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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A broad spectrum of prominent Mexicans, including former ministers, businessmen, artists and a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, on Wednesday urged the government to decriminalize... 
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All four Martha's Vineyard-based applicants vying to become medical marijuana providers in Dukes County have been "invited" to the second round of the
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Rabbi Jeffrey Kahn and his wife opened the Takoma Wellness Center on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., where they are legally allowed to dispense medical marijuana.
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Billions of pounds are thrown at Britain’s drug problem every year, but is the so-called ‘war on drugs’ misguided? In an exclusive interview, Sir Richard Branson tells Metro why he is backing a campaign for decriminalisation.
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A total of 22 applicants failed to pass a first phase of vetting by the department of public health and another company withdrew from the process.
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The state is accepting applications for marijuana growers and dispensers in Connecticut, but local officials are scrambling for consensus on whether t
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With a flick of the pen the chancellor can hammer the black market and contribute £1.2 billion per annum to the Treasury, just by legalising cannabis.
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The parents of seven-month-old Bree Green will not regain custody of the infant until at least October 7 when the trial resumes.
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AN influential Oxfordshire charity is using some of the world’s most recognised figures to pressure governments into legalising cannabis. The Beckley Foundation, based at Beckley Park hunting lodge outside Oxford, has said controlling street drugs would reduce the harm done to users and provide an enormous source of taxed income. The charity, which includes former Government drug advisor David Nutt among its scientific researchers, has released the results of a three-year study.
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At a packed public hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) compared the war on drugs to the racist policies of the Jim Crow era.
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The case of a 6-month-old Lansing girl who was removed from her parents after a complaint involving medical marijuana has become a rallying point for groups aligned behind the state's 5-year-old medical marijuana law.
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The data showed 1,552,432 arrests for drug offenses last year, some 21,000 more than the previous year. Nearly half (48.3%) were marijuana offenses, down slightly from 49.5% the previous year.
That is just under three quarters of a million (749,825) pot arrests last year, down a negligible 8,000 from 2011. Some 87% of all marijuana arrests were for simple possession, meaning that 658,231 people got popped just for holding a little weed. That's the equivalent of arresting every resident of Memphis, Boston, or Seattle. Another 91,593 were arrested for growing or selling the stuff.
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And the Israeli government is funding breakthrough research on the healing potential of the cannabis plant
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Beckley Foundation's insight:
The new law forces drug producers into the light of day and makes them responsible for safety.
Julian Buchanan's comment,
September 27, 2013 1:47 PM
Aspects of our new law (the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013) are not good. New Zealand has inserted draconian and punitive measures: Clause 62 Supply of unapproved substance is an offence subject to a max of 2 years prison; Clause 63 Personal possession of any unapproved substance is an offence subject to a maximum penalty of $500; and Clause 69 Empowers the police or appointed 'Enforcement Officers' to enter premises without a warrant on suspicion of possess with intent to supply an unapproved substances.
So once a company is forced 'into the light' and the drug is declared unsafe - it is effectively banned and prohibited and users found in possession are subject to law enforcement. This is wrong.
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PORTLAND — Some medical marijuana patients may have to
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The grand opening of New Zealand's first Cannabis Museum will be held at midday on Sunday October 6 in Dunedin.
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President Mujica of Uruguay to Make First-Ever UN Address; Will Meet With President Pérez Molina of Guatemala to Discuss Marijuana Reform and Alternatives to Prohibition.
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WV Lawmakers To Review Medical Marijuana Legalization. Local news from the Eyewitness Newsroom.
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More than 20 untested brands of synthetic cannabis are now legally on sale and likely to stay on the shelves well into next year. - New Zealand Herald
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EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J - There are no signs out front, but people still show up at a drab beige warehouse outside Atlantic City to ask whether medical marijuana is available. Inside the...
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Sourcing unbiased information about the health effects of using cannabis has always been difficult.
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New data released by the Drug Enforcement Administration reveals the agency has dramatically cut the number of raids on marijuana growers over the past two years, especially in California.
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DECATUR, Ala. (WAAY)-For over a decade, every student in the Decatur City School system that drives or is involved in extracurricular activities is randomly drug tested.
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Council members voted 5-2 vote, with council members Diana Souza Benny Lee opposed, to proceed with a draft city ordinance and zoning code changes that would allow up to two regulated medical marijuana dispensaries in the citys industrial and...
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