{"id":1384,"date":"2012-03-25T10:04:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T10:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/?p=13530"},"modified":"2012-03-25T10:04:01","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T10:04:01","slug":"marijuana-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/marijuana-worldwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/marijuana-worldwide\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"274\" height=\"276\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marijuana-worldwide-grass-globe.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Marijuana worldwide grass globe\" title=\"Marijuana worldwide grass globe\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-13534\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/marijuana-worldwide\/attachment\/marijuana-worldwide-grass-globe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13534\" title=\"Marijuana worldwide grass globe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marijuana-worldwide-grass-globe-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>When people talk about legal developments in marijuana, they&#8217;re usually talking about the United States or the Netherlands. It&#8217;s also famous in Jamaica and a few other countries.\u00a0 But there is a whole world out there where cannabis is grown and consumed.\u00a0 What about those other places? From Canada to Peru, Australia, Korea, Thailand and more, what do they have going on? Most of the countries of the world have laws against growing, selling and possessing marijuana.\u00a0 Why is that? Well, thanks to dependence on foreign aid, and big countries throwing their weight around, it can be pretty difficult to find decent herb. In some countries it is illegal but overlooked, others have minimal policing efforts (read: bribes are OK) and in some countries the penalties include harsh jail times or even execution.\u00a0 All that for a weed that, if left unchecked, will grow just about anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>How did this happen?\u00a0 Until the early 20th century, hemp and cannabis were grown throughout the world for industrial and medicinal purposes. Some countries even had laws requiring farmers to grow it so they could meet minimum requirements for many different industries.\u00a0 In the space of just a few decades all this changed.\u00a0 US and UK governments pulled a 180 on their stance for the plant and suddenly everyone was forced to go along for the ride.\u00a0 They were superpowers of their day; the British Empire was waning, as the United States&#8217; strength was gaining.\u00a0 The influence these two countries wielded was enormous.\u00a0 The British government passed the Dangerous Drugs Act in 1927, and exported versions of it to all its colonies and territories such as New Zealand and Australia.\u00a0 This effectively ended growth and trade for many drugs like opium and coca, but also included cannabis. In 1925 the League of Nations (Failed precursor to the UN) added it to the list of controlled substances. The United States followed suit shortly afterward (at the prodding of HJ Anslinger and the Hearst Media empire).\u00a0 So, the UK, US and League of Nations were busy sticking their nose in other people&#8217;s\u00a0 business and making life less enjoyable.\u00a0 There was a slight turnaround during World War 2 because hemp was needed for war purposes. But once the war was done, right back to ILLEGAL!<\/p>\n<p>After World War 2 ended, the USA was the big dog and started telling more countries what to do.\u00a0 They were sending troops to some countries and withholding aid from others until they passed laws that agreed with our own.\u00a0 Trade barriers were erected, international interdependence increased and the US was busy buying and selling raw materials and finished products.\u00a0 If Thailand or Uganda or Columbia wanted in on the action they had to play by American rules.\u00a0 So laws were set down, with varying degrees of punishment, and they could enter the global trade game.\u00a0 As things stand today, there is a majority global ban on growth and sale of cannabis.\u00a0 Yet, if one takes the time to tour the world and hit up backwater areas, or derelict buildings with brand new electrical systems, they will find grow-ops flourishing.\u00a0 In Hawaii, drug enforcement uses helicopters for flyovers to see who is growing in their backyard.\u00a0 In Burma there are military crackdown raids with seek-and-destroy orders.\u00a0 But in England, the company that produces Marinol has several massive and state-of-the-art technology Classified grow-op centers that any California cooperative would drool over.<\/p>\n<p>Times they are a changing and it seems the cannabis plant will bear fruit once more. Hopefully the laws against this plant will decay as more and more people realize it poses no harm, and can only help humanity.\u00a0 We may even see a domino effect once the US government pulls its head out of the sand and ends the federal ban.