Cannabis Hemp News

Facebook and Instagram have launched a crackdown on the trade of illegal drugs online, with one US journalist calling the practice an "absurd" by-product of the social media age. View the full article

GOLD Coast's top bikie cop says schoolies are more likely to risk bringing drugs to celebrations on the glitter strip where supplies have dried up. View the full article

INSTEAD of Liberal and Labor MPs spruiking a pulp mill, which will never get off the ground, they should instead be lobbying the federal government to lift the ban on hemp seed as a food in Australia that would cost nothing. View the full article

Northern Territory Police have arrested a 44-year-old woman who claimed a bag of cannabis found at her property was a Christmas treat for her family. View the full article

BANGALOW-based Hemp Foods Australia has signed off on two new contracts it says will be worth $20 million. View the full article

THREE people have been charged with drug offences after police found cannabis plants in a house in Melbourne's northwest. View the full article

The house in Bristol was listed as “in need of refurbishment”, and contained a drug farm. View the full article

Colorado's hearty embrace of a 25 percent marijuana tax this week could prove a turning point for legalization backers. They've long argued that weed should come out of the black market and contribute ... View the full article

By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A new anonymous Internet marketplace for illegal drugs debuted on Wednesday, with the same name and appearance as the Silk Road website shut ... View the full article

Marijuana legalization advocates in Maine are aiming for a statewide law to legalize pot after voters in the state's largest city convincingly approved a local legalization ordinance. Portland voters passed ... View the full article

A woman also arrested as part of yesterday’s operation has been released. View the full article

A CLEVELAND breathalyser company is preparing to trial a world-first all-in-one alcohol and drug testing device. View the full article

The U.S. is the world’s largest producer of cannabis, with California growing approximately three-quarters of America’s pot crop, mostly on large gardens hidden in the Sierras and tended by armed traffickers. But for the past two years in northern California, some farmers have figured out how to grow fields of marijuana in open farmland, right under the nose of anyone driving by. TakePart Live ... View the full article

A new anonymous internet marketplace for illegal drugs has debuted with the same name and appearance as the Silk Road. View the full article

Mexico City (AFP) - Mexico's Supreme Court overturned Wednesday a lower court decision to free drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, whose release shocked the US government, which offered a $5 million reward for his capture. View the full article