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BELLEVUE, Wash. -- mCig, Inc. (OTCQB:MCIG) has updated its investor presentation for the month of July 2014. This presentation also known as an "Investor Deck" summarizes the most recent developments ... View the full article

The Tasmanian company that proposed a trial of medicinal cannabis for cancer sufferers says it is angry with the way it has been treated by the State Government. View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- Hemp, Inc. (OTC:HEMP) has purchased a whole line of automated Temafa decortication equipment designed to separate the fiber from the core of the hemp plant through a process known as decortication. ... View the full article

Leeza Ormsby will be out of jail and back home soon. She did one thing Schapelle didn't. View the full article

A marijuana business in Colorado has filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service for assessing a penalty for paying taxes in cash. The IRS charges a 10 percent penalty on cash payments for federal ... View the full article

An Egyptian court on Wednesday sentenced a son of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and one of his friends to a year in prison each for possession and use of hashish. Abdullah Morsi, 19, and his friend were arrested on March 1 after allegedly being found in possession of two hashish joints while they were in a car parked by the roadside in Qalyubia province, north of Cairo. Defence lawyer ... View the full article

Key Tasmanian Government ministers are standing firm against the idea of growing and processing medical cannabis in the state. View the full article

SYDNEY woman Leeza Ormsby, who was caught with marijuana in Bali, has received a 10-month jail sentence and will be eligible for release at year's end. View the full article

Border Guards patrols at Farasan Islands have foiled attempts to smuggle six bags containing 255 kg of hashish. Jazan Border Guards spokesman Brig. Abdullah Bin Mahfouz said the smugglers tried to take advantage of the first day of Ramadan to smuggle the quantity. He noted that patrols are always alert to such attempts, and the smugglers were detained and referred to the concerned security ... View the full article

July 2, 2014, 6:04 p.m. Bali: Leeza Ormsby has written the playbook for Australians on how to get off a drug charge lightly in the Balinese court system. View the full article

Two Chinese nationals have pleaded guilty to growing cannabis after a police investigation netted about $2.5 million worth of drugs. View the full article

A court has been told a man might apply to withdraw his guilty plea over a big cannabis crop found on a property in regional South Australia. View the full article

Marijuana activists observed Canada Day by converting the Vancouver Art Gallery plaza into a farmers' market, selling an assortment of pot products at pop-up tents. View the full article

By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - A University of Arizona researcher hoping to explore whether marijuana can help veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder was fired in a move that she said on Tuesday was payback for her high-profile advocacy regarding the work. Dr. Sue Sisley said her non-tenured position as a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry has not been renewed, and said ... View the full article