Sarah Vella
Sarah Vella covers Maltese cannabis policy and regulation for Cannabis Malta. She has been reporting on drug policy, harm reduction, and legislative developments across Europe for over a decade, with a particular focus on the Mediterranean.
A federal watchdog report on scheduling 'gaps' has stalled the DEA's cannabis rescheduling process, with global implications for how governments evaluate controlled substances.
by Sarah Vella
A first-person account from a New Jersey prison exposes a crisis that harm reduction advocates across Europe cannot afford to ignore.
by Sarah Vella
Germany's Social Cannabis Club experiment is scaling rapidly, offering lessons for Malta's own CHRA framework and regulators across the EU.
by Sarah Vella
Malta's medical doctors' association says current cannabis framework is failing patients and the public — and wants a policy rethink.
by Sarah Vella
A festival visitor's arrest and imprisonment highlights the gap between Malta's adult-use framework and the realities facing foreign nationals who misread its limits.
by Sarah Vella
A Maltese court has cleared a cannabis shop operator of serious trafficking charges, in a ruling that tests the boundaries of the country's adult-use framework.
by Sarah Vella
New FBI figures reveal possession still drives drug enforcement in America — a cautionary dataset for reform advocates globally.
by Sarah Vella
Legal scholars are questioning whether Europe's top human rights court is applying inconsistent standards when it refuses to examine cannabis prohibition.
by Sarah Vella