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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

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A Nevada-based startup that plans on selling medical and recreational marijuana products named former New Mexico governor and U.S. Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson as ... View the full article

THE Royal Australian Navy has taken its tally of illicit drug interceptions in the Middle East to almost $1.75b after it seized 6.2 tonnes of hashish worth $250m. View the full article

A medical marijuana user in Amherst, N.S., says he's concerned about the supply of the drug after waiting almost a month to get a prescription filled. View the full article

The Tasmanian Government has rejected a push for the state to host a trial to determine the medical benefits of marijuana. View the full article

Australian warship HMAS Darwin has seized and destroyed more than six tonnes of hashish, found on a smuggling vessel near Africa. View the full article

US actress Amanda Bynes has been ordered to complete counselling after a drug possession case was dismissed in a New York court. View the full article

Washington, June 30 (ANI): The American Academy of Ophthalmology has again established that they do not recommend using marijuana for treating glaucoma. View the full article

By Ted Siefer CONCORD N.H. (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors said on Monday they had arrested 10 men they contended were running a New Hampshire drug ring, and added they were looking for four others suspected of trafficking in marijuana and other drugs. Prosecutors said the move signaled in part they would aggressively combat sales of marijuana, even as a growing number of U.S. states and cities ... View the full article

The provincial officials here are rallying the residents to oppose the move to legalize the use of marijuana. Tarpaulins had been installed by the provincial government led by Governor Rebecca “Nini” Ynares bearing messages of opposition to the legalization of medical marijuana in the country. Ynares announced the province’ stand during the 22nd National Youth Congress on Drug Abuse Prevention ... View the full article