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By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia lawmakers are poised to legalize a non-smoking form of medical marijuana for patients with seizure disorders and other conditions under a bill that passed the state Senate on Tuesday. A version of the bill was previously approved by the state House of Representatives, which is expected to sign off on minor changes made by the Senate. The Georgia ... View the full article

Maine residents who are campaigning for their state to legalize marijuana say they have filed their proposal for a statewide ballot question. The group calls itself The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like ... View the full article

TWO people have been charged with drug possession following a car break-down on a highway near Townsville. View the full article

A DRUG trafficking charge against former LJ Hooker real estate agent Patrick Ryan McCann has been withdrawn, though he still faces allegations of supply. View the full article

Perth, Australia, Mar 24, 2015 - (ABN Newswire) - PhytoTech Medical Limited (ASX:PYL) and Canadian MMJ Bioscience Inc. Combine to Create a Global, Vertically-Integrated Medical Cannabis Company Highlights ... View the full article

Hundreds of medical marijuana users in British Columbia have been told the pot they thought could help them might harm them because it's contaminated with bacteria. Health Canada says Tilray, a Nanaimo supplier, is telling clients to stop using its Sativa House Blend, Hybrid House Blend and Indica House Blend. The pot was contaminated with enterobacter, which is not associated with an acute ... View the full article

About seven years ago, Kathryn Wick was going about her job as a child crimes detective in Texas when she entered a house that literally took her breath away. "It felt like my throat was just like shut completely off -- I couldn't breathe," says Wick, 30. She left the scene and went to a hospital, where she was treated with two EpiPens and a hefty dose of the severe allergy medication Prednisone ... View the full article

A BOLD plan to make Canberra the medical marijuana capital of Australia proposes to replicate the economic benefits Tasmania has reaped from the controlled poppy industry. View the full article

The marijuana that is available today may be much more potent than marijuana cultivated in the past, according to the results of new tests. The psychoactive component in the marijuana plant is the chemical THC, and the new tests showed that today's marijuana may contain 30 percent THC, Andy LaFrate, the author of the new report, said in a statement. By contrast, THC levels in marijuana 30 years ... View the full article

Parents of children with severe epilepsy are pinning their hopes on a trial of medical cannabis set to begin next year at two Sydney children's hospitals. View the full article

Montreal police are investigating after a fire ripped through a fourplex in Lasalle overnight, leading to the discovery of 40 marijuana plants in one of the units. Montreal police spokesman Raphael Bergeron said cannabis was found in the building. View the full article

The rate of drivers picked up for drug-driving now exceeds the rate of drink-drivers, and up to 30 per cent of fatal road accidents are caused by drivers using illicit substances, according to research. View the full article

The marijuana wars are on in Maine. Two sparring pro-marijuana groups are gearing up for spring petition drives that would ask residents whether to make pot legal for recreational use. Veterans of other ... View the full article

A TOOWOOMBA mother desperate to save her son’s life has joined the fight to reform medical cannabis law in Queensland. View the full article