https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Medical cannabis will now be available free of charge in the Sicily region, according to a decree signed today by Sicilian health chief Ruggero Razza. https://www.thelocal.it/20200121/medical-marijuana-is-now-free-of-charge-in-sicily Tue, 21 Jan 2020 13:06:08 +0100 medical-marijuana-is-now-free-of-charge-in-sicily The head of Italy's Senate has blocked the legalisation of a weaker form of cannabis, in a last-minute reversal of a bill approved by parliament last week. https://www.thelocal.it/20191217/italys-senate-blocks-the-legalisation-of-cannabis-light Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:18:01 +0100 italys-senate-blocks-the-legalisation-of-cannabis-light Italy's parliament voted to legalize the production and sale of a weaker form of cannabis this week, ending months of uncertainty for farmers and sellers. https://www.thelocal.it/20191213/italy-legalizes-cannabis-light Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:05:51 +0100 italy-legalizes-cannabis-light The sale of cannabis derivatives is a crime under Italian law, Italy's top court has ruled. Here's what the decision means for all those who've become used to buying and selling 'legal weed'. https://www.thelocal.it/20190531/is-selling-cannabis-light-illegal-in-italy Fri, 31 May 2019 15:52:27 +0200 is-selling-cannabis-light-illegal-in-italy Police in southern Italy discovered a greenhouse filled with more than 15,000 cannabis plants when they flew a drone above a Sicilian tomato farm, they announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20180502/italy-police-drone-15000-cannabis-plants-tomato-farm Wed, 02 May 2018 15:36:21 +0200 italy-police-drone-15000-cannabis-plants-tomato-farm The Italian president has formally pardoned a pensioner who grew marijuana for use as pain relief, it was announced this week. https://www.thelocal.it/20180314/italy-presidential-pardon-pot-growing-pensioner Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:23:22 +0100 italy-presidential-pardon-pot-growing-pensioner An Italian court acquitted a man found with 58 grams of cannabis in his possession because, as a Rastafarian, he was using the ‘sacred herb’ to meditate. https://www.thelocal.it/20171101/its-ok-for-rastafarians-to-smoke-weed-to-meditate-italian-court Wed, 01 Nov 2017 13:22:15 +0100 its-ok-for-rastafarians-to-smoke-weed-to-meditate-italian-court It's every stoner's nightmare: marijuana plants as far as the eye can see and not a spliff in sight. https://www.thelocal.it/20170201/cannabis-made-in-italy-inside-the-military-police-cannabis-lab Wed, 01 Feb 2017 09:48:55 +0100 cannabis-made-in-italy-inside-the-military-police-cannabis-lab Italy could legalise home-grown cannabis, if a law being debated on Monday gets the green light. https://www.thelocal.it/20160725/italian-mps-to-start-debating-controversial-cannabis-law Mon, 25 Jul 2016 10:32:36 +0200 italian-mps-to-start-debating-controversial-cannabis-law A group of students in Turin thought they had come up with the perfect way to bring drugs to school and consume them without getting caught. But they weren't fooling anybody. https://www.thelocal.it/20160218/turin-students-busted-transforming-pens-into-e-spliffs Thu, 18 Feb 2016 10:26:23 +0100 turin-students-busted-transforming-pens-into-e-spliffs The Italian government has plans to produce medical marijuana in a military factory in Florence, national media reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140905/italian-army-moves-to-produce-cannabis-drugs Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:08:00 +0200 italian-army-moves-to-produce-cannabis-drugs A male nurse has been put under house arrest for trying to smuggle drugs into a prison in southern Italy, national media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140709/nurse-nabbed-smuggling-drugs-into-jail Wed, 09 Jul 2014 12:51:00 +0200 nurse-nabbed-smuggling-drugs-into-jail Two children found a bag containing at least 2.5 kilos of marijuana as they dug a hole on a beach in Pescara, Italian media reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20140708/children-dig-up-cannabis-on-italian-beach Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:15:00 +0200 children-dig-up-cannabis-on-italian-beach Turin's city council has approved a motion in favour of making the drug legal for therapeutic purposes, making it the first of Italy's large cities to do so. https://www.thelocal.it/20140114/turin-votes-in-favour-of-legalizing-cannabis Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:00:00 +0100 turin-votes-in-favour-of-legalizing-cannabis