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By Jason McLure (Reuters) - Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill Thursday that made the state the 17th in the United States to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. Under the law, possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana (28.3 grams) would be treated as a civil penalty with fines akin to a traffic ticket. Previously, possession of up to two ounces (56.6 grams) of ... View the full article

The drugs that appear to have led to Henry Kwan's death are marketed as LSD-like hallucinogens but are closer to dangerous amphetamines, experts say. View the full article

100 years for a pound of marijuana? View the full article

Cannabis cafes in the southern Netherlands must be partially compensated for losses after the introduction of a marijuana law last year to register local smokers and ban sales to foreigners, a Dutch court has ruled. View the full article

CHICAGO, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Chicago Crime Commission joined the Illinois Sheriffs' Association and the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police by calling on Governor Pat Quinn to veto legislation that would legalize medical marijuana in Illinois. If signed into law, there is fear that House Bill 1 will present serious public safety risks to the citizens of the state ... View the full article

A JURY did not believe a man who tried to use a drug possession defence similar to the Schapelle Corby drug smuggling case. View the full article

GUANAJUATO, Mexico (AFP) - Ex-president Vicente Fox says Mexico should legalize marijuana to steal business back from violent drug cartels -- and when it's legal, he's in (as a grower). View the full article

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Until she introduced "magic cheese" to her sick and aging bulldog, Laura Bugni-Daniel watched him suffer for two years. He'd spend his days lying down or throwing up. View the full article

MAASTRICHT, Netherlands (AFP) - Authorities in the Dutch drug tourism hub of Maastricht are striking back after cannabis cafes staged an open revolt by selling marijuana to foreigners in defiance of a controversial ban. View the full article

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman from a wealthy New York suburb is accused of growing and attempting to sell more than 1,000 marijuana plants from a city warehouse. View the full article

California native George Burton left surprised by accidental delivery. View the full article

RCMP seized almost a kilogram of marijuana Sunday afternoon during a traffic stop near Enterprise, N.W.T. View the full article

Booksellers have joined marijuana magazine publishers in challenging a Colorado law requiring that pot magazines be treated like pornography and be kept behind the counter. A group of Denver bookstores ... View the full article

In six states, plus the District of Columbia, blacks are over five times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than whites are. The national average? Black Americans are arrested nearly four times as much. And it's not because of increased use of the drug: according to the New York Times's report, black and white Americans have about the same rates of marijuana use overall. So what ... View the full article

SPANISH police have arrested alleged members of an Italian mafia on drug-running charges. View the full article