The coca leaf is sacred. UN drug policy must stop criminalising Indigenous traditions. The current WHO review is a rare chance to align drug policy with human rights. Will the UN meet the moment? More in our Coca Chronicles #5 with @WOLA_org https://t.co/9vKVdVNMov

🚨 The resignation of @Southcom's commander, Adm. Holsey, comes as U.S. military units are carrying out illegal orders to bomb civilian vessels in the Command's area of operations. Now is a good time for the command's former chiefs to speak out about these strikes. 🧵 (1/5)

Scientific distinctions between coca and cocaine support policy reform. Descheduling coca would correct a long-standing scientific and legal misclassification, uphold the rights of Indigenous and other coca-growing communities. https://t.co/4i1wgcsaSq

⏳ The deadline for UN nominations to the expert panel reviewing the intn'l drug control 'machinery' approaches — w/ 182 organisations worldwide, we urge @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres to appoint #Health & #HumanRights experts. Share the letter 👇

🛑 Europe can’t punish its way out of drug problems — IDPC’s six asks call on the European Commission to commit to a balanced, pluralistic, evidence-led EU Drug Strategy that puts people and health first. 📝 Full contribution: https://t.co/T4ITIlbhpg 🧵(1/7)

The Netherlands has taken the next step in its regulated cannabis experiment. From today, the 75 coffeeshops in the 10 participating municipalities are only allowed to sell hashish from legal, domestically grown sources. https://t.co/HKf8ijo43D

Moroccan cannabis strain «Beldiya» found more chemically stable than imported varieties 'Researchers focused on one traditional variety, Beldiya, and four exotic hybrids: Avocat, Khardala, Mexicana, and Critical Plus' https://t.co/IcM4B3Puyb cc @tblickman @ilahrubio @legalize_NL

Amid rising tensions in Taounate province, Moroccan authorities held two days of emergency meetings this week with farmers from cannabis cooperatives demanding payment of overdue dues from a company contracted to collect and process legal cannabis crops. https://t.co/mXpJXSmx3N

Fumiga con #glifosato, aspersores terrestres. Desde #Putumayo nos hicieron llegar el video. Recursos públicos usados en una técnica que es completamente ineficaz y que si causa daños a las familias campesinas, les quita ingresos, contamina y le quita legitimidad al Estado.

The lack of a robust overarching policy frameworks contributes to damaging environmental impacts of the US #cannabis industry. https://t.co/O0gqBGAm9B

🇨🇴 El gobierno Petro prometió un giro en la política frente al uso de sustancias, pero las acciones han sido dispares. Ni se ha transformado el tratamiento a los cultivadores de coca, ni se avanzó en la regulación del cannabis de uso adulto.🖋️ @MajaVelez https://t.co/RyKvvfCeCi

(Depending on the quality of the resin, 8 to 10 kilograms of raw plant are needed for 1 kilogram of resin). To close that gap, legalisation advocates say growing for recreational use should also be allowed. 4/4

While cooperatives take months to pay farmers about 50 dirhams per kilogram for the raw plant, on the illicit market, processed cannabis resin can fetch up to 2,500 dirhams per kilogram. 3/4

There are 5,800 hectares of legally planted land, according to regulatory agency ANRAC, but that pales in comparison to the illegal cultivation over more than 27,100 hectares, Interior Ministry data shows. 2/4

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. It sounds inconceivable. But it’s the truth. Israel is taking deliberate, coordinated action to destroy the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Explicit statements by Israeli officials, combined with a consistent policy of destructive attacks

Cultivation associations in Germany have been authorised to grow #cannabis and distribute it to their members for a year now. 293 associations have been authorised. There are a particularly large number of associations in NRW and Lower Saxony. https://t.co/smR1ZGvnWJ

Punitive drug policies haven’t worked. Around the world, alternatives are being trialled with success. Important conversation from the UN in Geneva. 🔴 WATCH THE RECORDING: https://t.co/lHymPtm291

The German #cannabis law is to be ‘evaluated’ in the autumn. If drug commissioner Hendrik Streeck has his way, it could be amended. An end to the cannabis law is conceivable. ‘I'm not ruling anything out,’ says Streeck.

In Czechia the Senate confirms: it will be legal to grow up to three #cannabis plants, possess up to 100 grams at home and 25 grams outdoors. Growing four to five plants will be a misdemeanour, more plants and more than 200 grams a criminal offence. https://t.co/YZ3Ojb9v7n

Cannabis is the most widely consumed illicit drug in Europe: 24 million European adults have used #cannabis in the last year. https://t.co/H1bRxXPqtG The European Commission fails 24 million European adults by blocking a comprehensive legal regulation. https://t.co/TDsfoKMXlq

Thai Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin signed an order restricting #cannabis use to strictly medical purposes. People wanting to buy cannabis would in future have to present a doctor’s prescription and a medical certificate detailing their condition. https://t.co/Im2jXQAgHw