Saying No to Costly Drug Laws By ALEKSANDER KWAŚNIEWSKI May 10, 2012 WARSAW — In the year 2000, as the president of Poland, I signed one of Europe’s most conservative laws on drug possession. Any amount of illicit substances a person possessed meant they were eligible for up to three years in prison. Our hope … Read more »

Part two of the Cannabis Culture Awards took place in the Hemp Museum Gallery Barcelona, located in the newly renovated Palau Mornau in the city’s Gothic Quarter. The awards were conferred to Sir Richard Branson as a representative of the Global Commission on Drug Policy, to cannabis activist Fernanda de la Figuera and to American … Read more »

After more than a year of renovations, the Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum is ready for the 21st century! The completely redesigned venue deserves to be seen by every visitor to Amsterdam and resident of the Netherlands. The Museum’s unparalleled collection of cannabis artefacts is presented in a more stylish and fascinating way than ever … Read more »

President Barack Obama has turned out to be a real buzzkill. Back when he was running in 2008, Obama said he supported the “basic concept of using medical marijuana for the same purposes and with the same controls as other drugs” and that he was “not going to be using Justice Department resources to try … Read more »

Todd McCormick is a survivor of childhood cancer, a lifelong advocate for medicinal cannabis and industrial hemp and one of the winners of the  Cannabis Culture Award 2012. In this interview, conducted by TruthOnPot.com, he recounts some of his life’s work   Todd McCormick is one of the most prominent and respected marijuana activists in … Read more »