Cannabis Hemp News

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

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- via PRWEB - AbacaRx Telemedicine Inc., the world's first online marijuana consultation and recommendation service, has created a nation-wide service and app allowing people to ... View the full article

The NRL has begun testing players for prescription drugs this week, becoming the first governing sports body in Australia to do so. View the full article

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd was... View the full article

The Internet Party is discussing whether it wants to decriminalise cannabis, with leader Laila Harre saying current laws aren't slowing down cannabis use. View the full article

A new study showing a link between poor sleep and marijuana use convinced some that smoking pot early can cause a lifetime of sleepless nights. Time to wake up and smell the facts. View the full article

A drug importer who smuggled £1.5 million of cannabis from Jamaica has been ordered to pay back almost £1m. Norman Washington Burton was jailed for six years and four months in November 2012 for importing 402 kilos of cannabis from the Caribbean island. But prosecutors found Burton concealed a property empire as well as a hidden bank accounts, vehicles and plots of land. He has now been ordered ... View the full article

POLICE have smashed a long term drug operation during a massive blitz at Palm Beach this morning. View the full article

SUSAN Sarandon thinks "the munchies" are "the only downside" of smoking marijuana, but insists she was exaggerating last year when she said she was high at "almost all" red carpet events. View the full article