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TULALIP, Wash. (AP) — The Justice Department's announcement in December that it would allow the nation's Indian tribes to legalize and regulate marijuana on their reservations brought notes of caution — if not silence or opposition — from many tribes. View the full article

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A small, Alabama-based Indian tribe that wants to expand its gambling operations into the Florida Panhandle is suggesting it might adopt a hardball negotiating stance with state leaders: Let us proceed, or we could consider growing and selling marijuana on our property. View the full article

At the Options Medical Center in Boulder, a top local seller of recreational marijuana, a steady stream of customers ranging from men in their 20s to middle-aged professional women goes through the door to buy pot. Just over a year after the first recreational pot shops opened in Colorado, “the sky is not falling,” says Options owner Greg Goldston, echoing a popular sentiment among legalization ... View the full article

By Daniel Wallis DENVER (Reuters) - Consumers in Colorado bought more than 17 tons of recreational marijuana buds during the first year of the state's new retail market, but sales of medicinal pot still outstripped that at almost 50 tons, officials said on Friday. In a national first, voters in Colorado and Washington state opted to legalize recreational marijuana use by adults in landmark twin ... View the full article

There are at least 10 drugs that are more deadly than marijuana, including some that are legal, such as alcohol and nicotine, a new study by researchers in Germany and Canada finds. In fact, drinking alcohol — the deadliest drug on the list — is about 100 times more dangerous than using marijuana, the scientists concluded in the study, which was based on data from animal studies and published ... View the full article

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- mCig® Inc. , a leading provider of advanced technologies and solutions to the global cannabis industry, is excited to announce the official start of CBD product line releases ... View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- Hemp, Inc. (OTC:HEMP) announced today it would be interviewed by PotStock Radio Sunday, February 22, 2015 from 8:30pm EST to 10:00pm EST. In this exclusive interview, PotStock Radio host, ... View the full article

Police have seized more than 1.5kg of cannabis from a car at Woolgoogla. They stopped the Holden Commodore on Solitary Islands Way yesterday. View the full article

Colorado already is being sued by two neighboring states for legalizing marijuana. Now, the state faces an additional federal lawsuit from its own citizens. Plaintiffs who oppose legal pot are appealing ... View the full article

Weldon Angelos was just 24 years old when he was sentenced to 55 years in federal prison for three marijuana sales. View the full article

NEW YORK -- AXIM Biotechnologies, Inc. (OTC:AXIM), an industry leader in cannabinoid research and industrial hemp product development, is proud to announce that it has plans to revitalize the cosmetics ... View the full article

AN epileptic boy turned blue and nearly died after his medical marijuana supply ran out. Cooper Wallace’s parents are desperately urging the Government to fast-track legalising the drug. View the full article

A 20-month-old child suffered an overdose linked to marijuana-laced cookies, RCMP in Swift Current, Sask. say. According to RCMP, toxicology tests revealed a high level of marijuana in the boy’s blood. With further investigation, they learned the child's father had made a batch of cookies with marijuana in them. In a statement about the case, RCMP said the child was "given access to the cookies ... View the full article

BIG PLANS: Oakenden cane grower Joe Muscat, who has studied fibre crops since 2002, is looking into the potential of new markets. Contributed View the full article

Marijuana should be decriminalized in New Jersey because existing laws waste police resources, unfairly target minorities and leave millions of dollars in potential tax revenue unrealized by relegating ... View the full article