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The chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee sounded upbeat Monday about prospects for his bill that would regulate industrial hemp production in Kentucky if the federal government lifts its decades-long ... View the full article

An Indonesian court has sentenced a British woman to death for smuggling 3.8 kilograms of cocaine into Bali. View the full article

When a federal appeals court recently rejected the reclassification of Marijuana (Americans for Save Access v. Drug Enforcement Administration No. 11-1265), only a handful of organizations responded with open criticism. The Orange County drug attorneys at MacGregor & Collins, LLP are not only opposed, but see the decision as a detrimental step in the wrong direction.Orange County, California ... View the full article

Mumbai, Jan. 28 -- At KC College, a group of students is well-schooled in cannabis. They know its scientific name (Cannabis Sativa), they know how it is grown (as a cash crop), they know its importance to the local economy and the debate around its trade and consumption.Distilled and packaged as a 29-minute documentary film, this group's study of the drug has now won them the first prize at a ... View the full article

TENS of thousands of revellers descended at Flemington for the Big Day Out music festival and were faced with drug sniffer dogs. View the full article

WINNIPEG - A plan to transport marijuana by train has come off the tracks in Winnipeg. View the full article

COMMENTARY | In November, voters in Washington and Colorado passed measures decriminalizing recreational marijuana use. Since 1996, 18 states have passed medical marijuana laws, including Colorado and Washington. Five of those states will accept marijuana registration IDs from other states. It's time to add Pennsylvania to the growing list of states with reasonable marijuana and hemp legislation. View the full article

Detectives have seized cannabis and cannabis plants valued at almost one million euro during a spate of raids across the country. View the full article

Police seized about 23 kilograms of pot from a Winnipeg train station Friday. View the full article

Herbal cannabis worth around 180,000 euro has been seized at Dublin Airport. View the full article

Conference Brings Together Expert Medical Cannabis Consultants in BostonBoston, MA (PRWEB) January 24, 2013 DispensaryPermits.com, a leading medical marijuana dispensary consulting business in the U.S., will host a Massachusetts Marijuana Dispensary Conference on Saturday, Feb. 9 from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. at the Westin Copley Place in Boston. The event will bring together some of the nation’s leading ... View the full article

Washington, January 25 (ANI): Medical Cannabis treatment can improve appetite, ease chronic pain, and more, researchers say. View the full article

Washington, Jan 24 (ANI): Lena Dunham has hit out at Rihanna for not being a better role model to young girls, and her apparent reconciliation with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. View the full article

Does Colorado's newly passed law, which allows the possession of marijuana by adults over the age of 21, cause police officers to violate their oaths of office? According to Luke Hecker, Chief of the Loveland Police Department, it does. Here are the details. View the full article