\u00a0 Stay tuned for more updates on the status of marijuana worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"274\" height=\"276\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marijuana-worldwide-grass-globe.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Marijuana worldwide grass globe\" title=\"Marijuana worldwide grass globe\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-13534\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/news-and-articles\/marijuana-worldwide\/attachment\/marijuana-worldwide-grass-globe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-13534\" title=\"Marijuana worldwide grass globe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marijuana-worldwide-grass-globe-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>When people talk about legal developments in marijuana, they&#8217;re usually talking about the United States or the Netherlands. It&#8217;s also famous in Jamaica and a few other countries.\u00a0 But there is a whole world out there where cannabis is grown and consumed.\u00a0 What about those other places? From Canada to Peru, Australia, Korea, Thailand and more, what do they have going on? Most of the countries of the world have laws against growing, selling and possessing marijuana.\u00a0 Why is that? Well, thanks to dependence on foreign aid, and big countries throwing their weight around, it can be pretty difficult to find decent herb. In some countries it is illegal but overlooked, others have minimal policing efforts (read: bribes are OK) and in some countries the penalties include harsh jail times or even execution.\u00a0 All that for a weed that, if left unchecked, will grow just about anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>How did this happen?\u00a0 Until the early 20th century, hemp and cannabis were grown throughout the world for industrial and medicinal purposes. Some countries even had laws requiring farmers to grow it so they could meet minimum requirements for many different industries.\u00a0 In the space of just a few decades all this changed.\u00a0 US and UK governments pulled a 180 on their stance for the plant and suddenly everyone was forced to go along for the ride.\u00a0 They were superpowers of their day; the British Empire was waning, as the United States&#8217; strength was gaining.\u00a0 The influence these two countries wielded was enormous.\u00a0 The British government passed the Dangerous Drugs Act in 1927, and exported versions of it to all its colonies and territories such as New Zealand and Australia.\u00a0 This effectively ended growth and trade for many drugs like opium and coca, but also included cannabis. In 1925 the League of Nations (Failed precursor to the UN) added it to the list of controlled substances. The United States followed suit shortly afterward (at the prodding of HJ Anslinger and the Hearst Media empire).\u00a0 So, the UK, US and League of Nations were busy sticking their nose in other people&#8217;s\u00a0 business and making life less enjoyable.\u00a0 There was a slight turnaround during World War 2 because hemp was needed for war purposes. But once the war was done, right back to ILLEGAL!<\/p>\n<p>After World War 2 ended, the USA was the big dog and started telling more countries what to do.\u00a0 They were sending troops to some countries and withholding aid from others until they passed laws that agreed with our own.\u00a0 Trade barriers were erected, international interdependence increased and the US was busy buying and selling raw materials and finished products.\u00a0 If Thailand or Uganda or Columbia wanted in on the action they had to play by American rules.\u00a0 So laws were set down, with varying degrees of punishment, and they could enter the global trade game.\u00a0 As things stand today, there is a majority global ban on growth and sale of cannabis.\u00a0 Yet, if one takes the time to tour the world and hit up backwater areas, or derelict buildings with brand new electrical systems, they will find grow-ops flourishing.\u00a0 In Hawaii, drug enforcement uses helicopters for flyovers to see who is growing in their backyard.\u00a0 In Burma there are military crackdown raids with seek-and-destroy orders.\u00a0 But in England, the company that produces Marinol has several massive and state-of-the-art technology Classified grow-op centers that any California cooperative would drool over.<\/p>\n<p>Times they are a changing and it seems the cannabis plant will bear fruit once more. Hopefully the laws against this plant will decay as more and more people realize it poses no harm, and can only help humanity.\u00a0 We may even see a domino effect once the US government pulls its head out of the sand and ends the federal ban.\u00a0 Stay tuned for more updates on the status of marijuana worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,1400,77,1314,56,9,51,1,3,1138,1401,1402],"tags":[2632,3969,2655,3884,2636,2631,3708,3970,3971],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}