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Two vulnerable, poorly educated immigrants were recruited from Sydney to work on a sophisticated cannabis grow house in Canberra for free, a court has heard. View the full article

Two illegal Chinese immigrants will be deported after being sentenced for growing a secret drug crop in a Canberra home. View the full article

By John Tilak TORONTO (Reuters) - PharmaCan Capital, a holding company focusing on the Canadian medical marijuana market, is set to go public next week, opening up for investors a basket of licensed producers and signaling the appetite for a growing industry. The Toronto-based company has significant stakes of eight medical marijuana producers, including five licensed by regulator Health Canada ... View the full article

Campaigners vowed Friday to pursue the legalisation of marijuana in Washington, after language intended to prohibit pot in the US capital slipped through Congress. Riders to the $1.1 trillion federal spending bill approved Thursday by the House of Representatives bars the District of Columbia from enacting or implementing laws to legalise cannabis. "It's kind of interesting how these riders ... View the full article

In the federal spending deal passed Thursday, Congress attempted to block Washington, DC's marijuana legalization ballot initiative, which was backed by seven in ten voters. Advocates, particularly the Drug Policy Alliance and the DC Cannabis Campaign, argue that the language in the congressional spending deal is ambiguous. View the full article

In a recent trend, parents of children with some forms of epilepsy are giving marijuana to their children in hopes of alleviating the seizures, but researchers say cannabis is not a proven treatment for childhood epilepsy, and people should wait for rigorous studies to decide whether the drug is safe or effective. View the full article

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Indian tribes can grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same federal conditions laid out for states that have legalized the drug, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. View the full article

The volume of shabu and marijuana seized by provincial police anti-narcotics agents rose by 222 and 805 percent, respectively, this year, an official said Wednesday. Superintendent Benjamin Ariola, chief of operations and plans of the Pangasinan police office, reported the figures during Wednesday’s anti-illegal drug summit here. View the full article

President Obama supports legalization of the recreational use of marijuana in the nation's capital as approved by D.C. voters in a November referendum, the White House says.But he also reluctantly supports and would sign a government funding bill that includes a rider blocking the measure, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. Congressional negotiators have quietly tucked into a $1.1 trillion ... View the full article

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Marijuana advocates on Wednesday urged Congress not to use a spending bill to overturn a local referendum that overwhelmingly backed legalizing pot in the District of Columbia. A $1.1 trillion spending bill negotiated by lawmakers on Tuesday barred the U.S. capital from using funds to implement Initiative 71, which legalized possession of small amounts of ... View the full article

Police believe they've caught the main players in a drugs syndicate worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. View the full article

The Obama administration will direct attorneys to not prevent Native American tribes on reservations from growing and selling marijuana even in states where pot is illegal, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday.Some federal restrictions will still apply. Marijuana can't be sold to minors, grown on public land, fall into the hands of drug cartels, or systemically spread to states where the ... View the full article

The volume of shabu and marijuana seized by provincial police anti-narcotics agents rose by 222 and 805 percent, respectively, this year, an official said Wednesday. Superintendent Benjamin Ariola, chief of operations and plans of the Pangasinan police office, reported the figures during Wednesday’s anti-illegal drug summit here. View the full article

SAN DIEGO -- Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC Pink:MJNA) is pleased to inform shareholders and the general public that HempMeds -- a corporate portfolio company of Medical Marijuana, Inc. -- is dramatically ... View the full article

WHIPPANY, N.J. -- Pazoo, Inc. (OTCQB:PZOO) (German WKN#: A1J3DK) is pleased to announce that its medical marijuana testing laboratory partner MA & Associates, LLC (MA) has received its first purchase order ... View the full article