Cannabis Hemp News

IF you live in Melbourne and are interested in attending a propaganda-laced anti-cannabis conference, full of people who have their academic papers disproved and discredited, this may be for you. https://ncpic.org.au/2015conference needless to say, I won't be attending

Salad and sandwich chain Habitual Fix has been ordered to pull advertising for a smoothie, because the ads sounded as though the drink could get people high. View the full article

THE family of medical cannabis crusader Dan Haslam has publicly thanked the people of Dan’s hometown Tamworth – and the rest of the country – for their compassion and support. View the full article

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal on Friday said he would sign into law a bill that would make the Peach State the 24th state to legalize medical marijuana, continuing the rapid expansion of cannabis into the Deep South and underscoring a dramatic shift in pot politics for social conservatives in the US. With Governor Deal’s OK, the law will allow certified Georgia families to possess up to 20 ounces of ... View the full article

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- PharmaCyte Biotech, Inc. (OTCQB:PMCB), a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing targeted treatments for cancer and diabetes using its signature live-cell encapsulation ... View the full article

Washington DC witnessed a massive, public drug deal on Thursday - and for those involved, it was quite a bargain. View the full article

Rachael Murray Reporter Rachael started at The Chronicle in November 2013 after completing an internship earlier in the year. She graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Creative Arts, majoring in English literature and creative writing. View the full article

The New Jersey Assembly is rebuking the Christie administration's handling of the state's medical marijuana program. Lawmakers voted Thursday to approve a resolution that says Gov. Chris Christie's Health ... View the full article

By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia Republican Governor Nathan Deal will sign legislation legalizing a non-smoking form of medical marijuana for patients with seizure disorders and seven other medical conditions, the governor's spokesman said on Thursday. Deal plans to wait until after the legislative session ends next week before signing it, spokesman Brian Robinson said. The Georgia ... View the full article

Police have seized $72,000 worth of cannabis and weapons from a property near Port Macquarie. The search came after a Crime Stoppers tip-off. View the full article

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – - Schools that use suspension to punish drug use, or that weakly enforce any of their drug policies, have higher rates of student marijuana use than schools with more consistent and less-punitive approaches, according to a new study. “We hypothesized that harsh penalties like suspension would act as a deterrent and result in lower likelihood of marijuana use ... View the full article

A Colorado grand jury has indicted 32 people on charges that they illegally grew and shipped thousands of pounds of marijuana to other states, most commonly Minnesota. Authorities believe the group made ... View the full article

Georgia looks set to become the 24th US state to legalize marijuana for certain medical uses, part of a growing movement in the country. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal -- who has said he is in favor -- now needs to sign off on the bill after it was approved Wednesday by legislators in the southern state. The law allows for possession of marijuana oil that has a low content of THC, a substance that ... View the full article

A 25-YEAR-OLD man found with almost 1kg of marijuana and less than 1g of cocaine at his Toowoomba home has avoided having his convictions recorded. View the full article