Cannabis Hemp News

By Aaron Mendelson (Reuters) - California voters could get a second chance to legalize recreational pot under a push launched on Wednesday by a marijuana advocacy group that seeks to put the matter before voters in 2016. The Washington DC-based Marijuana Policy Project filed papers with California Secretary of State Debra Bowen to create a committee that can begin raising money in the state ... View the full article

A national marijuana advocacy group took steps Wednesday to begin raising money for a campaign to legalize recreational pot use in California in 2016, a move with potential to add a dose of extra excitement ... View the full article

After an emotionally charged debate, Pennsylvania state senators overwhelmingly passed legislation Wednesday to legalize several forms of medical marijuana, although the legislative session is growing ... View the full article

Police have seized nearly $3 million worth of cannabis plants over two days at a building in Sydney's south. View the full article

Prosecutor: Driver Kevin Ward under influence of marijuana night he was killed by Tony Stewart. View the full article

A FATHER of two has pleaded guilty in Ipswich Magistrates Court to the unlawful possession of marijuana. View the full article

Justice Minister Peter MacKay says he disagrees with the head of the RCMP that smoking pot isn't as big a deal as it once was, arguing young people in particular are "very negatively affected" by marijuana use. RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson was quoted in a news story Wednesday as saying he doesn't think "marijuana usage is as big a deal as it used to be." - Dec. 2013: Pot fine proposal draws no ... View the full article

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nation's largest marijuana policy advocacy group said it will begin raising funds for a ballot measure in 2016 to legalize recreational marijuana use in California. View the full article

BALLARAT police uncovered a massive cannabis-growing operation at Sebastopol on Tuesday night after being called to the property on a burglary tip-off. View the full article

Stan Swiatek has tried his hand at many businesses. Through his company Sundial Growers Inc., Swiatek hopes to become one of the first federally-licensed facilities to produce medical marijuana in Alberta, to service what Health Canada estimates will be a $100-billion industry within the decade. In April, Ottawa changed its marijuana laws to phase out personal licenses to grow medical marijuana ... View the full article

A Saudi citizen, found guilty of smuggling hashish into the country, was executed, according to a Ministry of Interior statement. View the full article

Sept. 18, 2014, 4 a.m. THE government's move to establish clinical trials for medical marijuana is a "step forward" but it doesn't go far enough, the Wagga man behind a push to decriminalise the drug has said. View the full article

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing to decriminalize marijuana possession across Illinois and make it a misdemeanor instead of a felony to possess one gram or less of any controlled substance. For those caught with small amounts of marijuana, this would mean receiving a ticket instead of being arrested. View the full article

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Some of the imported hemp seeds detained by U.S. customs officials in the spring turned into 10-foot-tall plants that were harvested Tuesday on a research plot in Kentucky, where marijuana's non-intoxicating cousin has gained a foothold as a potential cash crop. View the full article

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's Interior Ministry says the country's authorities have destroyed marijuana of an estimated market value of 6.4 billion euro ($8.2 billion) this year — more than 60 percent of the country's annual GDP. View the full article