https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Zurich pharmacies want to start selling marijuana for medical and recreational purposes in the future. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190111/swiss-pharmacies-want-to-sell-marijuana-in-the-future-valeria-dora-cannabis Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:09:45 +0100 swiss-pharmacies-want-to-sell-marijuana-in-the-future-valeria-dora-cannabis Swiss politicians are calling for Switzerland to cash on in a lucrative export market for medical cannabis. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180314/medical-cannabis-the-next-cash-cow-for-swiss-farmers Wed, 14 Mar 2018 15:55:53 +0100 medical-cannabis-the-next-cash-cow-for-swiss-farmers Two teens in the Swiss town of Winterthur have been arrested after they were spotted rolling a joint on the grounds of a police station. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160429/is-this-the-worst-place-ever-to-roll-a-joint Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:18:39 +0200 is-this-the-worst-place-ever-to-roll-a-joint Four Swiss cities have agreed to launch pilot projects for the creation of cannabis clubs allowing members to use the drug without penalty. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160212/cannabis-clubs-set-for-four-swiss-cities Fri, 12 Feb 2016 13:15:24 +0100 cannabis-clubs-set-for-four-swiss-cities It's enough to set cuckoo clocks bonging . . . Growing and selling marijuana may soon become legal in once staid Geneva, a year after Switzerland decriminalized possessing the drug. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150107/geneva-continues-to-mull-marijuana Wed, 07 Jan 2015 09:51:00 +0100 geneva-continues-to-mull-marijuana Three men in the canton of Saint Gallen discovered to their cost over the weekend the price to be paid for consuming cookies containing too much cannabis. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141130/cannabis-cakes-send-four-men-to-hospital Sun, 30 Nov 2014 21:45:00 +0100 cannabis-cakes-send-four-men-to-hospital Law enforcement authorities in the canton of Neuchâtel say they have cracked a major Swiss-Dutch drug smuggling ring that has been dealing hundreds of kilograms of hashish and marijuana since the 1990s. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140603/police-smash-swiss-dutch-hashish-traffickers Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:46:00 +0200 police-smash-swiss-dutch-hashish-traffickers Adults may be legally able to seek out clubs in certain Swiss cities to buy state-certified cannabis, free of chemicals, for personal use under a pilot project being drafted. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140314/major-swiss-cities-set-to-back-cannabis-clubs Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:50:00 +0100 major-swiss-cities-set-to-back-cannabis-clubs A Swiss parliamentary committee looking into drug issues wants to reopen the debate on the legalization of marijuana in the wake of developments in the US, Uruguay and New Zealand. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140203/swiss-committee-reopens-pot-legalization-debate Mon, 03 Feb 2014 12:02:00 +0100 swiss-committee-reopens-pot-legalization-debate Authorities in Switzerland decriminalized possession of small amounts of cannabis earlier this month with the introduction of a 100-franc fine but a pot smokers group is already dispensing advice on how to avoid the penalty. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131009/group-advises-how-to-avoid-swiss-cannabis-fine Wed, 09 Oct 2013 11:43:00 +0200 group-advises-how-to-avoid-swiss-cannabis-fine Possession of small amounts of marijuana will become a ticketing offence in Switzerland starting this autumn. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130531/pot-smoking-to-become-ticketing-offence Fri, 31 May 2013 13:39:00 +0200 pot-smoking-to-become-ticketing-offence A prison inmate in the canton of Vaud was fined for selling illegal drugs to other prisoners, a report says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130404/inmate-caught-dealing-pot-in-vaud-prison Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:16:00 +0200 inmate-caught-dealing-pot-in-vaud-prison Red-faced police in the canton of Fribourg are admitting that 34 kilograms of hashish and marijuana seized by officers from drug offenders has been stolen from a warehouse. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130326/drugs-seized-by-fribourg-police-stolen-from-warehouse Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:43:00 +0100 drugs-seized-by-fribourg-police-stolen-from-warehouse The Swiss city of Zurich's parliament on Wednesday voted to call on the government to commission a national study on legalizing marijuana, local media said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130110/zurich-calls-for-study-on-legalizing-pot Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:05:00 +0100 zurich-calls-for-study-on-legalizing-pot A Swiss couple busted for a major pot plant growing operation in Biberist, a town in the canton of Solothurn, also harboured a large cache of weapons, cantonal police said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130109/pot-growers-hoard-cache-of-illegal-weapons Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:01:13 +0100 pot-growers-hoard-cache-of-illegal-weapons Police have arrested members of a gang of Eastern European immigrants who used violence, intimidation and the promotion of Islam to control marijuana trafficking operations in the Neuchâtel mountains, cantonal justice authorities said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121129/muslim-pot-peddlers-arrested-in-neuchatel Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:36:00 +0100 muslim-pot-peddlers-arrested-in-neuchatel