Cannabis Hemp News

Aug. 19, 2014, 5:25 a.m. Beijing: Jaycee Chan, the son of kung fu mega-star Jackie Chan, has been arrested in Beijing on drug-related charges amid an anti-drug crackdown that has already netted thousands - including several celebrity scalps - in mainland China. View the full article

MP Andrew Wilkie is increasing pressure on the federal government to legalise a potentially lucrative market: industrial hemp. View the full article

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia executed four people from the same family Monday for attempting to smuggle "large quantities" of hashish into the kingdom, officials and a rights group said. View the full article

Three different autopsies have been or are being conducted on the body of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager who was shot by police in Ferguson, MO on August 9th. The first of them was the autopsy conducted by St. Louis County — the jurisdiction conducting the criminal investigation into Brown's death, to see if Officer Darren Wilson should be charged with a crime. There's no link between ... View the full article

It may sound half-baked but a pizza chain is developing a line of pizza sauces made with cannabis for states in the US where weed is legal for medical or recreational use. Unique Pizza and Subs based out of Pennsylvania is adding more to its pizza sauce than just oregano and thyme, as the company is currently working with “marijuana infusion chefs” for a new cannabis-infused sauce. In addition ... View the full article

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Early stage industries always provide a myriad of conundrums for investors. Which companies to buy? Which will survive? What areas will display the most compelling and consistent ... View the full article

DENVER and LOS ANGELES -- Tauriga Sciences Inc. (OTCQB:TAUG) or ("Tauriga" or "the Company"), a diversified life sciences company with interests in the natural wellness sector and in ... View the full article

A ROADSIDE blitz, true to its name, caught out drivers on meth and marijuana last week in Tweed and Murwillumbah. View the full article

A MAN caught with 940g of cannabis has told Dubbo Local Court he needed the drug to ease chronic back pain. View the full article

A South African opposition lawmaker who had called for the legalisation of cannabis for medical use died Saturday after a battle with lung cancer, his party said. Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, a member of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), had opted for alternative treatment for the disease instead of chemotherapy after his diagnosis over a year ago. A lawyer-turned-politician of Italian descent, Oriani ... View the full article

The main groups representing Canadian doctors have declared they will not participate in Health Canada's upcoming anti-drug campaign targeting young people. “The educational campaign has now become a political football on Canada's marijuana policy,” said a joint statement released Saturday by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC), Canadian Medical Association (CMA) and Royal College ... View the full article

Geraldton MLA Ian Blayney has thrown his support behind the controversial use of medicinal marijuana. View the full article

The man will appear in court again at the end of the week. View the full article

The resurfacing of marijuana in middle-class settings made us wonder: Maybe investing in the medical marijuana business is a good idea... The post Time to Invest in Marijuana? appeared first on The Daily Reckoning Australia . View the full article