Cannabis Hemp News

Todd Mitchem pitches his pot start-up to angel investor Alicia Syrett, Canopy Boulder co-founder Patrick Rea, and Cheryl Shuman, the "Martha Stewart of Marijuana." View the full article

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- mCig® Inc. , a leading provider of advanced technologies and solutions to the global cannabis industry, is announcing the appointment of noted Industrial Hemp Consultant Joe ... View the full article

By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - If recent laws legalizing marijuana in more U.S. states also boost sales of potato chips and brownies, scientists will know why: A study in mice published on Wednesday found, unexpectedly, that the active ingredients in pot essentially make appetite-curbing regions of the brain reverse functions. When that happens, neurons that ordinarily transmit a signal ... View the full article

Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): Jane Fonda has admitted to smoking marijuana "every now and then," but says it often clouds her judgement. The 77-year-old actress added that she cannot see a movie on pot. View the full article

A worker has been accused of possessing 39.5g of marijuana that he hid under his clothes and tried to sell to an informant for Dh1,500. Drug enforcement officers were said to have arrested the 42-year-old Bangladeshi worker, B.S., in possession of 66 pouches containing marijuana during a sting operation beside a mosque in Al Quoz. When asked if he could afford a lawyer, the suspect told ... View the full article

A CANNABIS crop comprising more than 700 plants has been unearthed in a shed in the Macedon Ranges. View the full article

WILMINGTON, Del. -- Redux Holdings, Inc. (OTC:RDXH) is proud to announce the complete acquisition of the A3 Vertical System. View the full article

One in four cases of psychosis in Britain is associated with powerful strains of cannabis such as "skunk", a study has found. Casual users of the stronger variants of the class B substance have been found to be three times more likely to develop psychosis, while heavy users are five times more likely. The findings of the six-year study - which have been published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal ... View the full article

Border Guards seized 144 kg of hashish and a rifle from 11 smugglers of African nationalities who were entering the Kingdom on foot from Yemen. Jazan Border Guard spokesman Maj. Hasan Al-Qusaibi said the smugglers were spotted at night as they were walking through the trees near the border. Guards began firing warning shots, arrested the smugglers and seized the drugs and the rifle, which ... View the full article

NT police have seized $10,000 worth of cannabis hidden in an iced coffee container and have arrested a woman on drug trafficking charges. View the full article

The experience of Colorado's tax revenue from legalised pot offers lessons for other administrations considering legalising the drug. View the full article

CEN Biotech will be denied a licence to grow medicinal marijuana in Lakeshore, Ont., according to a statement by Health Canada. The company applied to grow about 590,000 kilograms (1.3 million pounds) of marijuana a year in a production plant off Manning Road. "Health Canada has in place a rigorous screening process for applicants seeking a license to produce under the Marijuana for Medical ... View the full article

The International Cannabis Business Conference in San Francisco, California drew in hundreds of marijuana enthusiasts for its opening day on 15 February. The conference is an opportunity for attorneys, entrepreneurs and other professionals to network and consider the future of marijuana in the US as well as in California. So now as cannabis becomes legal this number one cash crop is now being ... View the full article

Reefer madness is upon us again, with media reports on a new cannabis study suggesting that a couple of puffs on a joint will inevitably lead young people to psychosis. These findings do not disprove the case for drug law reform: they make it. The study, by Robin Murray and Marta di Forti from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London, and published in the ... View the full article

A powerful "skunk-like" cannabis is associated with one in four new cases of psychosis, a study has found. View the full article