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Calgary city staff are recommending that Alberta set up a private retail system for recreational-cannabis sales, similar to its liquor stores, once the drug becomes legal next summer. Council is set to debate this and other recommendations on cannabis legalization Monday as municipalities...

It's about a mile along Division Street from Dr. Matt Layton's office on the Washington State University medical campus in Spokane to the nearest recreational marijuana store. As a private adult under Washington law, Layton could walk into that store, buy a gram of marijuana and use it...

There are so many pot smokers in the NFL that ESPN.com has an "All-Weed" team listed on its website. It's an open secret that players can smoke weed as long as they pass the preseason drug test. The hypocrisy of the NFL handing out Percocet and Oxycontin like candy while suspending players for...

Albanian police say they have seized at least 15 metric tons (16.5 tons) of marijuana hidden in a southwestern village. Police spokesman Gentian Mullai says that some 150 officers had found the drugs Friday in three houses in Llakatund, 150 kilometers (90 miles) southwest of the capital...

CBD oil, in particular, has proved to be a sticking point for the Drug Enforcement Administration. Cannabidiol, the non-intoxicating component of the cannabis plant, is used for medical marijuana patients who don't want or need to feel a high–think people suffering from Crohn's disease or...

An Adelaide woman charged with drug offences over the supply of medicinal cannabis has vowed to continue to fight the allegations and continue her campaign for wider access to the drug. Jenny Hallam appeared in Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with possessing cannabis and...

In the fall of 2015, a woman named "Sage" – an alias she requested to protect her privacy – and another person were driving down Interstate 80. The duo was travelling east from Oregon: one of the eight states in the U.S. where recreational marijuana is legal. Autumn in the northwest U.S. is...

Medical cannabis is currently legal in 29 states and the District of Columbia and there are approximately 2 million medical cannabis patients in the United States overall. In the coming weeks before the August recess, these patients will be watching closely as Congress is expected to vote on the...

Societal attitudes regarding marijuana -- both recreational and medicinal use -- have evolved over the decades. Pennsylvania's implementation of medical marijuana next year is perhaps evidence of societal view changes, but that didn't occur right away. The drug became very popular in the...

An unprecedented and wide-ranging coalition of powerful stakeholders is calling for an end to the widespread practice of arresting people solely for drug use or possession. A press teleconference this Tuesday will be accompanied by the release of a new Drug Policy Alliance report, endorsed by...

In a paper published by The Economic Journal last month, a study by the Norwegian School of Economics in partnership with the Pennsylvania State University Department of Sociology and Criminology, found that marijuana legalization has led to a decrease in violent crime in U.S. states that border...

When journalists asked Bill English last week if he had any plans to legalize cannabis, the answer would have surprised no one. The Prime Minister replied: "In New Zealand we have always taken the view that some of these drugs cause so much harm that they should be illegal." English's stance...

The marijuana industry has been growing at a lightning-fast pace for years now, so it's not one bit surprising to see marijuana stock investors flocking to the "green rush." Since 2012, voters in eight states have legalized recreational marijuana, while 28 states have legalized medical...

Greece has become the sixth European country to legalize cannabis for medical purposes, the country's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has confirmed. The leader revealed that patients could soon see the back of medical conditions including chronic pain, PTSD, epilepsy and cancer after being...

A regulated market in cannabis would net $70 million in new tax revenue, independent analysis carried out for Stuff reveals. The New Zealand Institute of Economic Research modeling shows a 25 per cent excise tax on legal marijuana would raise $40m, on top of an extra $30m from GST. The...

Peter Dunne, the bespectacled politician in the bow-tie, was the unlikely hero of drug reform. In May, the Associate Health Minister ventured that "some, if not all" class C drugs should be reclassified and regulated. Outraged cries of "Minister for Stoners" were conspicuous by their...

The use or sale of cannabis is banned in Hong Kong under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, which came into effect in 1969. If a police officer catches someone with a substance they suspect is cannabis, they may send the sample off for testing by a government chemist before charging the individual...

The government of Catalonia has legalized marijuana, making the autonomous Spanish region the latest part of the world to loosen restrictions on use of the drug. The cultivation, consumption and distribution of cannabis will be permitted for members of designated clubs after the region's...

In another win for marijuana research, a study has found that the active compounds in cannabis are more effective at reducing the frequency of acute migraine pain than prescription migraine meds, and with fewer side effects. The study included a total of 127 participants who suffered from...

Users of medicinal cannabis will not be allowed to drive with the drug in their system, even if it is made legal in South Australia, Police Minister Peter Malinauskas has confirmed. MPs are debating new laws to increase penalties for drink and drug driving in State Parliament. Answering...