Cannabis Hemp News

San Juan, Oct 25 (IANS/EFE) A 14-month-old boy tested positive for marijuana in a toxicology exam at a San Juan hospital, where he was admitted after his parents became concerned that he was sleeping too much. View the full article

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TERMINALLY ill patients are dying without dignity while the nation’s peak doctors’ group stalls on medical marijuana reform, a respected Canberra physician has claimed. View the full article

Crikey's writer-at-large finds himself baked in Baker, but the battle for legalisation of marijuana is more about entrenched poverty and the revolving door of federal prison than about stoners' rights. Read more on the blog... View the full article

With the medical marijuana industry growing rapidly (23 states have now legalized some form of medical marijuana) many business people and investors are wondering how to break into the business. Right now, the industry is very tight-knit. However, there's a growing push to standardize and legitimize it, which is providing outlets for people who don't know about the industry to start learning. View the full article

With 23 states now allowing some form of medical marijuana program, the industry is in need of workers. But because marijuana has been illegal for decades (and still is illegal federally) there can be a lack of qualified workers to support the field. The industry is trying to change that. View the full article

The national debate over legalized marijuana will come into new focus in early November, as two states and the District of Columbia will let voters decide on legalization measures similar to those approved in Colorado and Washington state. View the full article

A TAMWORTH medical marijuana crusader has launched a scathing broadside at the Australian Medical Association (AMA) amid fears cannabis medicine legalisation could be “many years away”. View the full article

A judge has agreed to suspend a prison sentence handed to a Koonawarra man who threatened his former high school friend with a beer bottle while demanding his cash. View the full article

More than a half-dozen unnamed black witnesses have provided grand jury testimony that supports officer Darren Wilson's account of events on August 9. View the full article

ALTHOUGH more than 280g of marijuana were found in a police search of his home, Peter Adrian Mikitis assured officers it was for his own personal use. View the full article

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court's ruling that ordered the provincial government to cover the costs of medical marijuana for a woman who bought the drug from an unlicensed outlet. View the full article

By Esteban Farat MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Uruguay's leading opposition candidate said on Wednesday he would try to repeal much of the country's ground-breaking marijuana law, which permits the commercial production and sale of the drug, if he wins Sunday's presidential election. The South American country became the world's first to allow the cultivation, distribution and use of marijuana, but ... View the full article

By Daniel Lovering BOSTON (Reuters) - Attorneys clashed in court on Tuesday over whether a friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber was too high on marijuana to have deliberately lied to investigators about his role in the aftermath of the worst attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. A federal prosecutor said Robel Phillipos, 21, lied repeatedly to FBI agents after the April 15, 2013 ... View the full article

LONDON - Powerful lights confiscated by police during marijuana raids are now being used by the groundsman of English third tier soccer club Rochdale to help the turf grow on its field. View the full article