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A TAMWORTH family’s controversial push to legalise marijuana for the dying will feature on one of the nation’s top-rating current affairs programs tomorrow. View the full article

Jamaica's government announced a major rethinking of its marijuana laws, including plans to partially decriminalize small amounts of pot and to allow possession for religious, scientific and medical purposes. ... View the full article

By John Tilak TORONTO (Reuters) - By unlocking the once-obscure medical marijuana market, Canada has created a fast-growing, profitable and federally regulated industry with a distinct appeal to the more daring global investor. About a dozen producers of the drug will find themselves in the spotlight this year as they consider going public or prepare to so through share sales or reverse ... View the full article

By Horace Helps KINGSTON (Reuters) - The Jamaican government has decided to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, joining the trickle of countries moving to soften laws on the drug known on the Caribbean island as "ganja." Minister of Justice Mark Golding made the announcement at an afternoon news conference on Thursday saying that Jamaica's Dangerous Drugs Act would be ... View the full article

Colorado's marijuana market boomed in April as tens of thousands celebrated the once-underground 4/20 pot holiday. Tax collections recently released showed that Colorado sold about $22 million worth of recreational pot in April. An estimate from the Colorado Department of Revenue showed that Colorado made about $5.3 million from medical and recreational pot taxes and fees in April. Colorado made ... View the full article

SAN DIEGO -- Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC Pink:MJNA) is excited to announce that its subsidiary HempMeds and the cannabidiol (CBD)-rich hemp oil that the company represents, markets and distributes ... View the full article

Smoking cannabis helped with pain, spasms and to lift her mood, Tom Curran revealed today. View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- Since purchasing its line of automated decortication equipment and accompanying kenaf, Hemp, Inc. (OTC:HEMP) announced today the first sale of its raw and processed kenaf in the United States. ... View the full article

OREM, Utah -- via PRWEB - ForeverGreen Worldwide Corporation (FVRG), a leading provider of nutritional foods and other healthy products, announced today that the company recently marketed its' products ... View the full article

A New York man whose heat lamp sparked a fire in his basement apartment has been charged after emergency responders discovered a 'marijuana farm,' police said. Officials answering a 911 call about a fire at a building in the Prospect Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn found 40 to 50 marijuana plants, halogen lights and water pumps. "They discovered a marijuana farm," said Sophia Mason, a ... View the full article

NAJRAN - Border Guards in Najran foiled attempts to smuggle 4 tons of hashish in the past six months. Najran Border Guards spokesman Maj. Ali Al-Qahtani said the patrols have also foiled the smuggling of 20,975 infiltrators, 202 smugglers, 326 weapons and 2,134 rounds of live ammunition. He added that in addition, patrols have confiscated 10 vehicles that were used by human traffickers and ... View the full article

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) - The stakes are getting higher - politically and financially - in Florida's heated campaign over a November referendum to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana. The latest financial reports by the two main groups fighting the legalization of medical marijuana show a total of more than $7.7 million has been raised to oppose the constitutional amendment ... View the full article

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) - The stakes are getting higher - politically and financially - in Florida's heated campaign over a November referendum to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana. The latest financial reports by the two main groups fighting the legalization of medical marijuana show a total of more than $7.7 million has been raised to oppose the constitutional amendment ... View the full article

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A group of marijuana activists in Colorado are suing to prevent the government collecting taxes derived from the state’s legal pot industry, saying it violates the right against self-incrimination guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit, filed by local lawyer Rob Corry this week in Denver District Court, asks that a judge issue an injunction ordering ... View the full article

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A group of marijuana activists in Colorado are suing to prevent the government collecting taxes derived from the state’s legal pot industry, saying it violates the right against self-incrimination guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit, filed by local lawyer Rob Corry this week in Denver District Court, asks that a judge issue an injunction ordering ... View the full article