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Ambassador Award 2023 - KUJU Studio from Kosovo for the "Best Art Production of the Year"

Deutsche Welle: Marijuana is legal in Germany, but "cannabis is not broccoli"

Cannabis is legalized, in Germany. Adults can legally possess and consume cannabis. According to the Ministry of Health, more than four million people in Germany occasionally or regularly consume cannabis, even though it was illegal until now. You can have 25 grams with you, even up to 50 grams at home. Weed smoking is also allowed in public - but not during the day in pedestrian areas, if children and young people are present or within sight of children's playgrounds, kindergartens and schools. There is a prohibited zone of 100 meters around the entrance. The Minister of Health, refers to a stricter criminal policy for the protection of young people.  Anyone who gives cannabis to children and adolescents must expect a prison sentence. Adult consumption is allowed, but the amount and proportion of the psychoactive substance THC are limited for those under 21 years of age. At the same time, an information campaign is planned, which is intended to warn young people about the danger

Croatia: Mirela Holy: "I expect that we will legalize marijuana, but be among the last countries in Europe."

Just few days ago, the German parliament endorsed the legalization of cannabis.  What is the situation on Kosovo, we do not know as no one can't even mention this issue :) but yes, cannabis has been decriminalized in Kosovo and the situation in Croatia and whether the country will follow Germany's steps were investigated by croatian RTL journalists.  The new regulations in Germany take effect from April 1st. This means that growing three marijuana plants at home or carrying up to 25 grams of weed will no longer result in legal consequences.  Germany's legalization aims to combat the black market and enhance the protection of children and young people.  Former Croatian Minister of Environmental Protection and the author of the "lex cannabis," Mirela Holy, which aimed to legalize marijuana in Croatia, shared her views with RTL journalists.  While Mirela Holy welcomed the decision of the Bundestag, she emphasized that the allowance of three plants might be sufficien

Luxembourg legalizes the cultivation and consumption of cannabis at home

It's official: Luxembourg deputies greenlit a law that allows limited cannabis cultivation and consumption at home. 38 MPs voted for the bill and 22 against it.  The repressive drug policy is an "absolute failure", said Justice Minister Sam Tanson (Dei Greng) at the end of the debate. For this reason: "We must dare to take a different path" and "look for solutions". Her party colleague José Lorchet noted: "It's not about trivializing or promoting cannabis, "this bill" is about fighting drug-related crime and the sale of cannabis on the black market." She added that this would also lead to better product quality, because those offered on the illegal drug market are "more harmful to the health of the user". People will be able to grow up to four plants in their home or usual place of residence. Cannabis plants can only be grown from seed and must not be visible from public areas. So no cannabis plants on balconies or

MDMA could repair bad relationships in romantic relationships

The pandemic has put love relationships under significant pressure as couples grapple with new difficulties, i.e. lack of privacy. Too much togetherness, lack of personal space and the inability to do normal activities, such as going to the gym, are cited as reasons that lead to problems in relationships. A website that provides legal documents has reported a 34 percent increase in divorce contract sales during the pandemic, compared to the same time period last year. Recent research by Dr. Brian Earp , titled Psychedelic Moral Enhancements, recalls MDMA being used in couples therapy in the 1980s. Is the time right to revive this study? Yale University's Earp writes:  "In the 1980s, before it was outlawed, MDMA —popularly known as ' ecstasy ' for the euphoric feeling it can produce"—was used by professional counselors as an aid to couples therapy." Writing in in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs in 1998, George Greer and Requa Tolbert described a method

MDMA - a love potion - comes within 5 years, says the anthropologist

The world may take a dystopian turn as MDMA -based 'love potions' c ould become available in the next 5 years!! :)  According to Metro , these love drugs could help shed light on the spark of romance that new couples need to start or even breathe life into a fading relationship.  The drink could be based on oxytocin , a ‘ cuddling hormone’ produced in moments of love and intimacy, or even small doses of the drug ecstasy MDMA. Dr. Anna Machin, an evolutionary a nthropologist at Oxford University , said  "We now know enough about the chemistry of the human brain to develop drugs that evoke the same feelings as love ." She also pointed out the ethical dilemmas posed by a drug that could affect the human brain in such a drastic way as love . Speaking at the Cheltenham Science Festival, Dr. Machin suggested that love drugs could become available in the next three to five years. According to The Independent, Dr. Machin compared a possible oxytocin-based love drug to

Pill-ID – An App developed to scan ecstasy pills safety

The Pill-ID app developed by UK tech agency Rehab and French advertising agency Herezie is designed to scan MDMA pills to save lives.  The UK technology agency Rehabstudio has teamed up with French advertising agency Herezie to develop the prototype app Pill-ID.  The app can scan ecstasy pills ( MDMA ) using the cameras on people’s smartphones and provide instant information on the substance, its content, the dosage level, level of risk and likely side effects.  The major obstacle with illegal recreational drugs is that there is no regulation to the market for quality or safety control. This is where the takers are at most risk as they have no clue what they are taking when buying off strangers at parties or in the streets.  Users simply open the app and can either use their camera to take a photo of a pill or upload an existing picture. The app’s machine learning model, tensorflow.js (a google technology) will then try to identify the drug by searching Nuit-Blanche , a database on di