Cannabis Hemp News

Dutch cannabis growers are reportedly being caught by police - thanks to melting snow. Officers have released a photo of a marijuana factory in the city of Haarlem that was found due to an unusual lack of the white stuff. View the full article

SAN DIEGO -- Medical Marijuana, Inc.'s (OTC Pink:MJNA) Kannaway, is rapidly ramping up its mission to bring hemp back to consumers across the nation. Today, Kannaway announced plans to open three ... View the full article

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The legal sale of marijuana in the U.S. capital takes a step forward on Monday as District of Columbia city council members weigh a bill legalizing pot and regulating its sale. The hearing comes as Congress faces an end-of-the-month deadline to quash a ballot initiative overwhelmingly approved by Washington voters legalizing marijuana. The finance, business ... View the full article

David Stevens talks about the effect cannabis oil has had on his eight-year-old daughter Deisha Magic-Stevens. A DOCTOR who sacrificed his career to treat epileptic kids with cannabis oil says a trial of medicinal cannabis will be too slow to save hundreds of... View the full article

A DOCTOR who sacrificed his career to treat epileptic kids with cannabis oil says a trial of medicinal cannabis will be too slow to save hundreds of children. View the full article

Two people are charged after officers searched a home in Strasbourg, Sask. Friday and found marijuana plants, cannabis resin as well as a firearm police say was unauthorized and improperly stored. While RCMP have not said how many plants were found inside the home, they have released a photo showing some of them. View the full article

VANCOUVER - The precise number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Canada is difficult to pin down, but the Canadian Association of Medical Cannabis Dispensaries has been tracking their growth. Here is a tally of dispensaries the association knows about: View the full article

Nov. 9, 2013, 8:32 a.m. FOR four decades the Vikings were content with their single Ballarat clubhouse, but the Hells Angels’ aligned bikies are now looking to establish a base in Griffith, the New South Wales town branded “the cannabis capital of Australia”. View the full article

THE controversial issue of medicinal cannabis will be the hot topic of discussion today at the second seminar organised by the Nimbin Hemp Embassy. View the full article

After Uruguay first moved to legalize marijuana in 2013, the approach has taken root in Latin America with several other countries now considering a revamp of their own drug laws. “Someone has to start in South America,” Uruguayan President Jose Mujica said in late 2013 as he unveiled plans to make cannabis legal in his country. Under Mujica, Uruguay became the first country in the world to ... View the full article

Gov. Bill Walker has suggested that a new board help write the regulations surrounding legalized marijuana as Alaska lawmakers work to implement rules for legal use of the drug. Voters in November approved ... View the full article

Recreational marijuana use has been legal for more than 13 months in Colorado. Amendment 64, which legalized recreational marijuana in the state stipulated the first $40 million would be set aside to for schools. The law mandates that the state treasurer's office must return excess tax revenue to the taxpayers if the amount exceeds a figure that is calculated with a formula that accounts for ... View the full article

Two Calgary men are facing criminal charges in connection to what police say is the illegal operation of medicinal marijuana grow-ops. The two separate operations were discovered in Harvest Hills in the northeast and in Sherwood in the northwest, police said in a release. The investigations were led by the Green Team of the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT). Police say both men, who ... View the full article

Winnipeg police have arrested a 45-year-old man after 572 marijuana plants were seized from an East Kildonan home yesterday. Officers executed a search warrant at the home on Stacey Bay on Wednesday. The marijuana plants that were seized have an estimated street value of $640,640, according to police. View the full article