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British celebrity chef Nigella Lawson on Wednesday admitted using cocaine and cannabis but dismissed claims she was a drug addict as an attempt by her ex-husband Charles Saatchi to "destroy" her. She painted a bleak picture of the end of her marriage to the former advertising guru, describing him as being quick to become angry. View the full article

OG Kush. Skywalker. Pineapple Express. Sour Diesel. Sour Jack. These are the "strains" that medical marijuana consumers are sold, often at premium prices, with the promise that they'll do something special for you. But a foremost cannabis expert, Jeffrey Raber, who holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from USC, says it's all b.s. http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/12/marijuana_strains_are_fake_study.php

A prominent Jamaican scientist and entrepreneur is launching a company that aims to capitalize on medical marijuana, a growing global industry that he asserted Wednesday could be a boon for the island's ... View the full article

A prominent Jamaican scientist and entrepreneur is launching a company that aims to capitalize on the growing international market for medical marijuana. Henry Lowe is a researcher who specializes in medicinal ... View the full article

One of Morocco's main political parties has started the process of legalizing marijuana cultivation on Wednesday with an informational hearing in parliament over its industrial and medical uses. The hearing ... View the full article

SAINT-JEROME, Que. - The RCMP says it has busted a major cannabis trafficking and production ring north of Montreal. About 90 police officers made eight arrests and conducted 14 seizures Wednesday in nine different towns in the Laurentian region. Officers seized 1,250 cannabis plants, 34 kilograms of buds, $43,000 in cash and seven vehicles. An RCMP spokesman alleges the group likely has ties to ... View the full article

A Regina judge has ruled the Workers' Compensation Board can refuse to pay for medicinal marijuana. View the full article

In a TV interview, the former president sets the record straight about his infamous "I didn’t inhale" quote. View the full article

Marijuana falling from the sky might sound like a pothead's dream, but for two men sitting in jail right now, it was a drug-smuggling operation far too conspicuous to succeed. On Monday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) found … Continue reading → View the full article

A worker in Colorado who undergoes a random drug test is found to test positive for marijuana use, but in less than a month pot-smoking will legal in there. That's just one of many questions that employers in both Colorado and the state of Washington are wrestling with as they adjust to new marijuana laws, which as of Jan. 1 will permit individuals to buy and possess up to an ounce of pot. And ... View the full article

The men, aged 18 and 48, are being questioned by detectives this evening. View the full article

SAN DIEGO -- Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC Pink:MJNA) is pleased to inform shareholders and the general public that HempMedsPX — a corporate portfolio company of Medical Marijuana, Inc. and the exclusive ... View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- Hemp, Inc. is pleased to update shareholders on the recent harvest of 108 acres of hemp in Northwest China. The crop has yielded approximately 40,000 kg of seeds and 35,000 kg of raw fiber, ... View the full article

Moroccan lawmakers will examine cannabis consumption for medical and industrial purposes for the first time on Wednesday, at the request of politicians campaigning for its partial legalisation, a campaigner said. The session will look at the positive uses of cannabis cultivation "in creating an alternative economy" in Morocco, one of the world's top exporters of the drug, known locally as "kif ... View the full article

The trial of a Yellowknife couple accused of running a marijuana growing operation in their Northlands Trailer park home began Monday. View the full article