Cannabis Hemp News

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

Marijuana legalization proponents are gathering in San Francisco this weekend to hear about efforts to add the nation's most populous — and arguably most pot-infused — state to the four others where it ... View the full article

Police this morning are burning about 2500 cannabis plants seized around the Northern Rivers over the past week. A MASSIVE drug burn is taking place at Kyogle this morning after a week-long police operation targeting cannabis plantations across the Richmond LAC. View the full article

Federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose says her hands are tied right now over the growing trend of home-based marijuana grow ops because the matter is before the courts. Ambrose says if she had her way, there'd be no more grow ops for medical marijuana. View the full article

NEW YORK -- AXIM Biotechnologies, Inc. (OTC:AXIM), an industry leader in cannabinoid research and commercial hemp product development, is proud to announce that it is launching a hemp-based Oral Care Division.... View the full article

A medical marijuana grow-op near a Markham school should be shut down, according to parents who expressed their outrage at a town hall meeting Wednesday night. The operation is set up in a house across the street from Sam Chapman Public School. Parents say they've noticed the pungent smell of the plants on their kids' clothes after they leave the elementary school. A meeting for the public was ... View the full article

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Reuters) - A federal judge hearing the case of nine men accused of illegally growing marijuana in California said Wednesday she was taking very seriously arguments by their attorneys that the federal government has improperly classified the drug as among the most dangerous, and should throw the charges out. Judge Kimberly J. Mueller said she would rule ... View the full article

The final player in a large Canberra hydroponic cannabis crop operation uncovered in 2012 has been jailed by the ACT Supreme Court. View the full article

Growers who jumped into the new legal market hoping to make a killing in cannabis are now getting killed by a glut of product. View the full article