We respond to questions 🧐🤓 Why more plants? So we don’t live in fear of arrest. 500g is exaggerated! If decrim allows acquiring 50g/month (+500g/year), why isn’t a Home Grower treated equally? Why label us ‘criminals’ instead of equal citizens? #nothingaboutuswithoutus 🇲🇹

And 🇲🇹 Malta? Still waiting for thousands of criminal records to be cleared. Fines for cannabis use on the street & at home if a neighbour has it. 😡 April’s legal changes? No help for home growers & risking CHRA members’ privacy with data leaks. #CannabisReform #Malta

🌱Sending out strength to our colleagues in Italy fighting disgusting new laws, including the prohibition of hemp flowers! Cannabis Justice for all in the EU 👏🫶 @encod.bsky.social

☘️New CHRAs are up and running! 🥳 CHRA015 Smokey J's CHRA016 Bud & Chill ReLeaf #Malta calls on the Government to allow the use of herb vaporizers within CHRAs ASAP‼️ This would better equip members with harm prevention tools 🫶 #cannabisreform

🔴 How can we rest assured the personal data collected by the ARUC through Cannabis Harm Reduction Associations will not end up being leaked or passed on for political reasons? 🤔 🧐 We are talking here about potentially over 8,000 people! #cannabisreform #malta

🧐 Interesting results from the school based survey! The decriminalisation of cannabis and home growing have 𝐍𝐎𝐓 increased exposure for young people 😁 #Malta #ESPAD #cannabisreform

Flash #Malta news ‼️‼️ Live footage of very important, evidence-based decision-making on cannabis reform 🙈 Before someone takes offence and sends the police on us—again! This IS A SATIRICAL / COMICAL POST

MCAST & ARUC sign deal for police #cannabis nose training—4 months, indica vs. sativa, kush vs. cheese! No real consumption, just April Fools’ fun. 👃🍃😂 #malta #cannabisreform #stigma #reefermadness

In collaboration with Harm Reduction #Malta we embarked on a national campaign to promote less risky methods of consumption. Positive behavioural change is possible. Take control, join our project green! 💚 #cannabisreform #harmreduction #JustSayKnow

The ARUC is presently sharing very worrying posts on the legal amendments it proposed and enacted through Parliament a few days ago. Disproportionate laws hurt us all, especially members of CHRAs, presently the only ones exposed to a breach of privacy and rights. #stigma #Malta

Bill 128 on cannabis related activities exposes cannabis consumers and growers to human rights risks and unnecessary harms from profit driven stakeholders. Read ReLeaf Malta's statement for more information. 👇

'Very sadly, it seems government-funded entities, and other stakeholders with a direct commercial and financial interest from cannabis sales are leveraging political pressure to demonise home cultivation and tarnish the reputation of home growers.'

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Who are these amendments designed for? Why not LEGALISE CANNABIS and spare us all this confusing act? #malta

''NGO ReLeaf is seeking an urgent meeting over proposed law changes that would, among other things, give the government access to the personal data of all members of cannabis clubs..'' #malta

Over the course of the two-year “Weedcare” recreational #cannabis study, depressive symptoms and anxiety decreased among the participants, Basel City’s Department of Health reported. They also showed less addictive behaviour. 1/3 www.swissinfo.ch/eng/life-agi...

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Cause I got high? The relationship between the effects of cannabis and 'the lazy' stoner image seem to be more linked to perceptions than to actual reality. Click on the following link to read more : www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

Prohibition is back! #Malta

The 2nd ARUC training for workers of CHRAs kicks off today! In 2023, the ARUC invited Mr Òscar Parés & Ms Anna Obradors to deliver the training. They both have extensive experience researching & working with members & founders of Cannabis Social Clubs in Spain. Good luck to all participants 🎊☘️💫

Thanks for the quote @timesofmalta.bsky.social 👇

Bonello also expressed concerns that the agreement could see police issuing arrests on the pretext of ‘research’ & ‘harm-reduction’.   “We fear a similar agreement will give the Police a new found mission of ‘arresting home growers / personal users’ on the pretext of ‘research’ and harm reduction”

"One understood that people convicted of crimes related to cannabis and falling under decriminalised / depenalised measures would automatically be deleted from personal criminal records," the NGO said. #Malta

Part 2 ☘️ As part of our educational approach, we are happy to share with you information on safer roads and prevention of harm ⚠️ We remind you to stay safe 🫶 If under the influence of cannabis 🔚 Find alternative means of transportion 🫡🥰

☘️ As part of our educational approach, we are happy to share with you information on safer roads and prevention of harm ⚠️ We remind you to stay safe 🫶 If under the influence of cannabis 🔚 Find alternative means of transportion 🫡🥰

During a recent interview with Lovin Malta’s Tim Diacono, ReLeaf president Andrew Bonello warned that the court case against doctor Andrew Agius is still ongoing three years after it started.

On Monday, 13th January, ReLeaf Malta President Andrew Bonello met with ARUC Chair Dr. Joey Reno Vella. Issues raised included synthetic cannabinoids mocking reform efforts, CBD’s strict control, and lack of evidence-based data after a year of ARUC operations.

We're pleased to kick start the year with an opinion piece on the #Cannabis reform in Malta ☘️⚖️⚠️ President Bonello looks at developments in 2024 and highlights a number of regulatory, industry and political stunts which could negatively impact the rights of cannabis consumers in #Malta 🔚⁉️