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Eastenders legend Pam St Clement has revealed she has "amazing respect" for cannabis. The 75-year-old smokes the drug on her new TV show Gone To Pot, which sees her embark on a US roadtrip with Loose Women's Linda Robson, panto veteran Christopher Biggins, darts ace Bobby George and former...

After a four-year wait to provide medical cannabis to patients, the drug could be available to Marylanders as early as this month, according to industry stakeholders. "I think we could see product in November, with increase in December and a steady flow from all operators in the new year,"...

For the first time, from tomorrow, Australians will be able to legally consume hemp food products. It could be hemp muesli, hemp muffins, hemp slices or hemp smoothies. If farmer Chris Blake and brewer Hamish Coates have their way, it will also be hemp beer. Dr Weedy's Hemp Ale will be...

Portland police on Friday released details about what led police to arrest the principal of a medical marijuana dispensary on drug charges last month. Andrew Bozzuto, 54, of the Northford section of North Branford, was seen in what appeared to be a “hand-to-hand” exchange of marijuana with...

In the business of medicinal marijuana, there are strains for almost anything that ails you. So far, though, female entrepreneurs have yet to find a variety that addresses a painful side effect of the booming legal pot industry: sexism. "More sophisticated money is coming into the space, and...

The federal government's plan to legalize marijuana has already generated a spat with the provinces over how potentially lucrative tax revenue will be divided. Now a new player has entered the fray: Canada's cities are demanding they be given a share of the revenue pie to help cover costs...

Always a hot topic, the prospect of legalizing marijuana in Indiana -- whether for medical use or to curb opioid addictions -- has picked up steam, whether on one side or another. Here are just a few local organizations or prominent Indiana figures who have recently weighed in on the state...

The man who presided over the turbulent launch of Maryland's medical marijuana industry resigned Thursday. Patrick Jameson, a former state trooper who took over as executive director of the Medical Cannabis Commission in April 2016, will stay in his job until the end of the month. Jameson...

Canadian marijuana stocks surged Friday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government proposed a tax of one dollar a gram of legalized recreational marijuana. The government said Friday the tax shouldn't exceed C$1 (79 U.S. cents) a gram or 10 percent of the producer's price, whichever is...

Recreational marijuana users in Burbank may soon be able to cultivate their own plants at home. The Burbank City Council unanimously voted on Tuesday to approve the first reading of an ordinance that would amend the city's ordinance that oversees the use of cannabis to better align with state...

Alexis Bortell is hardly the first child whose family moved to Colorado for access to medical marijuana. But the 12-year-old is the first Colorado kid to sue U.S. Attorney Jeff Sessions over the nation's official marijuana policy. "As the seizures got worse, we had to move to Colorado to...

When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned cannabidiol producers against making medical claims about cannabis products, it seemed par for the course for any federal agency. Cannabis is simply not considered medicine in the eyes of the government. But the FDA actually appears...

Keystone Agricultural Producers is asking the federal government to remove industrial hemp from regulations governing the cultivation of marijuana. KAP members passed a resolution on this issue at a district advisory committee meeting in Portage la Prairie on Nov. 2. "We want a separate...

Prepare to see hemp seeds everywhere – but don't expect to get a buzz. The controversial seeds, which have long been associated with drug culture, will be legal to consume in food products from November 12, and have been touted as the next big 'superfood' packed with vitamins and...

Seven years ago, Chad Wilson was anti-industrial hemp, but that's mostly because he didn't really know what it was. He thought industrial hemp and marijuana were the same thing. But they're not. Industrial hemp is different from marijuana, even though they are part of the same plant family...

Cereal sprinkled with hemp seeds, hemp ice cream, hemp as a pizza topping and even hemp beer – this will all be possible from Sunday, as legal changes come into effect in Australia and New Zealand. Back in April, food regulation ministers agreed to a proposal from Food Standards Australia...

In Upstate New York, some farmers believe that they've found the state's next big cash crop - hemp. Other farmers are saying hemp may be the next super food like kale. JD Farms is located in Eaton, about 30 miles Southeast of Syracuse. It's the states first legal hemp farm in 80 years...

The Government has agreed to allow the progression of legislation to provide for medical cannabis to the next legislative stage. The move is despite the fact that the Oireachtas Committee on Health recommended withdrawing Gino Kenny's bill because of "fundamental flaws" in the legislation...

Oregon's leading marijuana advocate in Congress, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, has formed a political action committee aimed at unseating anti-marijuana lawmakers. The Portland Democrat's Cannabis Fund is one in a growing suite of similar committees paying to promote weed-friendly candidates and...

The Hayward City Council has approved allowing most marijuana-related businesses in the city, including cultivation facilities, testing laboratories, retail dispensaries, manufacturing sites and distribution facilities. The new rules take effect immediately. “I understand people want to protect...