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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Water use and other actions by the marijuana industry in the Emerald Triangle of Northern California and Southern Oregon are threatening salmon already in danger of extinction, federal biologists said Tuesday. View the full article

Six people have died and over 100 were poisoned in a Russian city after smoking a synthetic version of marijuana. View the full article

A mother whose 10-year-old son suffers from a rare form of epilepsy has backed a de-registered doctor's drive to treat the condition with medical cannabis. View the full article

Washington, Sept 30 (ANI): Snoop Dogg has promised to perform a live show in Alaska if marijuana gets legalized in the state. View the full article

Pot may be legal in Colorado, but you can still be fired for using it. Brandon Coats, a quadriplegic medical marijuana patient who was fired by the Dish Network after failing a drug test more than four ... View the full article

SBS is promoting its upcoming debate on its Insight show on whether medicinal marijuana should be legalised with a portable display allowing people to grow or gas synthetic marijuana plants. The debate is set to be screened on October 7, with the broadcaster promoting it with the portable stand, which is currently in henry dean […] The post SBS raises marijuana debate with plants getting gassed ... View the full article

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — An election official in Guam says a medical-marijuana vote will go forward as planned on the November ballot unless told otherwise. View the full article

DENVER (AP) — The entrepreneurs of the young U.S. marijuana industry are taking another step into the mainstream, becoming political donors who use some of their profits to support cannabis-friendly candidates and ballot questions that could bring legal pot to more states. View the full article

London, Sept 29 (ANI): A Californian firm has come up with weed-laced chocolate bar that is reportedly ideal for 'cannabis patients with a love for chocolate and a refined palate'. View the full article

Northern Ireland police are distributing marijuana-smelling scratch-and-sniff cards to help people recognize the smell of weed being grown illegally. When scratched, the cards produce the scent of cannabis in its "growing state," says the Guardian newspaper, which adds the odour is different from the smell of marijuana smoke. "More than two cannabis factories are being uncovered every week in ... View the full article

US war veterans have been given free marijuana seeds to help ease injuries and post traumatic stress syndrome from wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq. View the full article

Information from Dubai Police helps in largest international hashish bust of 2014 View the full article

NT police have charged two men after raids on a storage shed, two hotel rooms and a home in Palmerston uncovered 65kg of cannabis. View the full article

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A marijuana giveaway for veterans attracted about 1,000 people to a Colorado hotel. View the full article

A man caught with 940 grams of cannabis has had drug charges adjourned to allow him to attend a specialist pain clinic. View the full article