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WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 21st annual conference of the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) will be held Sunday, September 21 – Monday, September 22, 2014, at the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington, DC. Business leaders and farmers in the hemp industry in North America and from abroad will meet during the two-day event to discuss strategies and plans to legalize ... View the full article
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In states where it is legal to use medical marijuana to manage chronic pain and other conditions, the annual number of deaths from prescription drug overdose is 25% lower than in states where medical marijuana remains illegal, new research suggests. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center suggest that while medical ... View the full article
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The head of Canada's police chiefs says there have been talks over the past year with a number of members of government about letting police hand out tickets to people caught with small amounts of marijuana. Last year members of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police passed a resolution in favour of the option. Jim Chu, says there have been ongoing discussions for the past year but the ... View the full article
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In states where medical marijuana is legal, the rates of deaths caused by painkiller overdoses are lower than in states where medical marijuana is illegal, a new study has found. Opioid painkillers, such as OxyContin and Vicodin, are often prescribed for people with chronic pain. In line with previous findings, the new results showed that the rates of opioid overdose deaths increased in all ... View the full article
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“Most of the discussion on medical marijuana has been about its effect on individuals in terms of reducing pain or other symptoms,” said lead author Dr. Marcus Bachhuber in an email to Reuters Health. “The unique contribution of our study is the finding that medical marijuana laws and policies may have a broader impact on public health.” California, Oregon and Washington first legalized medical ... View the full article
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By John Tilak TORONTO (Reuters) - Shares of Canadian medical marijuana producers Bedrocan Cannabis Corp and OrganiGram Holdings Inc jumped as they began trading on the TSX Venture exchange on Monday with investors expecting fast-growing demand in the fledgling industry. The companies are the first major alternatives to Tweed Marijuana Inc , which was listed in April. The offerings mean three of ... View the full article
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A Chinese satellite has spotted the country's biggest ever marijuana plantation as well as dozens of illegal cross-border paths, state media reported on Monday. "In Jilin and Inner Mongolia, a marijuana field that is the largest on record since the establishment of the country was discovered," the China News Service reported, referring to the Communist Party's takeover in 1949. The nationwide ... View the full article
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Border Guard patrols in Al-Tuwal foiled an attempt by two youths who were allegedly trying to smuggle 400 blocks of hashish into the Kingdom across the southern borders. View the full article
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Victoria's Labor opposition leader says plans to legalise medical cannabis have widespread support and if his party wins office, the law may pass in late 2015. View the full article
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RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (AP) — On land once used to grow watermelons and grain, 8-foot tall marijuana plants swayed under a canopy of mesquite. White pipes and a pump diverted water from a canal, delivered to the 60-foot long rows by carefully excavated trenches. View the full article
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Multiple sclerosis patients in many parts of England are urging health bosses to make a cannabis-based medication available on prescription. The NHS in Wales recently agreed to fund the drug, Sativex. But the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which advises the NHS on the cost effectiveness of treatments, is not recommending it in England. Tony Wiggins, who lives in Cardiff ... View the full article
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By John Tilak TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian medical marijuana producer OrganiGram Inc is set to go public on Monday, its chief executive said, the second such firm to list on the venture exchange next week, highlighting investor appetite for a high-growth industry. OrganiGram and Bedrocan Cannabis Corp both plan to list on Aug. 25. The two firms, via reverse takeovers, will join Tweed Marijuana ... View the full article
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Tourists from around the world are going to Colorado to get stoned legally. "We have a flow of tour buses coming in every day now," said Toni Fox, owner of 3D Cannabis Center, a Denver dispensary ... View the full article
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A new study by the European Commission has also found that use of legal highs was three times the European average. View the full article
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‘’We say no to marijuana legalization, whether for medical or recreational use.'' Senate Minority Leader Vicente Sotto emphasized this point when he delivered this week a privilege speech against House Bill No. 4477 (Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Act) filed in the House of Representatives. The proposed bill states that ‘’marijuana use has medical properties for certain persons suffering ... View the full article
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