Cannabis Hemp News

A 63-year-old man has been charged with possessing a commercial quantity of cannabis after a sniffer dog alerted police to the stash at a traffic stop in Alice Springs. View the full article

The legalisation of marijuana is shaping as a key issue in the re-run Senate election in Western Australia. View the full article

Labor leader Luke Foley is calling for changes to NSW law so that terminally ill people can legally access medicinal cannabis. View the full article

Aceh might be famous for its brutal application of Islamic sharia law, but it’s also where a certain intoxicating weed has been getting people high for generations. View the full article

NSW opposition leader Luke Foley says he supports the use of medicinal cannabis by terminally ill people. View the full article

An Australian warship operating in the Middle East has seized and destroyed 3 tonnes of hashish found on a small boat in the Gulf of Aden View the full article

There is a common misconception that the Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party wants to lay to rest. View the full article

Scott Ludlam's ''welcome to Western Australia'' speech against Prime Minister Tony Abbott lit up social media and made him an instant hero of Gen Y. View the full article

US businesses are investing in Privateer Holdings, a marijuana company that owns pot-related brands. View the full article

THE story of a father charged for treating his critically ill daughter with cannabis oil has taken a surprise twist, with the child’s mum saying he deserved to be charged. View the full article

CHICAGO (AP) — A new law expanding the Illinois medical marijuana program to children is opening a market for an unproven strain of cannabis called Charlotte's Web and a dark green, weed-fragrant oil made from it. View the full article

A year into the nation's experiment with legal, taxed marijuana sales, Washington and Colorado find themselves wrestling not with the federal interference many feared, but with competition from medical ... View the full article

A year after America began to experiment with legal marijuana, an uneasy new normal has set in from the nation’s capital to the ski bum towns of Colorado. View the full article

DENVER - Don't worry about a federal lawsuit. But do worry about tax rates. Those are among the many lessons Colorado and Washington have to share from the front lines of America's marijuana experiment.... View the full article