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More than a thousand cannabis plants have been found on a property between Gladstone and Bundaberg in central Queensland. View the full article

ACCUSED drug trafficker Thomas Edward Martin has been granted bail in Toowoomba Magistrates Court today. View the full article

By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - Jeb Bush is siding with opponents of an initiative on Florida's November election ballot to make medical marijuana legal, despite strong public support for its use as a treatment for debilitating illnesses. Bush, a former Republican governor of Florida who is considering a presidential bid in 2016, issued a statement on Thursday saying the legalization of medical ... View the full article

The United States NFL has recognised marijuana as the analgesic of choice for many of its players. View the full article

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos said on Thursday he supported the use of marijuana for medical use as a means to ease the suffering of terminally ill patients and deprive criminals of profits from the illegal trade in the drug. The battle against drugs has failed because of its high cost in human lives and economic impact for countries like ... View the full article

President Juan Manuel Santos signalled his support Thursday for a bill that would allow the medical use of marijuana in Colombia. The ruling Liberal Party proposed the measure for a vote in the current session of the Colombian Congress, which opened July 20. The consumption and sale of marijuana is prohibited in Colombia, but the South American country decriminalized possession of up to 20 grams ... View the full article

IN what police have described as a new low, a 12-year-old was allegedly used as a “delivery boy’’ by a major drug operation which trafficked speed and marijuana. View the full article

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- mCig, Inc. (OTCQB:MCIG) is pleased to announce that it has published its 2014 Annual Report and Form 10-K. The 45 page Annual Report, which includes the 10-K, can be found by visiting:... View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC Pink:MJNA) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Wellness Managed Services' MPS International (MPSI), was recently featured by Bloomberg and was selected ... View the full article

A panel beater who shot and killed a man outside his Thomastown factory had had between 54 to 68 bongs and between 39 to 42 stubbies of beer during the day leading up to the shooting, a court has heard. View the full article

A police patrol at Al-Sheqairi in Jazan province foiled an attempt to smuggle 19 kilograms of hashish into the country. View the full article

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-13/fire-guts-buildings-in-main-street-of-nimbin-nsw/5666994 Fire guts Nimbin Museum and Rainbow Cafe, NSW firefighters sayBy Elloise Farrow-Smith, staffUpdated August 13, 2014 07:58:27 http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/5667036-3x2-340x227.jpg A large fire has torn through several businesses in the main street of Nimbin, destroying the northern NSW town's museum and well-known Rainbow Cafe. Several other buildings on Cullen Street suffered fire, smoke and water damage from the overnight blaze, although no-one was injured, Superintendent Michael Brett from the Rural Fire Service said. "The reports we have is that the Rainbow Cafe has b…

The approval of a trial of medicinal cannabis that had been granted by Norfolk Island's government has been overturned by the Commonwealth. View the full article

MESQUITE, Nev. -- Cannabis Sativa, Inc. (OTCQB:CBDS) ("CBDS") announced today that its President and CEO Gary Johnson will be featured as the keynote speaker at the CannaCon Cannabis Expo being ... View the full article

Canada's self-proclaimed 'Prince of Pot' is back with a vengeance. Serving a nearly five-year sentence in a US prison has done little to shake Marc Emery's resolve to get marijuana legalized in his home country. He, along with his pot-activist wife Jodie, vows to take on anti-cannabis conservatives in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government and to weed out the anti-pot constituencies in ... View the full article