02/10/19

[Maik]

Tourism revenues soared 13.6 percent in year to end-July

http://www.ekathimerini.com/245071/article/ekathimerini/business/tourism-revenues-soared-136-percent-in-year-to-end-july

[Maik]

Unconfirmed but heard the body of male aged early fifties was found near Agia Paraskevi church, Karavomilos, yesterday afternoon. Not believed to be a Sami local, possibly a visitor to Kef.

[Maik]

Hopes run high for Marijuana law reform in Greece

Last week was the first time that a Greek store selling marijuana paraphernalia, CBD Oil Shop, was blessed by a Greek Orthodox priest.

Archbishop Ireneos of Crete, blessed CBC Oil on 26 September, according to local custom where new businesses or shops are ‘blessed’ by priests for good luck.

Cannabis, originally from India, was introduced to Ancient Greeks around 300BCE. It was used for recreation, cloth, rope, boat sails, as well as in their pharmacopoeia for treatment of inflammation, pain, and injuries. Greece was one of the world’s major producers of hemp fibres and rope.

Marijuana was banned in 1890 by the Greek government which associated hashish with the Ottoman East from which Greece’s new ruling classes sought to culturally distance themselves at a time when they sought to become more western. Regardless, Greeks continued to smoke hashish and people used it for rope, fibre, and as a mild relaxant and mild analgesic.

https://neoskosmos.com/en/147515/hopes-run-high-for-marijuana-law-reform-in-greece/