Cannabis Hemp News

DENVER (AP) — Pot at the county fair? Why not? View the full article

FLORIDA 's Supreme Court has approved the language for a proposed constitutional amendment to allow the use of medical marijuana. View the full article

Seattle's Super Bowl coach Pete Carroll says the NFL should investigate the use of medical marijuana to see if it can help injured players. View the full article

A university student has been arrested for drug trafficking after using his tuition fees to buy cannabis. Udiomeh Kufre Ita was caught with 1.7kg of the drug in his possession at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos after arriving on an Africa World Airlines flight from Accra, Ghana. According to a spokesman for National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, he had two parcels hidden his ... View the full article

The plants have an approximate street value of €91,200. View the full article

Decriminalising cannabis isn't a major priority for the Green Party. View the full article

The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party welcomes news that the Greens will push for cannabis law reform in any post election negotiations, but says their policy does not go far enough. View the full article

Santol, La Union/La Trinidad, Benguet — School boys “Mario,” aged 15, and “Jose,” 16 who were busted recently in Santol, La Union for transporting sacks of dried marijuana leaves from Kibungan, Benguet, are just faces of dozens or scores of other minors cashing in on the rich drug trade. (Courtesy of the Santol Municipal Police Station)[/caption] “We get paid P100 per kilo for simply carrying ... View the full article

Manila, Philippines -- An opposition lawmaker is set to file by March a bill calling for the legal use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano III, a member of the House minority bloc, said he would push through with the filing of a measure legalizing the use of marijuana or cannabis sativa despite the House leadership’s vehement opposition to his proposal. Earlier this ... View the full article

Panaji, Jan 26 (IANS) A 31-year-old Costa Rican was arrested by Goa's anti-narcotics police Sunday for possessing 1.1 kg hashish, an official said. View the full article

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - A petition drive to allow medical use of marijuana by patients with a debilitating disease cleared a major hurdle on Friday, surpassing the number of signatures needed for a spot on Florida's election ballot. The issue is still pending before the state Supreme Court, which has until April 1 to determine whether the ballot language meets state standards ... View the full article

Uncle Sam isn’t ready to light up just yet, but the Obama administration and at least some Republican governors seem to be edging toward a more accepting attitude toward marijuana use. Or at least they’re falling in line with that majority of Americans – 58 percent, according to Gallup – who favor legalization of marijuana. US Attorney General Eric Holder this week said the federal government ... View the full article

… despite the fact that it resulted in it getting taken away. View the full article

Northern Territory police have found over 40 cannabis plants in an Alice Springs garage as well as a trafficable quantity of loose cannabis plant material. View the full article

Police have welcomed a decrease in drug-releated arrests at the Big Day Out music festival in Melbourne. View the full article