All posts tagged "Colombia"

Current Events

Week in Review: Amsterdam-Style Cannabis Cafés are California Bound

ICYMI: Catch up on the week’s latest news from across the cannabis spectrum.

In The Magazine

Artist Julian Majin: Now This Is Cool

Colombian digital artist mixes cannabis with astronauts. Of course he does.

Politics

Colombian Cannabis Cultivators Face Continued Crackdown

Colombia is at a crossroads with the historic election of the left-populist Gustavo Petro as president....

Medical

Colombian President Supports Legalizing Medical Marijuana

While traveling in Israel last week, Colombian President Iván Duque said he supports his country’s legalization...

Medical

Colombia Makes History with First High-THC Medical Cannabis Sales

Khiron Life Sciences announces that it will be the first company authorized to sell high-THC and...

Products

Kuida Is Colombia’s First Hemp-Derived Skincare Line

Alvaro Torres, CEO of Khiron Life Sciences, on Kuida — the Colombian company's new hemp-derived CBD...

CBD

4 Continents, 1 Deal: The Global CBD Export Market Is Already Here

This week, a medical cannabis company in Colombia set a milestone by exporting the first batch...

Politics

Former Heads of State: Drug Classifications Are All Politics, No Science

As anyone who’s read the Controlled Substances Act can tell you: duh.

Economics

Latin American Cannabis Market Worth $9.8 Billion, Report Says

Latin America is at the forefront of the global wave of cannabis reform, and a new...

Politics

Colombia Returns to Hardline Policies Even as Legal Cannabis Booms

Colombia is facing a strange contradiction — foreign capital is pouring in for the legalized cannabis...

Economics

The New Legal Global Cannabis Supply Chain

Cannabis has become a global industry, but where is commercial cannabis going and where is it...

Politics

Riot Police Break Up Protest Smoke-a-Thon in Colombia

With Colombia's new conservative president threatening to roll back the country's ground-breaking decriminalization policy, a group...

Strains

Top Cannabis Strains of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia

In the spirit of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, held this year in Russia, we've rounded...

Economics

Colombian Marijuana Farmers Promised Slice of Legal Market

Self-regulating outlaw farmers in South American nation infamous for illicit drug production willfully giving up black-market...

Economics

Colombia Strives to Lead Global Pot Market, Pushing Out Peasant Growers

With foreign capital pouring in to Colombia's newly legalized cannabis sector, industry leaders foresee the country...

Culture

Finding La Cripa en Colombia: An Informal Guide

Colombia has a reputation largely colored by its violent past, but it's a physically stunning country...

In The Magazine

Crushing Cartels South of the Border

In the past three years, Latin America has begun to transform itself from an illegal narco-economy...

Joint Opinions

Medical Marijuana Advances in Colombia

Earlier this month, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos announced a decree that created a regulatory legal...

Cultivation

Strain Hunters: Colombia – In Search of Punto Rojo, Colombian Gold & Limon Verde

Arjan Roskam has travelled deep into the FARC rebel-controlled territory of the Colombian jungles in the...

Politics

Colombian President Endorses Cannabis Legislation

Colombia may be the next South American country to allow adults to legally use cannabis thanks...