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Minnesota lawmakers on Friday approved legalizing medical marijuana in pill or liquid form for a limited number of patients suffering from severe or fatal illnesses. Minnesota senators voted 46-16 and representatives 89-40 to approve the measure with bipartisan support and send it to Governor Mark Dayton, who has said he will sign it into law. More than 20 U.S. states have approved medical ... View the full article

The vending machines at a Vancouver storefront look ordinary -- but instead of spitting out gum or snacks, for a few coins they deliver medical marijuana. But the really good stuff, said proprietor Chuck Varabioff, is "Pink Kush," available from another machine the size of a fridge that delivers a wide range of marijuana in plastic bags heat-sealed for hygiene. His British Columbia Pain Society ... View the full article

SAN DIEGO -- Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC Pink:MJNA) is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, HempMeds, is exhibiting at the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) Orlando World Congress ... View the full article

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers struck a deal Thursday to legalize medical marijuana, handing a major victory to severely ill children and adults whose emotional appeals for help propelled a major policy change that once appeared dead for the session. View the full article

Good Samaritans have returned $40000 in cash they found stuffed under an old sofa, to the 91-year-old owner. View the full article

Nigel Hill took himself to hospital after a joint failed to relieve the pain he was suffering after a car crash. Now he's been ordered to face court. View the full article Canberran drivers who smoke marijuana or drink alcohol in the hours after getting out of a crashed car can still be charged, a court says. Nigel Stuart Hill, 37, lost control of his car and crashed into a tree early one July morning in 2012. He went home but had no painkillers, so he smoked marijuana instead. The pain persisted and he went to Calvary Hospital three hours after the crash. He was blood tested an hour later, and THC was detected. Hill was charged with a drug driving offence and called b…

A TOOWOOMBA man who told police he no longer smoked marijuana was four days later found growing the drug inside his home. View the full article A TOOWOOMBA man who told police he no longer smoked marijuana was four days later found growing the drug inside his home. Found with a cone piece used for smoking the drug on January 3, Nathan Thomas Watts, 27, told police it was an old cone and that he hadn't smoked marijuana for more than six months, Toowoomba Magistrates Court heard. However, a police search of his Toowoomba home on January 7 found two 50cm marijuana plants growing in a box under a hydroponic system in a cupboard, police prosecutor Greg McIntyre told the cou…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Plans for Kentucky's first hemp crop in decades so far have produced nothing but headaches. View the full article

A renowned blogger active during the 2011 revolution was bound over for trial Thursday on charges of consuming cannabis as a campaign grows demanding changes to a law that many call repressive. Azyz Amami and his friend Sabri Ben Mlouka, who were arrested Monday night, will face trial on May 23 for \"possession and consumption of drugs,\" their lawyer Bassem Trifi told AFP. Amami \"categorically ... View the full article

A 24-year-old man is due in court today over the seizure. View the full article

Colorado has approved a bill aimed at providing marijuana businesses access to banking services. View the full article

A Nova Scotia man is facing drug charges after Manitoba RCMP pulled over a transport truck and say they found more than 60 kilograms of marijuana inside. View the full article

Buller District Police have arrested four people and confiscated18 kilograms of cannabis and a myriad of weapons in a large police operation. View the full article

Kentucky's Agriculture Department sued the federal government Wednesday, seeking the release of imported hemp seeds that have been held up by customs officials. The state said it needs to get the seeds ... View the full article

Kentucky's Agriculture Department sued the federal government Wednesday, seeking the release of imported hemp seeds that have been held up by customs officials. The state said it needs to get the seeds ... View the full article