Cannabis Hemp News

Cannabis permit cards similar to drivers' licences could be issued to terminally ill patients in New South Wales to allow them to carry medicinal marijuana. View the full article

A PRO-MARIJUANA doctor who was struck off for treating patients with the drug has accused the state government of being a “puppet” to big pharmaceutical companies. View the full article

As legalization expands, marijuana will flourish -- dispensaries won't. View the full article

By Barbara Liston ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) - Support for legalizing medical marijuana in Florida is holding steady at 88 percent despite weeks of vigorous campaigning by opponents ahead of a November referendum on the issue, a poll released on Monday showed. The survey, conducted by Quinnipiac University, did not specifically ask about the ballot measure but indicated support was well beyond the ... View the full article

Support for legalizing medical marijuana in Florida gathered steam ahead of a November referendum, with a poll out Monday showing 88 percent in favor of the measure. Only 10 percent of residents opposed legalization, the survey by Quinnipiac University found. Florida took a preliminary step in that direction in May when the state legislature allowed a variety of marijuana called "Charlotte's web ... View the full article

DENVER -- Tauriga Sciences Inc. (OTCQB:TAUG) or ("Tauriga" or "the Company"), a diversified life sciences company, is introducing the first supplement in its Cannabis Complements line ... View the full article

Over the weekend the New York Times called for the federal government to repeal its ban on marijuana. Though more conservative among you may consider the left-leaning Times' endorsement to be damning simply given the source that's a limited view View the full article

Textiles and Composite Industries’ international marketing director Charles Kovess and managing director Adrian Clarke, Ballan, Victoria, with samples of degummed hemp fibre suitable for spinning and hemp in its raw state. View the full article

REVELLERS have been warned time and time again, but 271 were still busted with drugs at the weekend’s Splendour in the Grass music festival in Northern NSW. View the full article

The New York Times' editorial board has urged the federal government to end "prohibition" of marijuana, making it the most authoritative US newspaper to back legalisation of the drug. It said the marijuana ban was "inflicting great harm on society just to prohibit a substance far less dangerous than alcohol. "The federal government should repeal the ban on marijuana." America's newspaper of ... View the full article

THE industrial revolution may have rolled past commercialisation of industrial hemp, but late-20th century innovation and 21st century marketing ideology is delivering a potentially enormous future for this poor second cousin to today’s cotton textile and oil-based manufacturing products. View the full article

ALARMING side-effects linked to legal cancer medication has prompted local sufferers to back a state-wide push for medicinal marijuana use. View the full article

Welcome to Pachamama -- one of the hundreds of cannabis clubs that are making Barcelona rival Amsterdam as a smoker's haven. Smokers' groups say some 700 such associations have sprung up in Spain due to a legal loophole. Dealing in cannabis is illegal in Spain but the law does not penalise growing it for private consumption nor setting up smokers' associations. Barcelona's city hall has imposed ... View the full article

Welcome to Pachamama -- one of the hundreds of cannabis clubs that are making Barcelona rival Amsterdam as a smoker's haven. Smokers' groups say some 700 such associations have sprung up in Spain due to a legal loophole. Dealing in cannabis is illegal in Spain but the law does not penalise growing it for private consumption nor setting up smokers' associations. Barcelona's city hall has imposed ... View the full article

COMMENT Evidence is growing, and with it acceptance, that medicinal marijuana is beneficial. View the full article