Cannabis Hemp News

Move over, California and Colorado, another state is upping its game in the recognition of marijuana as medicine. In an unprecedented, unanimous vote that has activists thrilled, the Kentucky Senate approved a bill this week allowing the use of derivatives such as oil of hemp and marijuana for medicinal purposes. View the full article

They’re scrambling for space to grow marijuana in Denver. View the full article

A local politician has appealed to police not to shut down his shop where pot smokers would smoke illegal drugs. Kent could get its first cannabis café if Green party councillor Ian Driver has his way. A public meeting is due to take place in the Isle of Thanet, home of Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs, to discuss the plan. But Kent Police look unlikely to enter the hippie spirit by turning a ... View the full article

Police say they have discovered 340 cannabis plants in a sophisticated hydroponic set-up during a raid in Sydney's west. View the full article

By Alice Popovici ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) - The Maryland state Senate voted overwhelmingly on Friday to decriminalize possession of a small amount of marijuana, part of a trend across the United States to ease penalties for pot. The Democrat-controlled Senate voted 36-8 to make possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana a civil and not criminal offense. The legislation is among bills ... View the full article

Toni Fox, the owner of 3D Cannabis Center near downtown Denver, is overwhelmed with the demand created by the state's new recreational marijuana law. She says the store pulls in $20,000 a day in sales and made $40,000 on Jan. 1, the day licensed shops began selling recreational marijuana to people age 21 and older. With marijuana now legal in Colorado and Washington and tourism booming ... View the full article

The FBI is refusing to run nationwide background checks on people applying to run legal marijuana businesses in Washington state, even though it has conducted similar checks in Colorado — a discrepancy ... View the full article

A new startup has launched a drone service in San Francisco to deliver prescribed medications to residents' doors within 15 minutes - including medical marijuana. QuiQui (pronounced Kwi-Key) operates 24 hours-a-day and users only need to pay for the cost of their medication, plus a $1 (60p) delivery charge. "We can't ring the bell, but we'll meet you outside," says the company's website, which ... View the full article

Madrid (AFP) - Spanish authorities seized 62 bales containing close to two tonnes of hashish that washed ashore on Monday on a beach in one of Spain's exclaves in North Africa, police said. View the full article

Washington, Mar. 13 (ANI): iMD is inventing an app that could help in growing marijuana through smartphone. View the full article

Los Angeles (AFP) - Marijuana sales in Colorado brought in $3. View the full article

Santiago (AFP) - Uruguay plans to begin legal marijuana sales of pot grown under government control by year's end, using cloned plants, President Jose Mujica said Wednesday. View the full article

DENVER - When Tim Cullen was opening his first marijuana business four years ago, the high school biology teacher turned pot entrepreneur struggled to get resumes and references from job applicants. That's where the line of hopefuls stretched Thursday outside a central Denver office building that was hosting a marijuana industry job fair. Cullen, who owns two retail marijuana shops and is a ... View the full article

Los Angeles (AFP) - Colorado has launched a "Drive High, Get a DUI" ad campaign to deter motorists from taking the wheel after consuming marijuana in the US state, which legalized recreational pot in January. View the full article

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Caribbean trade bloc leaders announced Thursday that they are creating a regional commission to analyze the possibility of legalizing marijuana. View the full article