Cannabis Hemp News

A refugee who was busted for running a multi-million dollar cannabis operation in Auckland has been sentenced to seven years in jail. View the full article

TWO children have been placed in the care of WA's Department of Child Protection in the wake of a significant drug bust. View the full article

A range of food agenda items were discussed on December 7, 2012 when Australian and New Zealand food Ministers met to give the nod of approval to the Health Claims Standard, which Australian Food News has reported separately. Food Ministers noted good progress made on the development of an Australian interpretive front-of-pack labelling system for [...] View the full article

Senior British MPs say the UK is losing its war on drugs and needs to consider legalisation. View the full article

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of American voters support the legalization of marijuana, with men and younger voters holding more tolerant public views about use of the drug, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Wednesday. Voters in Colorado and Washington approved recreational use of marijuana last month, making them the first states in the country to do so even though use ... View the full article

No one wants this kind of news, but here we are. Under-the-radar pot farms in California are having dire consequences on the environment and state law enforcement's hands are tied to do anything about it. View the full article

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should consider legalising drug use and examine international models of decriminalisation, MPs said on Monday in a report likely to spark fierce debate within the coalition ... View the full article

Police have found a cannabis crop inside a burning home in Noble Park, in Melbourne's south-east. View the full article

Police have stumbled upon a cannabis crop after attending a house fire in Melbourne's southeast. View the full article

Aaron Hockly's two year four month jail sentence for growing cannabis and theft of electricity is cut to 10 months home detention. View the full article

Focusing on health rather than criminality is the best way forward. View the full article Dec. 10, 2012, 3 a.m. ILLICIT drugs are widely viewed with fear and loathing. Parents, in particular, are understandably terrified their children will become addicted to headline-grabbing horrors including heroin and methamphetamine and crack cocaine. View the full article

Focusing on health rather than criminality is the best way forward. View the full article

THE family of convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is suing the author of a book which they say branded them as money-hungry. View the full article

Deep in a secure laboratory just outside Washington sits the federal government's heaviest smoker.It is a half-ton hulk of a machine, all brushed aluminum and gasping smoke holes, like a retrofit of equipment ... View the full article

Marijuana’s Top 12 Most Memorable Moments of 2012.San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) December 08, 2012 The marijuana industry certainly had its ups and downs this year, but pot eventually came out on top. From ridiculous protests to monumental legislations, online medical marijuana resource United Patients Group looks back at the top 12 most memorable marijuana moments of 2012: January: New Jersey ... View the full article