Cannabis Hemp News

You say “tomato”, I say, “illegal pot farm on a Brooklyn rooftop.” A resident in a Brooklyn apartment building got an unexpected, and unmerited, visit from the police after his superintendent called the cops to report an illegal pot growing operation on the building’s roof. There was just one small problem … the plant growing [...] View the full article

MEDFORD, Ore. - A team of smokejumpers parachuting into a fire in the mountains of Southern Oregon landed in an illegal marijuana garden being prepared for growing season. View the full article

BANGALOW-BASED Hemp Foods Australia is on the verge of a potential employment boom as the company explores overseas markets. View the full article

A Texas law student has created a huge stir by printing out a functional handgun using a 3-D printer. But will a court decision about marijuana influence the matter? View the full article

With every high comes a crash, and marijuana legalization advocates have had one of the more up-and-down weeks in recent memory. View the full article

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Nuvilex, Inc. (OTCQB:NVLX), an international biotechnology and clinical stage provider of natural products and cell and gene therapy solutions for the treatment of diseases, announces ... View the full article

And the state will make quite a bit of money. View the full article

An on-air synthetic cannabis smoking experiment has ended in an argument between radio host Duncan Garner and emergency room doctor Tom Mullholland. View the full article

By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - The Colorado legislature passed and sent to the governor on Wednesday a bill to establish what would be the first tax ever collected on commercial sales of marijuana purchased for recreational use in the United States. The measure, which would impose a 15 percent excise tax plus a 10 percent statewide sales tax on retail pot purchases, was approved as part of ... View the full article

They see a $50 billion market in desperate need of data. View the full article

MARDIGRASS organisers are encouraging anyone who received a parking fine at last weekend’s cannabis reform rally to contact them before paying the fine. View the full article http://media2.apnonline.com.au/img/media/images/2013/05/05/9-1831580-lis050513nimbin11_fct1024x630x83_t460.jpgThe 2013 Nimbin Mardi Grass parade. Patrick Gorbunovs MARDIGRASS organisers are encouraging anyone who received a parking fine at last weekend's cannabis reform rally to contact them before paying the fine. Nimbin Hemp Embassy president Michael Balderstone said he was angry about the approximately 100 parking fines issued, which he said was just council revenue-raising. "We got no funding …

DENPASAR, Indonesia (AFP) - An Indonesian court sentenced a German man Wednesday to five years in prison for attempting to smuggle hashish onto the resort island of Bali. View the full article

Medical marijuana advocates in New Hampshire appealed to Gov. Maggie Hassan on Tuesday, urging her to support a provision allowing patients to grow marijuana at home, saying it's crucial to ensuring immediate ... View the full article

The owner of a Riverside medical marijuana dispensary who lost his appeal with the state Supreme Court said Tuesday he shuttered his shop as city officials vowed to close the remaining storefronts. Lanny ... View the full article

A man has appeared in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court after a hydroponic cannabis crop was found south of Brisbane. View the full article