Cannabis Hemp News

Chief Minister Andrew Barr declared his in principle support for medical marijuana reform on Friday, but said the proposed scheme had serious flaws. View the full article

The singer questions why marijuana is illegal in the US while alcohol is legal. View the full article

Police have swarmed on a home in Pierce St, Wellington and have begun interviewing a 47-year-old local woman on charges of possessing drugs. View the full article

A 29-year-old man from Nanaimo, B.C., is facing drug charges in Yellowknife after a bust Tuesday night. RCMP say they seized 2.4 kilograms of marijuana, a small quantity of cocaine, cash and brass knuckles from an apartment on Range Lake Road. View the full article

By Victoria Cavaliere SEATTLE (Reuters) - Manufacturers of cannabis-infused products promoted as having health benefits for both people and pets have received warning letters their claims were untested and must be modified, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday. The FDA sent letters over the past two weeks to nearly a dozen companies, including Washington-state based Canna ... View the full article

Police have seized thousands of cannabis plants worth more than $5-million in raids around Bellingen, Ebor, Nymboida, Dorrigo and Halfway Creek. Some of the 2000 plants were more than 5 metres in height and ready for harvest. It was part of a joi View the full article

An estimated P50 million worth of fully-grown marijuana plants and seeds were destroyed by the police operatives in the mountainous areas of Barangay Banga, Sugpon, Ilocos Sur last Wednesday. Senior Superintendent Nestor Felix, Ilocos Sur police provincial director, said Thursday the that eight Marijuana plantation sites were discovered by the lawmen at the Mounts Salleng and Kinbetnaw with a ... View the full article

It’s worth noting, right off the bat, that no one in this suburban Ontario city, west of Toronto, is looking to rebrand their town as Marijuana Mississauga (tempting as it may be to start a new Twitter trend). View the full article

Health Canada's decision to deny CEN Biotech a licence to open up a medical marijuana facility is now final. The decision was posted on the Health Canada website Wednesday. CEN Biotech then had 20 days to make a written objection on the decision. View the full article

New York, March 12 (IANS) Teenagers who are heavy marijuana users have poor long-term memory, says a new study. The longer the individuals were chronically using marijuana, the more abnormal the shape of their hippocampus, the study reported. The hippocampus is important to long-term memory (also known as episodic memory), which is the ability to remember autobiographical or life events. "The ... View the full article

In an operation dubbed Sunset, Abu Dhabi Police arrested a Gulf national under suspicion he intended to sell 15kg of hashish in Al Ain, authorities confirmed in a statement from the Ministry of Interior on Wednesday. Colonel Dr Rashid Mohammad Borshid, Head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), revealed that the Anti-Drug Section in Al Ain had received confidential information ... View the full article

Teenagers who smoke a lot of cannabis may suffer brain damage and experience long-term memory loss as young adults, a study has suggested. View the full article

A MAN with a blood alcohol reading pushing five times the limit has been sentenced to jail after police found him drunk and chopping up marijuana behind the wheel. View the full article

A 54-YEAR-OLD woman was charged with producing dangerous drugs after she planted a cannabis seed out of curiosity to see if it would grow. View the full article

HOMESICK convicted marijuana grower Howard Kerry Lindsay did a runner from a prison work camp but first threw on his thongs, shirt and shorts. View the full article