Cannabis Hemp News

NSW may be a step closer to legalising medicinal cannabis after Premier Mike Baird met a terminally ill cancer patient who is using the drug illegally. View the full article

Prime Minister Tony Abbott expects Australia's relationship with Indonesia to be 'strong and warm'. View the full article

TASMANIA'S industrial hemp industry - even within a climate of red tape and protracted government inaction - is set to double next year to 200ha. View the full article

SNOOP Dogg smoked cannabis at the White House. The 42-year-old rapper - whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. - admits he once puffed on marijuana in the bathroom at the official residence of president Barack Obama in Washington D.C. View the full article

The Qld premier says he has an open mind about medical marijuana, but the advice of national health experts must underpin any change. View the full article

Two new sniffer dogs have been added to the security team at Canberra's jail. View the full article

Industrial and food opportunities for hemp are not the only casualties of this blind prejudice. ONE of the most compelling reasons for fewer laws is that there are also fewer unintended consequences. Almost every law causes problems that were never anticipated. View the full article

By Jennifer Baires SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California authorities have launched a major raid to seize marijuana grown on and around a Northern California Indian reservation, joining with tribal authorities to combat illegal grow operations on native lands, authorities said on Tuesday. “They’re going to be there for a while,” Lieutenant Steve Knight, spokesman of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s ... View the full article

Oregon voters will decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use after state elections officials on Tuesday said the measure qualified for the November ballot. The measure would allow adults 21 and older to buy and possess marijuana and would give the Oregon Liquor Control Commission the job of regulating and taxing the drug. By contrast, New Approach Oregon, the group behind the ... View the full article

NSW Premier Mike Baird has indicated he might support medical cannabis after meeting a terminally ill young man. View the full article

SEATTLE (AP) — The first recreational marijuana sold legally in Seattle is headed to the city's Museum of History and Industry. View the full article

The first recreational marijuana sold legally in Seattle will be put on display at the city's Museum of History and Industry after a woman donated part of her purchase Tuesday. Deb Greene, a 65-year-old ... View the full article

A German court ruled on Tuesday that some people suffering from chronic pain should be able to cultivate their own cannabis "for therapeutic purposes". Five people suffering from chronic pain brought the complaint to a court in Cologne after Germany's Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM) refused them permission to grow the plant at home. While the plaintiffs all had permits to ... View the full article

A house on Sundrive Road was raided last night. No arrests have been made. View the full article

Terminally and chronically ill Canberrans would legally be allowed to use marijuana to alleviate their pain and symptoms, under a proposal by the ACT Greens to legalise medical cannabis. View the full article