The Local Switzerland 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: Patients should have easier access to cannabis People who need cannabis for medical reasons should be issued with a special identity card to help them obtain the drug more easily, say authorities in the canton of Zurich. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161124/zurich-patients-should-have-easier-access-to-cannabis Thu, 24 Nov 2016 11:57:06 +0100 zurich-patients-should-have-easier-access-to-cannabis Mysterious Roman remains uncovered in Swiss town Archaeologists are puzzled over the discovery of a Roman-era earthenware pot filled with oil lamps and bronze coins in the commune of Windisch, in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161115/mysterious-roman-remains-uncovered-in-swiss-town Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:06:23 +0100 mysterious-roman-remains-uncovered-in-swiss-town Swiss boffins create cannabis e-cigarette Swiss scientists have created a cannabis e-cigarette, intended for medical use, that is safer than a joint and better than a pill, they said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160527/swiss-boffins-create-cannabis-e-cigarette Fri, 27 May 2016 10:25:02 +0200 swiss-boffins-create-cannabis-e-cigarette Dozens of Swiss farmers eager to grow cannabis Some farmers in Switzerland would jump at the chance to grow cannabis should the drug be legalized in Switzerland, the Schweiz am Sonntag newspaper has reported. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160419/dozens-of-swiss-farmers-eager-to-grow-cannabis Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:17:00 +0200 dozens-of-swiss-farmers-eager-to-grow-cannabis Bern pharmacies gear up for pot pilot project Cannabis could go on sale in selected pharmacies in the Swiss capital after the city authorities gave the green light to a pilot project by Bern University. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160314/bern-pharmacies-gear-up-for-pot-project Mon, 14 Mar 2016 14:52:22 +0100 bern-pharmacies-gear-up-for-pot-project Gangs at war over Swiss cannabis plantations The public prosecutor of St Gallen ordered the detention in custody of two suspects on Wednesday following a shooting at an industrial building in Altstätten earlier this week which led to the discovery of a large cannabis plantation. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150218/gangs-at-war-over-cannabis-plantations Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:25:00 +0100 gangs-at-war-over-cannabis-plantations