Cannabis Hemp News

The US Drug Enforcement Administration has threatened to revoke the prescription licences of doctors linked with medical marijuana dispensaries. Agents told doctors that they were acting on federal law, which bans marijuana, in making the ultimatums, despite Massachusetts having legalised marijuana for medical use in a 2012 vote. Doctors said that they have been forced to sever ties with medical ... View the full article

By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - A truck made to resemble a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service vehicle that contained $1.6 million worth of marijuana has been seized by Border Patrol agents in Arizona near the Mexican border, authorities said on Wednesday. Authorities said the truck, toting a flatbed trailer, was found by agents on Monday in the southern Arizona city of Douglas with more ... View the full article

By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico and the United States cannot pursue diverging policies on marijuana legalization, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto was quoted as saying on Sunday, hinting he may be open to following the lead taken by some U.S. states in changing drug laws. Political pressure has grown in Mexico to take a more liberal stance on marijuana since Washington and ... View the full article

Two males were arrested, and one has been released without charge. View the full article

STERLING, Colo. - Marijuana's square cousin, industrial hemp, has come out of the black market and is now legal for farmers to cultivate, opening up a new lucrative market. That was the idea, anyway. View the full article

A growing number of Americans are feeding their pets hemp-based kibble. It's not the kind of pot Snoop Dogg smokes. But the regulations are fuzzy. View the full article

Hershey is suing a Colorado company that makes four marijuana-infused candies that Hershey says closely resemble its iconic products. The Hershey Co. filed a federal trademark infringement lawsuit in Denver ... View the full article

The Tampa Police Department says the search was legal, if not "typical." View the full article

DENVER (AP) — Gov. John Hickenlooper has signed legislation to try to establish the world's first financial system for the largely cash-only marijuana industry. View the full article

A report prepared for Metro Vancouver's Regional Planning and Agriculture Committee says large medical marijuana grow operations might avoid hefty property tax bills by classifying themselves as farms. View the full article

Smoking cannabis can reduce a man's fertility by altering the size and shape of his sperm, research has shown. View the full article

The narrative has been firmly established: Marijuana use is innocent, a pleasurable pastime with few if any harmful effects. A report titled “Adverse Health Effects of Marijuana Use” from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the federal government’s National Institutes of Health, summarizes the latest research into marijuana use. For example, youths who use marijuana are more likely to ... View the full article

Some people who smoke marijuana can become addicted, and use of the drug in the teen years has been linked with abnormalities in certain brain areas important for learning and memory, the review said. And even the immediate short-term effects of the marijuana, such as impaired thinking and coordination, can have consequences, including difficulty in learning in school and an increased risk of ... View the full article

THE NSW Cancer Council has joined the fight to decriminalise medical marijuana, urging the state government to give it the green light “in limited circumstances”. View the full article