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Record Volume Of Cannabis Confiscated In 2024
According to RÚV, the Icelandic police and Customs Office confiscated a record volume of cannabis in 2024. The amount totalled 283 kilograms, based on preliminary data. In 2023, 210 kg were confiscated; while 141 kg was seized in 2022 and 2021. A…
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Children Taken To Hospital After Ingesting Cannabinoids
Two children were taken to the Barnaspítali Hringsins children’s hospital in Reykjavík on Monday, September 2, having ingested THC-dosed candy. The Metropolitan Police reported the incident. According to the police statement, the children had eaten gummy bears containing the psychoactive ingredient, and…
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Two Men Charged With Large-Scale Cannabis Cultivation
Following a case which first appeared in May 2020, the District Prosecutor has charged two men with large-scale cannabis cultivation. [su_pullquote]The Icelandic Easter Box! How about it? Easter is drawing closer! The beautiful celebration of resurrection and the beginning of spring! Icelanders…
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Police Use Red Cross’s Name Without Permission In Anti-Cannabis Ad
Last Thursday, a full-page spread ad from the Association of Icelandic Drug Police was published in Morgunblaðið, wherein they called cannabis “a dangerous addictive substance” that could “cause untimely death”. This ad also contained the names of numerous organisations and companies who…
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60% Of Icelanders Are In Favour Of Decriminalizing Drug Consumption
Sixty percent of Icelanders support the decriminalization of drug use, according to a new survey by the University of Iceland’s Social Sciences Institute, Fréttablaðið reports. This is a significant change compared to previous surveys, where only a third of Icelanders were in…
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Pirates And The Right Bond Over A Little Herb
The Icelandic Pirate Party has a new best friend in Ásmundur Friðriksson, MP for the Independence Party. According to Vísir, an unlikely alliance between the libertarian Pirates and this stalwart of the right has formed over a shared interest in cannabis—despite a…
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Cannabis Farm Probable Source Of Major Fire
A major fire in a Reykjavík house earlier this week probably started where cannabis was being cultivated, preliminary investigations have revealed. The fire in the Seljahverfi area broke out early on Monday morning. The only occupant of the house at the time…
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UPDATE – Police Locate Man Who Sold Morphine-Laced Sweets To Teenager
A man who sold a teenager sweets containing morphine and cannabis has been located by Suðurnes police, Morgunblaðið reports. Two teenage girls, aged 13 and 14, fell unconscious and were hospitalised after eating gummy bears containing morphine and cannabis over the weekend.…
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Mystery Solved: Icelandic Horses Probably Ate Cannabis
What was thought to be a rare nerve condition in some Icelandic horses has turned out to be the effects of having eaten cannabis, Vísir reports. The story begins in 2011, when a group of horses in South Iceland were observed exhibiting…
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Cannabis Production Takes Over Reykjavík
Thanks to a new reportage that explored the extent of the cannabis network in the capital area, RÚV reporters found out that cannabis growth and production carried out in the city has now almost completely overtaken foreign imports. According to data provided…
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Legalisation Of Cannabis Proposed In Parliament
Pawel Bartozek, an MP for the Reform Party, has put forth a bill for parliament, which would legalise the consumption of cannabis in Iceland. He points out that many US states have legalised cannabis consumption and that high profile individuals such as…
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Get High With Sigur Rós
In what might be considered a strange collaboration, cannabis confectionary producer Lord Jones has teamed up with Sigur Rós to make cannabis-infused gumdrops. Wild Sigurberries are apparently inspired by the flavours of foraged Icelandic berries, wild blackberries, strawberries and blueberries and infused…
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4/20 The International Holy Day Of Pot Smokers
A demonstration of young and old – both Icelanders and foreigners alike – came together under the banner of cannabis appreciation on the international holy day of pot smokers, 4/20. The celebration was a calm, intimate affair boasting less than a hundred…
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PHOTOS: Iceland Celebrates 4/20 In Front Of Parliament
The fifth annual 4/20 cannabis celebration-slash legalization demonstration commenced in front of Alþingi at Austurvöllur square today at, um, 16:20. An estimated group of 150 gathered to smoke joints, rip bongs and hit pipes while a group of police officers stood by…
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Cannabis Arrests In Suðurnes
Police in Suðurnes, a municipality encompassing Keflavík airport, as well as the towns Keflavík, Njarðvík and more, busied themselves over cannabis consumers last week. Vísir reports that the police caught one man, smoking a joint in the entrance hall of bank Landsbankinn’s…
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Icelandic Cannabis Use Miscalculated
The recent UN report on Icelanders and cannabis use may have been based on a misunderstanding of the data: Icelanders do not lead the world in cannabis use, but they do lead Scandinavia. According to the UN findings, approximately 18.3% of Icelanders…