Cannabis Hemp News

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

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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

New Zealand is being urged to follow Norfolk Island's example in setting up a medicinal marijuana industry. View the full article

When Marc Emery returns to Canada later this summer, it will mark the end of five years in U.S. prison for Canada's "prince of pot." Smoking marijuana is now legal in Washington and Colorado, and other states have moved towards decriminalization and the legal use of medical marijuana. What’s more, opinion polls suggest a majority in the U.S. and Canada want the pot laws relaxed. View the full article

Norfolk Island is issuing licences for the cultivation of medicinal marijuana. View the full article

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado task force charged with tightening controls on marijuana edibles unveiled proposed rules on Friday to limit potency levels, require clearer labeling and assure that children cannot get their hands on pot-infused confections. Under the guidelines released by the Colorado Department of Revenue, serving sizes of edible pot products would be restricted ... View the full article

Montevideo (AFP) - Uruguay, the first country to fully legalize the production, sale and distribution of marijuana, called for bids Friday from private growers who want to farm cannabis in a public field. View the full article

By Barbara Liston ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) - Prospective medical marijuana growers in Florida are struggling to figure out a legal way to obtain starter cannabis plants under a new state law allowing for limited medical use, the bill's sponsor and other experts say. Florida lawmakers failed to address how growers licensed by the state would acquire a non-euphoric strain of marijuana, such as ... View the full article

Marijuana can go in more than brownies and cookies. And the dizzying variety of foods that can be infused with the drug is complicating matters for Colorado regulators who want to make sure pot-infused ... View the full article