Cannabis Hemp News

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

By Shelby Sebens PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - The Oregon city of Medford, where officials say residents have long grumbled about the odour of marijuana growing operations, is considering a regulation that would fine pot growers if their marijuana is too smelly, city officials said on Wednesday. The city's legal staff has drafted an ordinance that would fine both medical and recreational marijuana ... View the full article

More than 600 cannabis plants have been seized from a house in Sydney's southwest. View the full article

A provincial court judge has denied a Kamloops, B.C., man's application to be reunited with 10 medical marijuana plants that were seized by RCMP last summer. Judge Roy Dickey says he sympathizes with Henry Rhode's plight, but he was breaking the law by having expired licenses and not growing at an approved site. Dickey criticizes what he calls a "bureaucratic bungle" created by the Conservative ... View the full article

A 58-year-old man has been charged over a significant cannabis crop that was found in a home south of Brisbane. View the full article

The department social development (DSD) of the Western Cape managed to track down the 4-year old girl made to smoke marijuana by her 17-year old brother. The department was made aware of the situation after the teen posted pictures of the incident on social media. “Our social workers from the metro south regional office were View the full article

Pets might soon be able to use pot under a bill introduced Tuesday in the Nevada Legislature. Democratic Sen. Tick Segerblom is sponsoring the measure that would allow animal owners to get marijuana for ... View the full article

The Qld government is supportive of a NSW trial of medical cannabis but says it will wait to see the results before taking action itself. View the full article