Cannabis Hemp News

Colorado made roughly $2 million in marijuana taxes in January, state revenue officials reported Monday in the world's first accounting of the recreational pot business. The tax total reported by the state ... View the full article

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A P.E.I. medicinal marijuana co-op has tweaked its plan for membership after being questioned by a regional medicinal marijuana lobby group. View the full article

Owners of a medical marijuana grow-op, now well-established in a former chocolate factory in Smiths Falls, Ont., hope to spur on further economic development in the small town. View the full article

An Island farmer preparing to build a medical marijuana production operation in a Charlottetown industrial park says ground could soon be broken on the facility as his new company clears Health Canada hurdles. View the full article

A total of 120 kg of cannabis herb was seized in Coolock with an estimated street value of €2.5 million. View the full article

A man has been arrested after gardai seized drugs worth an estimated 130,000 euro in Co Wicklow. View the full article

THE DILEMMA: WITH all medical options closed in Australia, Mark Elliott will go to jail if he uses medical marijuana to treat his daughter’s life-threatening epilepsy. View the full article

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Researchers with a Caribbean trade bloc have found that decriminalizing marijuana and exploring its use for medicinal purposes could help boost the region's sluggish economy. View the full article

A total of 120 kg of cannabis herb was seized in Coolock with an estimated street value of €2.5 million. View the full article

Ontario medical marijuana firm Tweed Inc. has its crop in process and is preparing for April 1, the day it can officially start business. View the full article

As more states move to legalize marijuana and seek tax and other economic benefits from the drug, small-scale artisanal marijuana growers are being squeezed out. In Washington, where recreational weed sellers will (legally) open up shop later this year, some medical marijuana dispensers fear they'll be driven out of business. In the 16 years since medical marijuana became legal [in Washington ... View the full article

A young man at a bus stop hisses at a passer-by: "What you looking for ... marijuana?" It's a scene of street peddling that the Netherlands hoped to stamp out in the 1970s when it launched a ... View the full article

The City of Vancouver is closely watching Colorado state as it transitions to a legal marijuana regime. View the full article

Colorado is spending $1 million on television ads making fun of marijuana users who space out during everyday tasks — an effort to stop stoned driving. The Colorado Department of Transportation unveiled ... View the full article