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By Malena Castaldi MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguayans will be allowed to buy enough marijuana to roll about 20 joints a week at a price well below the black market rate, the government said on Tuesday as it detailed a new law legalizing the cannabis trade. Congress in December approved a law allowing the cultivation and sale of marijuana, making Uruguay the first country to do so, with the aim of ... View the full article

A 90-year-old US man has been sentenced to three years in prison for transporting over a ton of cocaine. View the full article

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VANCOUVER - It wasn't the usual Vancouver gathering of pot enthusiasts — in fact not even a whiff of marijuana smoke could be detected at the GreenRush Financial Conference covering the budding business ... View the full article

A man caught with a ham and cheese sandwich stuffed with drugs has been arrested at a resort in Spain. View the full article

Tunisia's tough law on cannabis use, laying down jail terms of at least one year, is "destroying lives" and overcrowding prisons, according to a group of activists urging reform. It has failed," said the group, named Al Sajin 52 (or Prisoner 52) as the law is called. As a result, more than half of the 13,000 people in pre-trial detention, and around one third of Tunisia's 11,000 convicts were ... View the full article

SAN DIEGO -- Kannaway, LLC ("Kannaway"), the first network marketing company to distribute cannabidiol (CBD)-rich hemp oil products in the US, is proud to announce that the Company's "back ... View the full article

New Zealand on Wednesday reversed course on allowing some designer drugs to be legally sold after a public outcry about the toll they were taking. A law change effective Thursday will ban the sale and ... View the full article

Canada has followed in the footsteps of the US and switched on its first marijuana vending machine. The device, which sells medical cannabis, has been installed at dispensary BC Pain Society in Vancouver. It comes one month after Colorado installed a similar machine. Although the market for medical cannabis users in Canada remains small - just 37,000 people are permitted to purchase the drug ... View the full article

President Jose Mujica signed the long-awaited rules for Uruguay's legal pot marketplace Tuesday, launching a rollout that should stock pharmacies with government-approved marijuana cigarettes for sale ... View the full article

Canterbury experts have developed a guide to help health care professionals in the community treat a predicted increase in people withdrawing from synthetic cannabinoid addiction. View the full article

Minnesota senators on Tuesday advanced a bill that would make physician-prescribed medical marijuana legal for a broad range of patient suffering, joining more than 20 other U.S. states. Senators voted 48-18 to approve the bill, which received bipartisan support in the Democratic-controlled Senate. The bill differs sharply from a state House of Representatives proposal to make medical marijuana ... View the full article

MORE than half a kilo of marijuana with an estimated street value of $14,300 has been uncovered by police at a Lower Coldstream address. View the full article

Nevada gambling regulators issued a notice Tuesday advising casino operators against investing in the state's nascent medical marijuana industry. Gaming Control Board member Terry Johnson sent a memo reminding ... View the full article