Cannabis Hemp News

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (AP) — On land once used to grow watermelons and grain, 8-foot tall marijuana plants swayed under a canopy of mesquite. White pipes and a pump diverted water from a canal, delivered to the 60-foot long rows by carefully excavated trenches. View the full article

Sept. 15, 2010, 12:35 p.m. HEMP has many uses. You can grow it, smoke it, use it to make ropes, clothes, sheets and sails. It is good for the skin - hands, feet and face. View the full article

Multiple sclerosis patients in many parts of England are urging health bosses to make a cannabis-based medication available on prescription. The NHS in Wales recently agreed to fund the drug, Sativex. But the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which advises the NHS on the cost effectiveness of treatments, is not recommending it in England. Tony Wiggins, who lives in Cardiff ... View the full article

By John Tilak TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian medical marijuana producer OrganiGram Inc is set to go public on Monday, its chief executive said, the second such firm to list on the venture exchange next week, highlighting investor appetite for a high-growth industry. OrganiGram and Bedrocan Cannabis Corp both plan to list on Aug. 25. The two firms, via reverse takeovers, will join Tweed Marijuana ... View the full article

A FORMER Lismore hotel manager was listed for sentence on Friday for his alleged involvement in one of Australia's largest marijuana crops in the Southern Downs. View the full article

Tourists from around the world are going to Colorado to get stoned legally. "We have a flow of tour buses coming in every day now," said Toni Fox, owner of 3D Cannabis Center, a Denver dispensary ... View the full article

A new study by the European Commission has also found that use of legal highs was three times the European average. View the full article

The company behind a failed bid to grow medicinal cannabis in Tasmania has released a letter from the former health minister encouraging the University of Tasmania to consider a trial. View the full article

‘’We say no to marijuana legalization, whether for medical or recreational use.'' Senate Minority Leader Vicente Sotto emphasized this point when he delivered this week a privilege speech against House Bill No. 4477 (Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act) filed in the House of Representatives. The proposed bill states that ‘’marijuana use has medical properties for certain persons suffering ... View the full article

Call it debating, call it deferring, or call it simply taking their time to get a decision right, but the federal government may apparently be on the verge of approving looser marijuana laws in Canada. The idea of giving police … Continue reading → View the full article

(Reuters) - A Virginia man with the last name Stoner has been arrested for having $10,000 worth of marijuana plants, police said Thursday. Acting on a tip that Paul Scott Stoner, 42, was selling marijuana to children, police raided his Unionville home last Thursday and discovered the plants, prescription drugs, hypodermic needles, drug paraphernalia and guns, according statement released by the ... View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- GrowBLOX Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB:GBLX), a medical marijuana research and development company, announced that CEO Craig Ellins will be presenting on the Medical Marijuana Stocks Public Company ... View the full article

MONTREAL -- Washington State Marijuana users spent $3.8 million ($127,000 per day) in the first month of legal sales. That will bring in approximately $1 million in state taxes, from 18 stores. View the full article