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By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - A pioneering cannabis drug developed by British firm GW Pharmaceuticals for treating spasticity in multiple sclerosis has been rejected as not cost-effective in the company's home market. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which determines if medicines are worth using on England's state health service, said on Wednesday the modest ... View the full article

A CANNABIS-dependent drug trafficker caught with $6000 worth of marijuana avoided jail on Tuesday. View the full article

Cannabis can be as hard to give up as heroin, according to one of the largest ever studies into its effects. View the full article

At least 20 cities and counties around Oregon are racing to approve local taxes on marijuana in case voters in November decide to legalize recreational pot. The number has been growing, despite provisions ... View the full article

A St. John's man was in provincial court Tuesday afternoon after it was alleged he was stopped at St. John's International Airport with 28 kilograms –or 62 pounds– of marijuana Monday evening. View the full article

Ottawa (AFP) - A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer with a medical marijuana prescription for job-related stress has died of an apparent suicide after provoking a nationwide debate over his smoking in uniform. View the full article

The Berks County District Attorney believes a bad batch of synthetic marijuana may have been laced with heroin. View the full article

People who drive under the influence of marijuana double their risk of being in a car crash, and about one in 10 daily marijuana users becomes dependent on the drug, according to a new review. Marijuana use has become increasingly prevalent over the years, and the review of marijuana studies summarizes what researchers have learned about the drug's effects on human health and general well-being ... View the full article

Brendan says he broke the law, out of compassion, by buying cannabis for his dying wife to use. View the full article

Brendan says he broke the law, out of compassion, by buying cannabis for his dying wife to use. View the full article

AMERICA'S fledgling marijuana industry is making political donations - and, now, the recipients are keepign the cheques. View the full article

A New Brunswick Mountie who made national headlines for smoking medical marijuana while in uniform last year has been found dead. Ron Francis was confirmed to CBC News by Pat Polchies, a councillor with the Kingsclear First Nation. Francis's lawyer T.J. Burke said Francis died around 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. View the full article

The Federal Government should coordinate a national approach to the legalisation of cannabis for medical use, ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher has urged. View the full article

During the trial Monday of the friend of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev, the defense told the jury that Robel Phillipos had smoked marijuana and was in an altered state of mind the day he allegedly went to Mr. Tsarnaev's college dorm room and was involved in the removal of incriminating evidence in the days following the Boston attack. View the full article

By Bill Cotterell TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) - Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson has put up another $1.5 million for opponents of a constitutional amendment that would let doctors prescribe marijuana for medical reasons in Florida. Adelson had previously given $2.5 million to the Drug Free Florida campaign opposing a constitutional amendment on the November state ballot. With his latest ... View the full article