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Tasmania alone could not conduct a meaningful medicinal cannabis trial, a parliamentary inquiry has heard. On its second day of hearings, the state's parliamentary inquiry into medicinal cannabis has heard from Royal Hobart Hospital oncologist Ray Lowenthal. Dr Lowenthal said the costs of trialling any drug could run into hundreds of millions of dollars and that such undertakings typically ... View the full article

Daniel Radcliffe visited a marijuana cafe, which is popular with a number of celebrities, during a trip to Amsterdam. View the full article

With a slice of good fortune NFL veteran Peyton Manning has hit the fast food industry jackpot. View the full article

LINDSAY Carter will have about 80 Coast entrepreneurs gunning for a hole-in-one today, not just for the glory, but to help fund the 15-year-old's fight for life. View the full article

A Tasmanian mother has told a parliamentary inquiry how medicinal cannabis has miraculously improved the health of her nine-year-old daughter who suffers from a rare genetic disorder. View the full article

A new survey has found 10 percent of American workers have showed up to their jobs high. Are you surprised? Here's what employers can do about it. View the full article

Philadelphia City Council has passed a bill that would decriminalize the possession of a small amount of marijuana. View the full article

SAN DIEGO -- Kannaway, LLC, is the first hemp lifestyle network marketing company to offer cannabidiol (CBD)-rich hemp botanical products. Addressing customer requests for higher concentrations of CBD-rich ... View the full article

By Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) - Italy said on Thursday it would grow medical marijuana at a secure military lab outside Florence and distribute it through pharmacies to slash costs and make it more easily available to the sick. The use of medical marijuana or cannabis derivatives to treat patients has been legal in Italy since 2007, but only a few dozen people took it through the national ... View the full article

The PM is on board, but Premier Campbell Newman is sceptical. View the full article

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- There are 5,000 pending patents on different cannabinoid compounds at the U.S. Patent Office - most of them registered by Pharmaceutical companies who are intending to commercialise ... View the full article

Police have uncovered a substantial cannabis factory in Co Tyrone. View the full article

Tony Abbott is on board. View the full article

The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) supports the Medical Innovation Bill which, if passed, will allow for the use of marijuana for medical reasons in the country, said the party’s Cheryllyn Dudley on Thursday. “The ACDP agrees in principle with legislation making provision for innovation, keeping in mind that the National Health Act speaks to View the full article