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NAJRAN - Border Guards in Najran foiled attempts to smuggle 4 tons of hashish in the past six months. Najran Border Guards spokesman Maj. Ali Al-Qahtani said the patrols have also foiled the smuggling of 20,975 infiltrators, 202 smugglers, 326 weapons and 2,134 rounds of live ammunition. He added that in addition, patrols have confiscated 10 vehicles that were used by human traffickers and ... View the full article

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) - The stakes are getting higher - politically and financially - in Florida's heated campaign over a November referendum to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana. The latest financial reports by the two main groups fighting the legalization of medical marijuana show a total of more than $7.7 million has been raised to oppose the constitutional amendment ... View the full article

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) - The stakes are getting higher - politically and financially - in Florida's heated campaign over a November referendum to allow doctors to prescribe marijuana. The latest financial reports by the two main groups fighting the legalization of medical marijuana show a total of more than $7.7 million has been raised to oppose the constitutional amendment ... View the full article

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A group of marijuana activists in Colorado are suing to prevent the government collecting taxes derived from the state’s legal pot industry, saying it violates the right against self-incrimination guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit, filed by local lawyer Rob Corry this week in Denver District Court, asks that a judge issue an injunction ordering ... View the full article

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A group of marijuana activists in Colorado are suing to prevent the government collecting taxes derived from the state’s legal pot industry, saying it violates the right against self-incrimination guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit, filed by local lawyer Rob Corry this week in Denver District Court, asks that a judge issue an injunction ordering ... View the full article

A New York man whose heat lamp sparked a fire in his basement apartment has been charged after emergency responders discovered a 'marijuana farm,' police said. Officials answering a 911 call about a fire at a building in the Prospect Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn found 40 to 50 marijuana plants, halogen lights and water pumps. "They discovered a marijuana farm," said Sophia Mason, a ... View the full article

By Barbara Liston ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) - Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida congresswoman who heads the U.S. Democratic National Committee, is coming under criticism in her home state from medical marijuana supporters and a top party donor who fault her stance on the issue. Wasserman Schultz drew their ire by expressing concern over a November ballot initiative in Florida on permitting ... View the full article

By Barbara Liston ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) - Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida congresswoman who heads the U.S. Democratic National Committee, is coming under criticism in her home state from medical marijuana supporters and a top party donor who fault her stance on the issue. Wasserman Schultz drew their ire by expressing concern over a November ballot initiative in Florida on permitting ... View the full article

SAN DIEGO -- Medical Marijuana Inc. (OTC Pink:MJNA) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary company, HempMeds, was the platinum sponsor of the Chicago Cannabis Conference in Chicago, Illinois June ... View the full article

Bhubaneswar, June 10 (IANS) Four people were arrested Tuesday in Odisha's Koraput district with 654 kg of cannabis, a police official said. View the full article

Colorado's marijuana market boomed in April as tens of thousands celebrated the once-underground 4/20 pot holiday. Tax collections released Monday showed that Colorado sold about $22 million worth of recreational ... View the full article

Fampyra and sativex have been licenced in recent years to help people who experience mobility problems and muscle spasms. However, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (Nice) is due to reject the drugs as treatments for MS, with experts saying they are not cost-effective. In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, a group of experts including the head of the MS Society and seven ... View the full article

Las Vegas -- Terra Tech Corp (TRTC)(the "Company"), a hydroponic company focused on sustainably grown produce and medical cannabis cultivation technology announces Clark County preliminary dispensary ... View the full article

ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- FutureWorld (OTCQB: FWDG) announces today that it has signed a preliminary agreement with American Green in the distribution of its ZaZZZ robotic dispensaries nationwide under the ... View the full article

Moroccan police have seized nearly 30 tonnes of hashish in Casablanca, one of the largest busts in the major cannabis exporting country in years, local media reported on Monday. Two separate busts took place, with police raiding a warehouse in the port city on Saturday and seizing 12 tonnes of the drug, known locally as "chira", Moroccan daily Annass reported. The raid followed the discovery on ... View the full article