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A New Brunswick Mountie who complained he wasn't allowed to smoke medicinal marijuana for post-traumatic stress disorder while in uniform has pleaded guilty to assaulting four RCMP officers. Ron Francis had previously pleaded not guilty to assaulting two officers during an incident in Fredericton on Dec. 6 and not guilty to assaulting two other officers in Oromocto on Jan. 12 of this year. View the full article

A Princeton University employee and marijuana legalization activist who said he was told to choose between his job and using medical marijuana is on paid leave as the university works to figure out accommodations ... View the full article

Smoking cannabis makes men get the munchies, while women have stronger pain relief effects from the drug, researchers have found. View the full article

The State Government was yesterday under pressure to reconcile its support for the commercial cultivation of medicinal opiates while opposing medicinal cannabis in WA. View the full article

Colorado's pot regulators are trying to make sure the state's marijuana growers aren't producing more pot than they can legally sell — a hedge against Colorado-grown pot ending up in states where it's ... View the full article

Colorado's pot regulators are trying to make sure the state's marijuana growers aren't producing more pot than they can legally sell — a hedge against Colorado-grown pot ending up in states where it's ... View the full article

OTTAWA - The number of Canadian firms applying for lucrative medical marijuana licences has topped 1,000, as a so-called "greenrush" continues to overwhelm Health Canada. View the full article

New York teenager Joseph Beer smoked marijuana, climbed into a Subaru Impreza with four friends and drove more than 100 mph before losing control. The car crashed into trees with such force that the vehicle ... View the full article

Colorado is missing $21.5 million in pot taxes. Voters legalized retail marijuana (pot for everyone, not just medical patients) in 2012. And they were told the state would pull in $33.5 million from two ... View the full article

ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- FutureWorld Corp (FWDG), the leading provider of advanced solutions to the Cannabis industry globally, is pleased to announce that its research team at CB Scientific, a wholly owned ... View the full article

"Our results are timely, given the changing attitudes and perceptions of risk related to cannabis use in the US," said John Kelly from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US. At the study's outset, consequences - such as missing work or school, financial and relationship problems - tended to be greater in participants reporting withdrawal symptoms who also were more likely to have ... View the full article

WASHINGTON (AP) — New York teenager Joseph Beer smoked marijuana, climbed into a Subaru Impreza with four friends and drove more than 100 mph before losing control. The car crashed into trees with such force that the vehicle split in half, killing his friends. View the full article

A TWEED family with a 15-year-old permanently disabled son say they have radically reduced his seizures with cannabis oil after exhausting all other legal treatments. View the full article

WASHINGTON (AP) — The legalization of recreational marijuana in two states — Colorado and Washington — and medical marijuana in more than 20 others has raised concern that there will be more drivers stoned behind the wheel. What's not clear is whether that will translate into an increase in fatal crashes. View the full article

ACT Policing has issued more than 530 infringement notices for simple cannabis offences since July 2009. View the full article