Cannabis Hemp News

A FORMER Australian Federal Police chief has backed a decision by Tamworth police not to arrest a local family for cannabis possession. View the full article

A 27-year-old man who was allegedly at an illegal marijuana plot is suspected of starting a wildfire that has burned about 6 square miles of forested land in northern California. Freddie Alexander Smoke III was arrested Saturday and accused of recklessly causing a fire and with marijuana cultivation, both felonies, according to the California Department of Fire and Forestry Protection. The ... View the full article

Tom Curran, partner of Marie Fleming, has welcomed the news that Savitex will be available to patients in Ireland. View the full article

There has been a robust discussion in the community and media over the past fortnight on the subject of a medicinal cannabis trial in Tasmania and it is important to bust some of the myths and misinformation which have surfaced. View the full article

Treating families who use cannabis oil on seriously ill children as criminals 'serves no good purpose'. View the full article

TAMWORTH’S police chief has moved to quell fears local cancer patient Dan Haslam could have his cannabis medicine seized in the wake of a shock raid in Melbourne this week. View the full article

Actor Guy Pearce says it took a film offer from rock singer Nick Cave to persuade him to kick a drug habit that had taken over his life. View the full article

Buying pot is normally a subtle affair, but not for Mike Boyer, who camped out to become the first person to legally purchase marijuana in Washington state. Inside Spokane Green Leaf, Washington’s first legal recreational marijuana store, Boyer proudly held two bags of weed and what appears to be a pipe over his head in celebration, while a local television filmed the entire sequence. “This day ... View the full article

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes on Friday apologized for violating workplace rules by bringing bags of marijuana he purchased from newly-opened Washington state pot shops back to... View the full article

Former Australian Federal Police chief Mick Palmer has urged state law enforcement agencies to exercise discretion when dealing with families who are treating seriously ill children with cannabis oil. View the full article

ESTABLISHING a broader- based industrial hemp industry should be Tasmania's first aim before considering the logistics of a medicinal cannabis trial, Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association ceo Jan Davis said in a statement yesterday. View the full article

Fourteen people have been arrested in a massive police operation targetting drug dealers in Albany and Denmark. View the full article

By Bryan Cohen SEATTLE (Reuters) - Seattle's first and only recreational marijuana store had to close on Friday after running out of stock in just three days since Washington became the second U.S. state to allow pot sales to adults. Cannabis City opened in Seattle on Tuesday with at least 10 pounds (4.5 kgs) of marijuana for sale, and by close of business Thursday it was all gone. There were ... View the full article

Colorado sold less recreational pot in May than in April, the first month-to-month sales decline for the drug that became legal at the beginning of the year. Tax collections reported by the state Department ... View the full article

Whether driven by idealism, necessity or greed, an increasing number of elderly Australians are supplementing their pensions with a spot of drug distribution. Mandy Sayer meets some of them. View the full article