cannabis

Growing Community, one of three applicants for Nevada City's sole medical cannabis dispensary license, is a not-for-profit organization which proposes donating 100 percent of its net proceeds to local nonprofits. Another applicant, Elevation 2477, hopes to operate the city's first "cannabis...

A provincial cannabis framework including private retail options would offer certain benefits lacking in the Ontario government's vision for legalization, says one of the province's leading licensed cannabis producers. At a press conference last week, Finance Minister Yasir Naqvi announced...

Vietnamese slavery victims are being wrongly criminalized by police as their abusers become more sophisticated, research has revealed Hundreds of Vietnamese nationals are being smuggled into the UK for a life of forced labor, according to the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner. The vast...

A boy who can have hundreds of seizures a day because of his rare form of epilepsy is moving to the Netherlands for cannabis treatment. Alfie Dingley, five, is one of five boys in the world with the epilepsy and his parents are desperate to treat his hard-to-control seizures. His parents...

After nearly a year since voters approved legalizing recreational cannabis, the city of Sebastopol is taking steps to update its cannabis ordinance. The update is the city’s first effort to be more aligned with new state legislation regulating both medical and recreational cannabis. The Adult...

It was "like a dog's life", one Vietnamese women told me about her experience of living in the UK. She had been trafficked into the country and said she had "no fixed job and no fixed accommodation". The woman, who I interviewed as part of my research exploring human trafficking and Vietnam, has...

A cannabis farm was found at a house in Hartlepool. Cleveland Police are on scene and working to clear away plants from the grow. It was found at a property on Elwick Road, Hartlepool, in the early hours of Monday morning. There remained a police presence today on the corner of Elwick...

A cannabis farm was busted by police after officers swooped on a house in Liverpool. Police confirmed almost 80 plants were discovered after a morning raid on a home in Tuebrook . Officers raided the home in Antrim Street at around 7.30am on Friday, September 8. Once inside the house a...

Charity organizations are reluctant to take donations from cannabis companies, even if the state has legalized the industry. Organa Brands learned this the hard way. The company was flush with success and wanted to give back to the community, but charities just said no. "It felt like a slap...

If you consume cannabis legally as an Arizona medical-marijuana patient, Arizona State University wants to study you. And you'll get paid for using cannabis. Sounds too good to be true, right? ASU researcher Madeline Meier confirmed today that information posted on ASU's website about the...

A Colorado-based corporation announced it has secured $10 million in equity to build a massive cannabis cultivation and processing facility in southeastern Massachusetts. AmeriCann plans the 1 million-square-foot Massachusetts Medical Cannabis Center in Freetown, near Fall River. It could be...

If you speak to someone who has suffered from insomnia at all as an adult, chances are good that person has either tried using marijuana, or cannabis, for sleep or has thought about it. This is reflected in the many variations of cannabinoid or cannabis-based medicines available to improve...

Medical marijuana users from across the country gathered at the Auto City Speedway in Clio for the annual all-medical Cannabis Cup. The two day event held on Sept. 9-10 featured an edibles village, a cannabis career fair, topical massage spa, vape lounge and musical entertainment. Artists...

With all the debate surrounding cannabis legalization, it can sometimes be easy to forget that there are real people behind the politics. New Jersey photographer Erica Brown is doing her part to change that. Brown is the founder of the social media campaign The Cannabis Project, a photo...

Got pot? Colorado does: The state was one of the first to legalize marijuana for recreational use. But the botanical genus Cannabis is more than bongs and brownies. Viewed as a plant, not a drug, it intrigues the artistic eye with its fronds, veins and flowers. That's the premise of "Cannabis: A...

A new Gold Rush is upon us in the Golden State of California. But this latest wave concerns us with nuggets of a different sort: marijuana. California voters have legalized it, and now state regulators are adopting distribution rules and a plethora of weed-related laws ahead of a January 1...

A computer boffin who imported large amounts of cannabis illegally from Canada has avoided jail - even though he supplied some of the drug to others. Luke Goscombe, an IT technical support worker, of Tyning Crescent in Slimbridge admitted smuggling cannabis into the UK and being concerned in...

Jeff Staker, founder of the non-profit Hoosier Veterans for Medical Cannabis, is taking his message to Washington, D.C., next week through a high-profile forum featuring some of the nation's leading researchers on the benefits of medical marijuana. Staker, a Peru native and former Marine who...

When my wife Rita rides with me she often says, "Quit gawking around and pay closer attention to the road!" I must admit, I do have a tendency to check out my surroundings perhaps more than I should when I am cruising the two lanes. Of late, one thing I have readily noticed is the sudden...

A home built out of hemp blocks and wood has been destroyed in a late-night fire in Devon. Fire Control received several calls to reports of a fire at Netherton Hill, Drewsteignton at 10.15pm on Thursday. Fire crews from Chagford, Moretonhampstead, Okehampton, North Tawton, Honiton and...