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Tim Wilson, Australia's new Human Rights Commissioner, believes the freedom of individuals needs to be protected against excessive government interference. View the full article

A poll today shows 38 per cent of people in Ireland now support legalisation. View the full article

JAZAN - Security bodies in Jazan have arrested a smuggler for trying to smuggle hashish and ammunition into the country. When the smuggler failed to stop at a police checkpoint, officers pursued the vehicle and arrested the driver. Nearly 70 packs of hashish were found hidden inside the vehicle, in addition to 3,600 rounds of ammunition. View the full article

THE push to curb alcohol-fuelled violence has prompted HEMP Party Australia president Michael Balderstone to call on both the State and Federal governments to consider legalising cannabis. View the full article

Five people, including a French woman, have been apprehended in Malaysia for growing cannabis and are likely to face drug-trafficking charges, which carry the death penalty. It's very likely that they will be charged," local police official Hamza Taib told AFP. The police have refused to name the suspects but said the French national has lived in Malaysia for nearly a year. Malaysia tightened ... View the full article

By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - Police who found five pounds of pot during a routine traffic stop searched the motorists' house and followed the scent to an empty backyard swimming pool where 82 marijuana plants were growing beneath a thick slab of concrete, officials said on Friday. On January 23 police smelled marijuana after they stopped two of the men, Valexy Quintero-Consuegra, 37 ... View the full article

A group opposed to marijuana legalization is concerned about this year's Super Bowl between teams from the two states that have legalized pot. Project SAM, for Smart Approaches to Marijuana, says it's ... View the full article

Despite the legalization of marijuana in the two states represented by teams in the Super Bowl, pot will remain on the National Football League's banned substance list, said commissioner Roger Goodell on Friday. Both Colorado and Washington, home of the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks, who will clash in the NFL's championship game on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, have legalized pot, prompting ... View the full article

Dutch cities called Friday for the government to decriminalise cannabis cultivation and wholesale, which remain illegal despite easy access to the drug in hundreds of licenced coffee shops. Eight of the Netherlands' 10 biggest cities, including Amsterdam and Rotterdam, signed a manifesto in central city Utrecht calling for "creating a national system of certified and regulated cannabis ... View the full article

Other states, including Morelos, Veracruz, and Oaxaca, could follow Mexico City's lead, presenting a challenge to President Enrique Peña Nieto who has argued against the legalization of marijuana as his country continues its war against drug traffickers. The proposal – which will be submitted to the Mexico City legislative assembly in two weeks, according to the office of the bill's sponsor ... View the full article

The Senate has voted against letting New Hampshire farmers legally grow industrial hemp and instead propose establishing a committee to study the idea. The Senate voted Thursday to amend a House-passed ... View the full article

A mother-of-three is the first woman in the UK who is believed to have died from cannabis poisoning. Gemma Moss, from Bournemouth, Dorset, collapsed in bed after smoking a cannabis cigarette. It is understood she might have suffered a cardiac arrest after smoking the class B drug, as none of her vital organs showed anything wrong. Dr Kudair Hussein, a pathologist, told the inquest in Bournemouth ... View the full article First Woman in UK Dies From Smoking Marijuana: What is Cannabis Poisoning?By Lydia Smith http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Reo2qOWcwPDSQqpFDhFOSQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Y2g9NTk2O2NyPTE7Y3c9ODc1O2R4PTA7ZHk9MDtmaT11bGNyb3A7aD0xMzA7cT04NTt3PTE5MA--/http://med…

The drugs were seized by customs officers at Rosslare Eurport. View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- For the first time in decades, the Federal government is allowing farmers to cultivate hemp. As of Wednesday, January 29, 2014, pursuant to the passage of the farm bill, the cultivation of ... View the full article

By Julia Symmes Cobb MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The opposition party governing Mexico City said on Thursday it would propose raising the amount of marijuana residents of the capital can possess to seven times the current limit to help speed up drug liberalization in Mexico. Since former President Felipe Calderon launched a military crackdown on drug cartels seven years ago, Mexico has been wracked ... View the full article