Cannabis Hemp News

By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) - (Please note strong language in final paragraph) A former Alaska broadcast news reporter who famously quit her job in an on-air stunt aimed at boosting a campaign to legalize pot in Alaska said on Friday she aims to open a bricks-and-mortar cannabis club in Anchorage before turning it into a seed-to-sale business. Voters in Alaska and Oregon on Tuesday opted to ... View the full article

DENVER (Reuters) - A high school in Colorado, one of the first two U.S. states to legalize recreational marijuana use, was put on partial lockdown on Friday after a student's weed pipe filled a classr... View the full article

Forget that postgraduation barista job. Given that four US states have legalized marijuana, “budtender” is now one of the hottest retail jobs in America. View the full article

Robbing murderous criminals of revenues for selling a drug that’s no more harmful than tobacco and alcohol is a no-brainer. View the full article

LAS VEGAS -- GrowBLOX Sciences, Inc., "GB Sciences" (OTCQB:GBLX), a company that merges state-of-the-art technologies in plant biology, cultivation technology and post-production processes in ... View the full article

OAKLAND, Calif. -- On the heels of Election Day ballot initiative wins for marijuana legalization in Alaska, Oregon, and DC, more than 200 high net worth investors from around the world eager to invest ... View the full article

Paranoia and jealousy caused by habitual synthetic cannabis use, was behind the death of a young man in Wainuiomata. View the full article

Dagga laws are loosening up in the United States, and campaigners believe this trend will continue. View the full article

A TOOWOOMBA man police claimed was found with $78,000 cash and 370g of “green leafy material” in his car in Wilsonton has faced the city’s Magistrates Court. View the full article

From the sites where prehistoric hunters and gatherers lived, to ancient China and Viking ships, cannabis has been used across the world for ages, and a new report presents the drug's colorful history. In the report, author Barney Warf describes how cannabis use originated thousands of years ago in Asia, and has since found its way to many regions of the world, eventually spreading to the ... View the full article

Marijuana's popularity has fluctuated throughout history and across the globe. In the District of Columbia, people voted to allow adults 21 and older to possess up to 2 ounces (57 grams) of cannabis, and to grow a limited number of marijuana plants at home, but selling marijuana is still not allowed. Public opinion regarding marijuana has shifted alongside changes in state legislation. In that ... View the full article

Supporters of House Bill 4477 or the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Bill are urging like-minded individuals to support an online campaign at change.org, for the passage of the controversial measure.“The signature campaign was a move to get more supporters and eventually put pressure on the government. Our aim is to get one million or more signatures,” Kimmi del Prado yesterday told Manila ... View the full article

DNA research uncovers new cannabis strain Researchers in the ACT appear to have found a previously unidentified type of cannabis plant which they have dubbed 'rasta'. There are currently thought to be only two types of cannabis, one prized for its rope-making qualities, the other cultivated for its drug properties. New Scientist reports that Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) scientists categorised almost 200 cannabis plants according to their DNA. CIT spokesman Simon Gilmore says he and colleagues at the institute's Centre for Forensic Science appear to have uncovered another sub-species of the plant. 'Rasta' is not dissimilar to the sativa sub-species but …

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Hemp Industries Association (HIA) and Vote Hemp have announced that the sixth annual Hemp History Week will be held June 1-7, 2015. Surging with momentum following a monumental year in 2014, wherein hemp was both legally cultivated and harvested in Kentucky, Colorado and Vermont, this year's campaign will focus on the increased acreage of ... View the full article