JAMAICA WANTS IN ON THE BOOMING MARIJUANA MARKET. BUT WILL FARMERS BE ABLE TO CASH IN?

Here in Jamaica, where Baxter lives and works, growing pot for recreational use is illegal... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA OPENS WAY FOR LARGER MARIJUANA FIELDS

California released long-awaited rules Thursday that will govern the state's emerging legal marijuana industry, while potentially opening the way for large... READ MORE›

CANNIMED TELLS SHAREHOLDERS TO WAIT WHILE IT REVIEWS AURORA OFFER

CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. is urging shareholders to wait until the company has time to review an unsolicited takeover offer by Aurora Cannabis Inc. before doing anything... READ MORE›

ISRAEL WANTS TO START EXPORTING ITS CANNABIS AROUND THE WORLD

The agency hasn't yet approved a botanically derived medical cannabis product... 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›

MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY BECOMES FIRST TO OFFER DEGREE IN MARIJUANA STUDIES

But, states that legalise marijuana could face a foe in the federal government... 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›

TRUDEAU VOWED TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA ACROSS CANADA BY JULY. IT HASN'T BEEN THAT EASY.

How profitable the cannabis market ends up being for the government remains to be seen... READ MORE›

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CANNABIS INDUSTRY ROILED BY WHITE HOUSE COMMENTS ON ENFORCEMENT

Congress has prohibited the Justice Department from interfering with states' medical marijuana programs but has remained silent about recreational marijuana... READ MORE›

GATEWAY TO DRUGS BORDER CITY IN A LEGAL POT WORLD

Now that adult-use, recreational marijuana is legal in California -- and still illegal in Arizona -- Blythe could be the gateway to green... READ MORE›

THIS SMALL ALBERTA VILLAGE COULD SOON BE HOME TO THE WORLD'S LARGEST MARIJUANA FACTORY

The village's neighbour is Aurora Cannabis, a major -- and legal -- marijuana production facility that's about to get even bigger... READ MORE›

LEGALISE CANNABIS AS TREATMENT OF LAST RESORT FOR MS, SAYS CHARITY

Legalise cannabis as treatment of last resort for MS, says charity... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA SAYS MARIJUANA SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE 'CIGARETTES OR ALCOHOL'

Marijuana legalization advocates have been frustrated at what they see as Mr Obama's unwillingness to use his bully pulpit to advocate for their cause... READ MORE›

MARIJUANA INDUSTRY ANGERED BY WHITE HOUSE REVERSAL

New Frontier Data says the cannabis industry will create more than 283,000 jobs by 2020... READ MORE›

LEGALISATION OF CANNABIS 'ONLY SOLUTION TO CRIME AND ADDICTION PROBLEMS'

Report by Adam Smith Institute says UK's drug strategy 'has failed in its core aims' and urges government to legalise cannabis... READ MORE›

All three states have already decriminalized pot and have approved medical marijuana... READ MORE›

REPORTER WHO QUIT ON AIR TO FIGHT FOR POT LEGALIZATION COULD FACE DECADES IN PRISON

The state was the first to legalize cannabis for in-home use in the 1970s and passed a formal medical law in 1998... READ MORE›

MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION: NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO OPPOSES POT LEGALIZATION ON SAFETY GROUNDS, PROMOTES ALCOHOL

Cuomo has long promoted the alcohol industry, whose donors have bankrolled his election campaigns and whose businesses could be adversely affected by marijuana legalization... READ MORE›

CANADA FACES CHOICE ON INTERNATIONAL DRUG TREATIES OVER LEGALIZED POT

Legalizing pot will violate international treaties What should Canada do?... READ MORE›

BAN ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS GROWING OWN POT STRUCK DOWN BY FEDERAL COURT

Federal Court strikes down ban on medical marijuana patients growing own pot... READ MORE›

COULD MEDICAL MARIJUANA BE YOUR NEXT EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFIT?

A small number of other self-insured Canadian health benefit plans already cover medical marijuana in certain circumstances... 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›

TRAFFICKED AND ENSLAVED: THE TEENAGERS TENDING UK CANNABIS FARMS

The NSPCC is so concerned by the exploitation of trafficked Vietnamese children that staff refer to UK-produced cannabis as blood cannabis ... READ MORE›

PLAY SCHOOL LIGHTS UP INTERNET WITH ACCIDENTAL BONG

An old Play School craft episode, in which the hosts appear to be making a homemade bong, is giving Australian adults a bit of a giggle... READ MORE›

IN URUGUAY'S MARIJUANA EXPERIMENT, THE GOVERNMENT IS YOUR POT DEALER

A potent strain of marijuana known as Colombian Red with flowers ready to harvest at a cannabis club greenhouse in Montevideo, Uruguay, on June 22... READ MORE›

EMPLOYERS WANT OTTAWA'S HELP TO DEAL WITH MARIJUANA-SMOKING WORKERS

Lack of hard science on marijuana impairment and testing raises concerns among employers over safety... READ MORE›

MOST MARIJUANA MEDICINAL BENEFITS ARE INCONCLUSIVE, WIDE-RANGING STUDY FINDS

Controversially, the 1999 report found that marijuana could indeed reduce nausea, but that it could also help treat pain... READ MORE›

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT CONTACTS COLORADO OFFICIALS ABOUT CANNABIS CASES

Trump And Marijuana Justice Department Contacts Colorado Officials About Cannabis Cases... READ MORE›

WHITE HOUSE EXPECTS JUSTICE CRACKDOWN ON LEGALIZED MARIJUANA

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

AN 8-YEAR-OLDS TRAGIC ILLNESS TESTS MEXICOS BAN ON MARIJUANA USE

If the family can obtain the product, Grace could become the first person to legally use marijuana in Mexico... 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›

'COMMERCIALIZATION WON OUT': WILL LEGAL MARIJUANA BE THE NEXT BIG TOBACCO?

Candi CdeBaca voted to legalize the free sale of marijuana in Colorado four years ago because she thought it would be good for her Denver neighborhood... 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›

SOON ADULTS IN CALIFORNIA COULD GET A JOINT DELIVERED FASTER THAN A PIZZA

California's medical marijuana industry is currently worth just under 3 billion, according to Josh Drayton, deputy director of the California Cannabis Industry Association... READ MORE›

CALIFORNIA IS ABOUT TO OPEN ITS FIRST LEGAL CANNABIS SHOPS AND IT'S POSING A HUGE PROBLEM FOR LOCAL POT FARMS

June's struggles embody a contradiction at the heart of California's burgeoning legal marijuana economy, which is set to fully launch in 2018... READ MORE›

MARIJUANA IS KOSHER FOR PASSOVER, LEADING RABBI RULES

The occasional use of cannabis in community gatherings is broadly tolerated as a centuries old custom... READ MORE›

EX-POLICE CHIEF TO HEAD PRO-LEGALISATION NATIONAL CANNABIS COALITION

Tom Lloyd, who will chair new cannabis law reform umbrella group, says he regrets arresting drug users during his career as a police officer... READ MORE›