Cannabis Hemp News

Tonight on TakePart Live, we debut our original "TPL Disrupt" documentary series combining investigative and participatory docu-journalism. In tonight's feature, cohost Jacob Soboroff heads into California's Central Valley where some farmers have figured out how to grow fields of pot right under police choppers and within sight of passers by. Then, Paul R. Chabot of the Coalition for a Drug Free ... View the full article

Among the 31 ballot initiatives before voters on Tuesday, two outcomes in Western states – one to slap big taxes on Colorado's budding recreational marijuana industry, and another in Washington State to forgo special labels on foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) – hold lessons for citizens considering similar measures in the future in other states, political analysts say ... View the full article

TDs have been debating the issue of cannabis legalisation for the last two days. View the full article

Volunteers will take strong skunk cannabis for a Channel 4 show examining the risks posed by the drug. View the full article

The seizure was part of an ongoing investigation into the sale and supply of drugs. View the full article

Further bringing marijuana into the mainstream, Colorado voters decided Tuesday to treat the blossoming industry like other businesses by passing hefty taxes designed to raise money for schools and regulation. ... View the full article

Election Day pro-pot victories in Colorado, Maine and Michigan embolden activists. View the full article

Voters across the country faced ballot measures Tuesday ranging from whether to approve seven casinos in New York to the fate of Houston's iconic Astrodome. Here's a look at some of the questions. ___ ... View the full article

Seattle attorney Kurt Boehl is happy to think he's contributing to the success of Washington's grand experiment in regulating marijuana by advising his clients on how to navigate the industry's legal complexities. ... View the full article

A mother has been jailed for 12 months after recruiting her daughter and a friend to help her falsify a drug test as part of a custody battle. View the full article

New York (AFP) - Democrats retook Republican strongholds in New York's city hall and the Virginia governor's mansion Tuesday, while a Republican with potential presidential hopes won reelection easily in New Jersey. View the full article

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado measure to impose sales and excise taxes of 25 percent on newly legalized recreational marijuana and earmark the first $40 million in revenue for public schools was approved by voters on Tuesday, Governor John Hickenlooper said. The move showed a willingness on the part of Colorado voters to tax marijuana for the public benefit even as they roundly ... View the full article

More than $1.43 billion worth of legal pot will be sold in 2013, and is estimated to increase by 64 percent next year to a mammoth $2.34 billion, according to new research looking at the ever-expanding legal U.S. cannabis market, including analysis of hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries nationwide. That gigantic estimated increase in 2014 is, of course, due in part to Colorado and ... View the full article

THE disqualified driver of a car that crashed into a parked car at Dyraaba near Casino in June is now facing 13 charges over the death of a father and his two children. View the full article

Camp Dangwa, Benguet — Joint operatives of the Police Regional Office-Cordillera Administrative Region (PRO-CAR), Benguet Police Provincial Office (PPO), and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) destroyed marijuana plants at 62 plantation sites in Kibungan, Benguet, from October 30 to November 3.Senior Superintendent Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., Benguet provincial director (PD), said “Operation ... View the full article