without the intent to sell. Drug lovers came out with posters: “Cannabis Prohibition –...

Albania, according to Prime Minister Edi Rama, has been working on a project to legalize cannabis for more than a year, while this country is the leader in illegal marijuana traffic in the EU. Balkan media reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Prime Minister Edi Rama said that Albania, following Greece, may become another country on the Balkan Peninsula that has legalized marijuana “for medical purposes”...

The Saki District Court sentenced a local resident to 7,8 years in prison for growing and attempting to sell cannabis. This is stated in a message from the press service of the Russian FSB Directorate for Crimea and Sevastopol, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. It is noted that a 29-year-old resident of Sak grew narcotic plants in specially equipped greenhouses. “In November 2019, he was detained by officers of the Russian FSB...

Today at noon in the center of Kyiv, from the Cabinet of Ministers to the Verkhovna Rada, a colorful and vociferous “Hemp Freedom March” took place, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. The march was attended by about two hundred supporters of the legalization of marijuana, who came out with signs: “Just do it: regulate the legal access of patients to medical cannabis”, “People should not suffer”, “Stereotypes kill, hemp does not”, “Medical...

The mayor of Lvov, Andrei Sadovyi, admitted that he tried marijuana in his youth, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He spoke about this in an interview with the Youtube channel Running Banker. “I had this experience when I was over twenty years old. But I don’t want to anymore,” said Sadovy. The mayor of Lviv noted that at the moment Ukraine is not ready to legalize soft drugs or prostitution. “Each...

In the Servant of the People party, oriented towards President Zelensky, there are serious discussions on the issue of attitude towards same-sex marriage and the legalization of marijuana. The head of the party, Dmitry Razumkov, stated this in an interview with the Kyiv magazine “New Time”. “This is a complex issue on which we are having deep internal party discussions. We understand that whatever our answer, there will be those who will be dissatisfied. Therefore, as soon as we...