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Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. declared yesterday the death of a proposal seeking to legalize the use of “medicinal” marijuana. The House chief said there is no way for such measure to prosper this 16th Congress. “The medicinal marijuana bill will unlikely be passed. I am sure it will be opposed by many sectors,” Belmonte said in an interview after Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano III, a member of ... View the full article

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The fifth annual Hemp History Week (June 2-8, 2014) began today, featuring events and activities throughout all 50 states this week, to raise awareness on the environmental, economic and health benefits of industrial hemp. Organized by the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) and Vote Hemp, the nation's leading advocacy group for industrial hemp ... View the full article

LOS ANGELES -- Most of the U.S. lacks strong corporate players in the cultivation and distribution of medical marijuana. In short, the industry is largely mom and pop type organizations many of which are ... View the full article

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Equities.com, an online financial publication and social community for investors, is proud to present Legalized: Making Sense of the Marijuana Green Rush, our ground-breaking roundtable ... View the full article

Health Canada is struggling to process a mountain of applications for licences to grow medical marijuana as the country experiences a "greenrush" of firms wanting to grab a piece of the coming boom. The department had received 858 applications as of late last month, and new ones were coming in the door at an average of 25 a week. Health Canada radically changed the rules for medical marijuana on ... View the full article

OTTAWA - There's no business like grow business. View the full article

OTTAWA - There's no business like grow business. View the full article

A Darwin woman has asked police to find her stolen marijuana after the handbag she kept it in went missing. View the full article

A Darwin woman has asked police to find her stolen marijuana after the handbag she kept it in went missing. View the full article

Northern Territory Police have received a call from a woman reporting that her drugs had been stolen. View the full article

A 43-year-old man has been arrested and is being held at Carrick-on-Shannon Garda Station. View the full article

If you want more evidence of the creeping normalization of cannabis culture in Canada, consider the advent of the vapour lounge. They're not exactly as thick on the ground as Starbucks, but their numbers seem to be growing. A retired … Continue reading → View the full article

Gardaí found 250 plants in various stages of growth at the two properties. View the full article

LIFE in Australia under Tony Abbott's government is grim, an Australian senator has told the New Zealand Green Party's annual conference. View the full article

The US House of Representatives has approved an end to federal authorities arresting state-licensed medical marijuana patients and providers. View the full article