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"A man found guilty of dealing in dagga has had his conviction and sentence set aside because the magistrate in his trial relied on a law which was deemed unconstitutional almost 30 years ago. “It is inconceivable that 29 years after this section [of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act] was...

Cannabis is not accepted worldwide nearly as it should, I´ve been doing some research about countries with the most severe laws oposing cannabis consumption, has any of you experienced or heard of extreme anti cannabis policies?

We, The People.... have the right to participate in an enabling economic environment that has a people centred, development focus. We, The People, refuse to be regulated out of economic opportunities that come from the cultivation, production and distribution of cannabis.

Prohibitions on smoking or ingesting marijuana while driving, as well as carrying an "open container" of cannabis in a vehicle are among several highway safety standards incorporated into new California laws that will be enforced in 2018. Heading into a holiday weekend that will have the...

2017 was the year the other shoe didn't drop on the nation's marijuana industry. Under President Obama, the federal government grudgingly accepted the states' gradual liberalization of their marijuana policies. While marijuana remained illegal under federal law, an increasing number of states...

If you listen to the federal government, marijuana is a Schedule 1 drug, illegal and on par with heroin, LSD, peyote and MDMA, better known as ecstasy. In California, however, voters legalized the weed in November 2016 with the passage of Proposition 64, setting up a collision of sorts...

Starting New Year's Day, the sale of marijuana for recreational use will be permitted in California, the country's most populous state. What does that mean for air travelers who try to bring small amounts of marijuana with them? That is a conundrum for the state's airports, which are...

A Tallahassee judge Thursday ordered health officials to stop the process of granting a marijuana license to a black farmer, one of 10 coveted new pot licenses approved by the Legislature this year. The state Office of Medical Marijuana Use was supposed to grant all of the licenses by Oct. 3...

In just a little over six months, the first retail sales of recreational, or "adult use," marijuana will take place. Regulations governing the new legal cannabis industry are on track to be finalized by March, with businesses sending their license applications to the Cannabis Control Commission...

A new store in Columbia, part of a chain that also has locations in Kansas City, Springfield and Joplin, is raising the question of whether a hemp extract extolled for its benefits to epilepsy patients can be sold legally to anyone. CBD American Shaman on Range Line Street just south of...

As the Golden State gears up for recreational marijuana use to become legal, law enforcement officials and employers will eventually be able to use a tool to check if people are driving or working under the influence of weed. That's because an Oakland company is developing a breathalyzer to...

Provincial laws that bar people from growing their own marijuana will certainly be challenged in the courts, and the challenges have a "a decent chance" of success, legal experts say. The federal cannabis legalization bill, now in the Senate, allows individuals up to four cannabis plants, so...

We've noticed some debate in Hawaii and elsewhere over whether medical marijuana users may be allowed to own firearms. In short, the answer is unclear – and Ohio, with its budding medical marijuana law, is no different. On the federal level, marijuana remains an illegal Schedule-I narcotic...

People who register with the state of Ohio to legally use medical marijuana will be prohibited from possessing firearms under federal law, according to guidance released by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. In an open letter to federally licensed firearms dealers, the ATF...

Gov. Eric Holcomb said in a statement Tuesday that Indiana retailers who sell cannabidiol, or CBD, products would get a 60-day window to continue selling the substance without confiscation or legal trouble. Unlike tetrahydrocannabinol, THC for short and the main psychoactive chemical in...

After months of confusion over the legal status of cannabidiol oil, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill deemed it illegal in almost every circumstance. In April, conflicting views among state agencies on CBD oil laws emerged after Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a bill creating a registry for...

Malta's government has proposed allowing all doctors in the country to prescribe medical marijuana. The government published draft legislation on Monday that would loosen an existing regulation with so many restrictions that not a single Maltese had ever been treated legally with marijuana or...

On Thursday and Friday, November 16 and 17, a meeting is being held that could lead to more felony pot prosecutions. The Joint Judiciary Committee is meeting to discuss a number of bills. These include two that would add marijuana-laced foods and drinks to the criminal code. Right now...

One year after Massachusetts voters passed a ballot question legalizing marijuana, legal pot sales remain several months away.One year after Massachusetts voters passed a ballot question legalizing marijuana, legal pot sales remain several months away. One year after Massachusetts voters...

Hoban Law Group, a Denver-based firm focused on advising the emerging legal and medical cannabis industry, has announced plans to expand internationally, saying it would open four European and two Latin American offices by spring 2018. Pointing to a rapidly evolving marketplace for its...