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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Leftist lawmakers in Mexico City have introduced a bill to legalize the sale of marijuana in the nation's capital. View the full article

Albanian police on Thursday seized two tonnes of cannabis aimed at consumers in Italy and Greece, arresting seven people suspected of drug trafficking, they said in a statement. Overall, some six tonnes of cannabis have been seized since January, with 98 suspected traffickers arrested, a police statement said. View the full article

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The city of Montreal West is restricting the zones where medical marijuana is allowed to be grown, in anticipation of new Health Canada regulations. View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- Global Links Corp. (OTC:GLCO), today announced that the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Hemp Life Today, LLC, has experienced an increase in sales of its branded products since last week's ... View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- Hemp, Inc.'s (OTC:HEMP) wholly owned subsidiary, The Industrial Hemp and Medical Marijuana Consulting Company, Inc. (IHMMCC), is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Dewmar ... View the full article

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Two publications have sued Colorado in federal court over restrictions that prohibit the state's legalized recreational marijuana industry from advertising on television, radio, online or in most print publications. High Times magazine, which caters to marijuana enthusiasts, and Westword, a Colorado alternative weekly newspaper, said in a suit filed this week ... View the full article

Around 600 cannabis plants with a street value of $3 million have been seized in a raid on a Sydney factory. View the full article

By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Two Rhode Island legislators introduced a bill on Wednesday that could make the state the third in the United States to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. State Senator Joshua Miller and Representative Edith Ajello, both Democrats, said the bill would regulate and tax marijuana, treating it similarly to alcohol and making it available only to users age ... View the full article

The magazine High Times and weekly newspaper Westword have filed a lawsuit challenging Colorado rules that bar recreational pot shops from advertising in most publications. The lawsuit filed in federal ... View the full article

Camp Dangwa, Benguet — The Police Regional Office-Cordillera, with the support of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, destroyed nearly R3 million worth of marijuana plants and confiscated assorted lumber and chainsaw last weekend in Benguet. Chief Supt. Isagani R. Nerez, regional director, lauded his men for their accelerated campaign regarding marijuana eradication and logging operations ... View the full article

Paul Schmidt and Patrick Moen fought in the drug war as DEA agents. They have now given up their badges to work in the nascent cannabis industry. View the full article

SAN DIEGO -- Medical Marijuana Inc. (OTC Pink:MJNA) and HempMedsPX -- a corporate portfolio company of Medical Marijuana Inc. and the exclusive master distributor and contracted marketing company for ... View the full article

SAN DIEGO -- CannaVest Corp. (OTC:CANV), the world's leading industrial hemp company spearheading the development of cannabidiol (CBD)-rich hemp oils and other hemp industry products and services, proudly ... View the full article

DALLAS (AP) — Democratic candidate for Texas governor Wendy Davis said Tuesday that she supports the use of medical marijuana and would consider decriminalizing possession of small amounts of the substance. View the full article