Cannabis Hemp News

Vapourizing marijuana is gaining momentum as a safer alternative to smoking it, says a Canadian doctor. "I think it’s still trending up in that a lot of people aren’t really aware of the health benefits of vapourizing, or at least the harm reduction aspects of it," says Dr. Ian Mitchell, an emergency physician and clinical assistant professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver ... View the full article

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- Members of the Cannabis Campaign for Legalizing Marijuana in D.C. marched into the Board of Elections headquarters this Monday with 57,000 signatures demanding an initiative on the November ... View the full article

The good news? The Mounties saved the apartment from being destroyed by fire. The bad news? They found the marijuana plant the tenant had been growing. View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- HempMeds, the world's largest distributor of award-winning CBD-rich hemp oil products, is headed to Vegas as a sponsor of the CHAMPS trade show July 15-17 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. ... View the full article

MS sufferers will soon be able to avail of the drug View the full article

A heavily pregnant mother has been taken into police custody and questioned after admitting to using cannabis oil to treat her profoundly disabled three-year-old son's epilepsy. View the full article

Colorado is smoking pot by the ton, and visitors are, too. Colorado's pot regulators issued what is believed to be the world's first post-legalization market study for the weed on Wednesday. The study ... View the full article

DENVER - Colorado is smoking pot by the ton, and visitors are, too. View the full article

Montevideo (AFP) - Uruguay President Jose Mujica told AFP sales of marijuana will be delayed until next year because of difficulties in implementing the controversial law legalizing the drug. View the full article

Legal pot means Portlandia is going to get to know "The Couv" a little better. Mayor Tim Leavitt cut a green ribbon outside Main Street Marijuana on Wednesday, opening the doors to the first ... View the full article

By Bryan Cohen SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Seattle-based company that makes marijuana-infused drinks and candies has become the first business in Washington approved to make edible pot produc... View the full article

Montevideo (AFP) - Uruguay President Jose Mujica said Wednesday sales of marijuana will be delayed until some time next year because of difficulties in implementing a law legalizing the drug. View the full article

Brooklyn’s district attorney announced Tuesday that, starting immediately, his office will begin to dismiss most low-level pot possession crimes, simultaneously advancing the national acceptance of recreational marijuana use while creating a policy dissonance with the NYPD. The district attorney, Kenneth Thompson, elected last fall after running a campaign critical of the New York Police ... View the full article

Brooklyn’s district attorney announced Tuesday that, starting immediately, his office will begin to dismiss most low-level pot possession crimes, simultaneously advancing the national acceptance of recreational marijuana use while creating a policy dissonance with the NYPD. The district attorney, Kenneth Thompson, elected last fall after running a campaign critical of the New York Police ... View the full article

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Top Shelf Cannabis was able to open its doors to sell marijuana when Washington state's recreational pot industry finally opened for business because of growers like Sea of Green Farms. View the full article