Cannabis Hemp News

Police in Dunedin are puzzled after a cat deposited a five-gram bag of cannabis at its owner's house. View the full article

A FRUIT farmer turned drug kingpin who shot dead a crazed thief at his Tweed Valley property has secured an early release from jail. View the full article

A defence lawyer has poured scorn on a bank teller's claim she smelled cannabis on $20 notes banked by a man accused of money laundering. View the full article

The former B.C. solicitor general and one-time West Vancouver police chief is now acting as a consultant to Health Canada-regulated medicinal marijuana industry. View the full article

Youth leaders in South Auckland are demanding an assurance synthetic highs are gone from New Zealand shops for good. View the full article

Colorado has approved a bill aimed at providing marijuana businesses access to basic banking services. View the full article

The Colorado Symphony Orchestra says it will perform a series of 'cannabis-friendly' concerts. View the full article

WITH his clipped tones and stern demeanour, Lou Haslam is every bit the straight-shooting ex-cop. View the full article

NSW police have arrested a man found with marijuana, sparking a cross-border raid on his home in South Australia. View the full article

Minnesota lawmakers on Friday approved legalizing medical marijuana in pill or liquid form for a limited number of patients suffering from severe or fatal illnesses. Minnesota senators voted 46-16 and representatives 89-40 to approve the measure with bipartisan support and send it to Governor Mark Dayton, who has said he will sign it into law. More than 20 U.S. states have approved medical ... View the full article

The vending machines at a Vancouver storefront look ordinary -- but instead of spitting out gum or snacks, for a few coins they deliver medical marijuana. But the really good stuff, said proprietor Chuck Varabioff, is "Pink Kush," available from another machine the size of a fridge that delivers a wide range of marijuana in plastic bags heat-sealed for hygiene. His British Columbia Pain Society ... View the full article

SAN DIEGO -- Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC Pink:MJNA) is pleased to announce that its portfolio company, HempMeds, is exhibiting at the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) Orlando World Congress ... View the full article

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers struck a deal Thursday to legalize medical marijuana, handing a major victory to severely ill children and adults whose emotional appeals for help propelled a major policy change that once appeared dead for the session. View the full article

Nigel Hill took himself to hospital after a joint failed to relieve the pain he was suffering after a car crash. Now he's been ordered to face court. View the full article Canberran drivers who smoke marijuana or drink alcohol in the hours after getting out of a crashed car can still be charged, a court says. Nigel Stuart Hill, 37, lost control of his car and crashed into a tree early one July morning in 2012. He went home but had no painkillers, so he smoked marijuana instead. The pain persisted and he went to Calvary Hospital three hours after the crash. He was blood tested an hour later, and THC was detected. Hill was charged with a drug driving offence and called b…

A TOOWOOMBA man who told police he no longer smoked marijuana was four days later found growing the drug inside his home. View the full article A TOOWOOMBA man who told police he no longer smoked marijuana was four days later found growing the drug inside his home. Found with a cone piece used for smoking the drug on January 3, Nathan Thomas Watts, 27, told police it was an old cone and that he hadn't smoked marijuana for more than six months, Toowoomba Magistrates Court heard. However, a police search of his Toowoomba home on January 7 found two 50cm marijuana plants growing in a box under a hydroponic system in a cupboard, police prosecutor Greg McIntyre told the cou…