'THIS IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DYING'

'This is why so many people are dying' Data show dramatic rise in street drugs testing positive for fentanyl... READ MORE›

AMAZON CRIME? COMPANY SENDS 65 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA TO FLORIDA COUPLE

A Florida Amazon customer and her fiance received a large surprise after opening a package order that contained 65 pounds of marijuana... READ MORE›

CANADA'S LARGEST POT GROWER PLANS TO DOUBLE CAPACITY IN B.C.

The deal expands Canopy Growth's greenhouse production footprint to about 2.3 million square feet... READ MORE›

SHOPPERS DRUG MART FORMALLY APPLIES TO DISTRIBUTE MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Shoppers Drug Mart wants in on dispensing medical marijuana... READ MORE›

TRUDEAU SAYS MARIJUANA LEGISLATION EXPECTED BY SUMMER

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new marijuana legislation should be ready by summer, but his government is not considering the legalization of any other drugs... READ MORE›

CANADA ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA

Canada legalized marijuana for some medicinal uses in 2001... READ MORE›

CANADA EXPECTED TO LEGALIZE POT BY 2018

Canada would be the largest developed country to end a nationwide prohibition of recreational marijuana... READ MORE›

POLICE RAID CANNABIS CULTURE SHOPS IN MONTREAL A DAY AFTER THEY OPENED

A day after six Cannabis Culture locations opened in Montreal, the recreational marijuana stores were raided by police on Friday, with 10 arrests made... READ MORE›

THESE ARE THE WORLD'S CHEAPEST PLACES TO BUY DRUGS, ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTES

Bloomberg mined its own research, the annual World Drug Report published by the United Nations along with data from the World Health Organization... READ MORE›

ELEVEN COUNTRIES STUDIED, ONE INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION THE DRUG LAWS DONT WORK

The key finding of the report, written by Home Office civil servants, lies in a comparison of Portugal and the Czech Republic, both countries where personal use is decriminalised... READ MORE›

COMMENT: PILL TESTING COULD HAVE SAVED MY SON'S LIFE.

Adriana created a Change.org petition calling on the NSW and Victorian premiers to allow pill testing at music festivals... READ MORE›

CANNABIS DRUG CUTS SEIZURES IN CHILDREN WITH SEVERE EPILEPSY IN TRIAL

On average, the seizures experienced by the children were reduced by nearly 40 percent and 43 percent of those taking cannabidiol saw their seizures cut by half... READ MORE›

ILLEGAL MONTREAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES SET TO OPEN TODAY

People wait outside the Cannabis Culture location on Mount Royal Avenue, one of eight stores set to open in Montreal Thursday... READ MORE›

WHITE HOUSE EXPECTS JUSTICE CRACKDOWN ON LEGALIZED MARIJUANA

Eight states and Washington, D.C., have legalized marijuana for recreational use... READ MORE›

CANADA'S NEW GOVERNING PARTY PROMISES TO LEGALIZE, REGULATE MARIJUANA SALES

Border states Alaska and Washington have already legalized recreational marijuana use, as have Colorado, Oregon and the District of Columbia... READ MORE›

CANNABIS CAN NOW BE TAKEN ON A PLANE IN OREGON LEGALLY

Oregonians are permitted to keep up to eight ounces of cannabis in their homes and to grow up to four marijuana plants per household... READ MORE›

'I'M SMARTER THAN THEY ARE': UNDERGROUND CHEMIST SAYS POLICE LOSING FENTANYL BATTLE

Drug producer known as Beeker says underground chemists are steps ahead of the police when it comes to the movement of illicit drugs on the streets... READ MORE›

PUNITIVE DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT FAILING, SAYS HOME OFFICE STUDY

A Home Office spokesperson, responding to the evidence of the international report, said This government has absolutely no intention of decriminalising drugs... READ MORE›

THE GIRL BEHIND THE $30 MILLION DONATION

The little girl behind Lamberts' 30 million donation for medicinal cannabis research... READ MORE›

HOLLYWOOD SIGN CHANGED TO 'HOLLYWEED' TO PROMOTE CANNABIS LEGALISATION

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JEFF SESSIONS, DONALD TRUMP'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL, SAID THE KU KLUX KLAN 'WAS OK UNTIL I FOUND OUT THEY SMOKED POT'

But Jeff Sessions, the attorney general-in-waiting, is expected to dismantle those laws, impose harsher punishments and completely reverse the national momentum towards decriminalisation... READ MORE›

ECSTASY SOLD IN US IS LESS PURE AND MORE DANGEROUS THAN IN EUROPE, EXPERTS WARN

People in the US have good prescription drugs, are moderate drinkers, smart cannabis users, but poorly discerning MDMA users, Winstock said... READ MORE›

JUSTIN TRUDEAUS CANADA VICTORY IS ALSO A WIN FOR THE NATIONS MARIJUANA INDUSTRY

Shares in all of Canadas major listed cannabis companies surged on Tuesday, as the market reacted to Trudeaus pledge to legalise recreational use... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA USE

Montana voted on whether to ease restrictions on an existing medical marijuana law... READ MORE›

Washington State is the second state to permit the sale of recreational pot, following Colorado... READ MORE›

WHAT COLORADO LOOKS LIKE 1 YEAR AFTER AMENDMENT 64

John Hickenlooper recently called legalization reckless, while Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock said he's against legalization... READ MORE›

PCP TO PSYCHEDELIC FISH: UNCOVER THE STORIES BEHIND THE WORLD'S STRANGEST DRUGS

Morris says he wanted to use a boisterous disco song to accompany scenes of people smoking Mandrax in South Africa, but that Vice intervened... READ MORE›

MEXICAN HIGH COURT OPENS DOOR TO LEGALIZING MARIJUANA

Medical marijuana legalization bills are being debated in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Mexico, the group said... READ MORE›

PLAGUE OF CHEAP SPICE STRENGTHENS ITS GRIP ON HOMELESS AND JOBLESS IN NORTHERN TOWNS

Often, she said, homelessness and drug dependence feed off each other... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 1,000 WORLD LEADERS SAY THE DRUG WAR HAS BEEN A DISASTER

General Assembly will hold a special session on global drug policy in New York this week... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA, MASSACHUSETTS APPROVE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA

California was the first state to approve medical marijuana two decades ago... READ MORE›

BAN ON FORMER LEGAL HIGHS HAS DRIVEN TRADE UNDERGROUND STUDY

However, the report says that as a result of the ban, Spice and other NPSs have become just another street drug being sold by illicit dealers... READ MORE›

OBAMA TELLS YOUNG PEOPLE TO CARE MORE ABOUT JOBS

But Mr Obama said he believed there were legitimate concerns about substance abuse and marijuana... READ MORE›