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By John Tilak TORONTO (Reuters) - PharmaCan Capital, a holding company focusing on the Canadian medical marijuana market, is set to go public next week, opening up for investors a basket of licensed producers and signaling the appetite for a growing industry. The Toronto-based company has significant stakes of eight medical marijuana producers, including five licensed by regulator Health Canada ... View the full article
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Campaigners vowed Friday to pursue the legalisation of marijuana in Washington, after language intended to prohibit pot in the US capital slipped through Congress. Riders to the $1.1 trillion federal spending bill approved Thursday by the House of Representatives bars the District of Columbia from enacting or implementing laws to legalise cannabis. "It's kind of interesting how these riders ... View the full article
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In the federal spending deal passed Thursday, Congress attempted to block Washington, DC's marijuana legalization ballot initiative, which was backed by seven in ten voters. Advocates, particularly the Drug Policy Alliance and the DC Cannabis Campaign, argue that the language in the congressional spending deal is ambiguous. View the full article
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GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — Indian tribes can grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same federal conditions laid out for states that have legalized the drug, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. View the full article
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The volume of shabu and marijuana seized by provincial police anti-narcotics agents rose by 222 and 805 percent, respectively, this year, an official said Wednesday. Superintendent Benjamin Ariola, chief of operations and plans of the Pangasinan police office, reported the figures during Wednesday’s anti-illegal drug summit here. View the full article
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President Obama supports legalization of the recreational use of marijuana in the nation's capital as approved by D.C. voters in a November referendum, the White House says.But he also reluctantly supports and would sign a government funding bill that includes a rider blocking the measure, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. Congressional negotiators have quietly tucked into a $1.1 trillion ... View the full article
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Police believe they've caught the main players in a drugs syndicate worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. View the full article
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The Obama administration will direct attorneys to not prevent Native American tribes on reservations from growing and selling marijuana even in states where pot is illegal, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday.Some federal restrictions will still apply. Marijuana can't be sold to minors, grown on public land, fall into the hands of drug cartels, or systemically spread to states where the ... View the full article
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The volume of shabu and marijuana seized by provincial police anti-narcotics agents rose by 222 and 805 percent, respectively, this year, an official said Wednesday. Superintendent Benjamin Ariola, chief of operations and plans of the Pangasinan police office, reported the figures during Wednesday’s anti-illegal drug summit here. View the full article
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Over 200 cannabis plants have been seized and 11 people arrested in a drug bust in the lower North Island. View the full article
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Wellington Police have today dismantled a well organised commercial cannabis cultivation and distribution network operating in the Wellington and Whanganui areas that has been responsible for the sale of hundreds of thousands of dollars of cannabis over the past few years. View the full article
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By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Marijuana advocates on Wednesday urged Congress not to use a spending bill to overturn a local referendum that overwhelmingly backed legalizing pot in the District of Columbia. A $1.1 trillion spending bill negotiated by lawmakers on Tuesday barred the U.S. capital from using funds to implement Initiative 71, which legalized possession of small amounts of ... View the full article
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The parents of a four-year-old Adelaide boy have been jailed for eight years after locking him in his bedroom for 12 days and feeding him only yoghurt and jelly which they slid under the door. View the full article
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By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Marijuana advocates on Wednesday urged Congress not to use a spending bill to overturn a local referendum that overwhelmingly backed legalizing pot in the District of Columbia. A $1.1 trillion spending bill negotiated by lawmakers on Tuesday barred the U.S. capital from using funds to implement Initiative 71, which legalized possession of small amounts of ... View the full article
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Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate reached an agreement on a $1.1 trillion budget on Tuesday. If passed by both houses, it will avoid a government shutdown, sparing Americans the political drama and economic hardship of a rerun from last year. View the full article
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