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South Portland's City Council has voted unanimously to allow a ballot question that would make it legal for people 21 and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana. The Press Herald reports (bit.ly/1mhqUMt) a majority of council members said Monday night they're opposed to legalizing marijuana but they'll let residents decide in November. South Portland activists who want to legalize pot in ... View the full article

By Courtney Sherwood PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) - Supporters of a recreational marijuana ballot initiative in Oregon have raised $1 million in their effort to legalize, regulate and tax use of the drug by adults, campaign finance documents showed on Monday. The state said last month the initiative qualified for the November ballot, meaning Oregon could become only the third U.S. state after ... View the full article

THE family of cancer-stricken Tamworth man Dan Haslam has welcomed the Norfolk Island government’s decision to allow production of medical-grade marijuana on its land. View the full article

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Nuvilex, Inc. (OTCQB:NVLX), a clinical-stage, international biotechnology company providing cell and gene therapy solutions for the treatment of diseases, announced today that Dr. ... View the full article

In Colorado, one town might embrace cannabis stores while another posts a keep-out sign. But on one thing they agree: leave your stoner humor at home. View the full article

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- via PRWEB - Hundreds of eager entrepreneurs from all different types of industries will be attending a medical marijuana business seminar next weekend (Aug 9) at the Signature ... View the full article

A NEW cannabis producing venture by a Tasmanian company will export to Canada. View the full article

Each week television crews race to find the juicy story that will boost ratings and trump their competitors. View the full article

The first marijuana advert taken out by a legally operating cannabis company in a major mainstream newspaper has been launched. In a sarcastic play on the popular 1980s anti-drug slogan, Seattle-based Cannabis company Leafly launched its "Just Say Know" ad campaign in the Sunday edition of the New York Times. Brendan Kennedy, president and chief executive of Leafly, said he believes the company ... View the full article

The RCMP seized a quantity of marijuana following a search at a home in Deer Lake on Saturday. View the full article

Gardaí made the discovery during a raid on a house in Ballinasloe. View the full article

Parents using medicinal marijuana to help their ill children put police in an impossible position, reports Rania Spooner. View the full article

Leafly, a company perhaps most readily... View the full article

Here's a new way to give the economy a boost...hemp milk. View the full article

A knock at the door of a home in Melbourne’s outer suburbs last month threw three parents, all with children who suffered debilitating epilepsy, into the centre of a political debate about legalising medicinal marijuana in Australia. View the full article