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A STRING of covert police operations targeting the Gold Coast’s seedy underbelly has all but gutted the local drug trade over the past three months. View the full article

Thousands of marijuana enthusiasts gathered in Colorado and Washington state over the weekend for an annual celebration of cannabis culture with rallies, concerts and trade shows in the first two U.S. states to legalize recreational marijuana. Voters in both Western states approved ballot initiatives in 2012 allowing personal possession and use of marijuana by anyone aged 21 and or older for ... View the full article

Several thousand people came out in Canada's biggest cities to call for the legalization of marijuana -- a yearly protest that happens internationally on April 20. The demonstrations -- dubbed the "420" rallies after the date, 4/20 in North American style, and the code-term popularly used to refer to pot consumption -- took place in Vancouver, Montreal and Ottawa. In each city, including the ... View the full article

Thousands of Albertans gathered at the provincial legislature for a celebration of cannabis culture on Sunday. View the full article

Montreal marijuana enthusiasts congregated at the Sir George Etienne statue on Mont-Royal Sunday afternoon to partake in a popular event called, simply, 4/20. View the full article

Today is a big day for marijuana in the United States. But that's never stopped marijuana aficionados from adopting the date as their own, and this year they have good reason to think they're on the winning side of America's drug war. Since Colorado voters legalized marijuana for recreational use in 2012, Colorado has become America's Amsterdam, with the first shops opening this Jan. 1. The law ... View the full article

A MAN travelling around Australia has been slapped with a hefty fine after he was caught with drugs near Tamworth. View the full article

Glass artists are now applying their expertise in blowing, moulding and colouring glass to create pipes of astonishing intricacy and imaginative daring. Colorado recently became the first US state to legalise the recreational use of marijuana, and artist Robert Mickelsen said that increasingly relaxed attitudes towards the drug's consumption had given him and his fellow glass artists a huge boost. View the full article

"We have been terribly and systematically misled." View the full article

Once a month, Anita Garcia meets individually with the marijuana retailers of Colorado's Pueblo County to collect the local taxes from the booming, new legalized drug business. View the full article

Drug gangs smuggle more than 1.5 tonnes of marijuana on commercial flights from Tullamarine. View the full article

Colorado's legal pot law has not sparked a sustained surge of out-of-state weed tourists, say hoteliers and restaurant owners in the state. View the full article

Two men, a 33-year-old and 37-year-old, were arrested at the scene. View the full article

TWO recent deaths have raised concerns about Colorado's newly legalised recreational marijuana industry. View the full article

DENVER — The legalization of recreational marijuana sales in Colorado is turning an underground industry into a big business — and ushering in innovations in everything from genetics to growing methods. "Every single day, someone is reinventing the wheel, so to speak," said Scott Reach, a cannabis breeder and owner of the Colorado-based seed company Rare Dankness. This 4/20 weekend, businessmen ... View the full article