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By Steve Scherer ROVIGO Italy (Reuters) - Italy legalised marijuana for medical use last year, but the high cost of buying legal pot in a pharmacy meant few people signed up. Now, the government has found a solution: get the army to grow it. Starting next year, a high-security lab in a military compound in Florence will grow cannabis for Italy's health care system in an experiment the government ... View the full article

A MAN caught growing 308 marijuana plants in “grow houses” has been jailed for seven years. View the full article

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The legalization of marijuana in two U.S. states, could put pressure on drinks makers, or as some analysts suggest, provide an big opportunity. View the full article

Last night’s SBS Insight special looking at the legalisation of marijuana nearly doubled its audience with 265,000 viewers, up from 167,0000 last week in the wake of an advertising campaign in Sydney and Melbourne. It came on a night when Nine’s renovation show The Block again topped the Oztam metro overnight ratings with an audience of […] The post Insight nearly doubles audience for heavily ... View the full article

OTTAWA - The Harper government's resolve to enforce the law against marijuana use is unshaken by a call to legalize pot from the country's largest mental health and addiction treatment centre. View the full article

HOUSTON (AP) — Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson should be arrested anew after admitting during his court appearance on a child abuse charge that he had "smoked a little weed" while out on bond, Texas prosecutors said Thursday. View the full article

The largest addiction and treatment centre in Canada is calling for the legalization of marijuana with controls — a move lauded overwhelmingly by CBC Toronto readers. The Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says any reforms on marijuana controls should include measures on prevention and harm reduction, which the current system fails to do, according to Dr. Jurgen Rehm, director ... View the full article

MOMENTUM is building towards a landmark medical marijuana conference in Tamworth, with a host of new names signed on this week. View the full article

The Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is calling for the legalization of marijuana with strict controls. Do you agree? Why or why not? View the full article

Recreational marijuana sellers are reaching out to novice cannabis users with a raft of edible products that impart a milder buzz and make it easy for inexperienced customers to find a dose they won't ... View the full article

Recreational marijuana sellers are reaching out to novice cannabis users with a raft of edible products that impart a milder buzz and make it easy for inexperienced customers to find a dose they won't ... View the full article

Police have arrested two people after raiding a Geelong home containing 250 cannabis plants. View the full article

Marijuana should be legalized with strict controls to curb its use and social harms, the Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health says. Canada’s current system of cannabis control fails to prevent or reduce harms associated with its use, Dr. Jurgen Rehm, director of social and epidemiological research at CAMH, said Thursday as the hospital released a new policy document on the drug. View the full article

DENVER (AP) — Recreational marijuana sellers are reaching out to novice cannabis users with a raft of edible products that impart a milder buzz and make it easy for inexperienced customers to find a dose they won't regret taking. View the full article