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Officials with the Edgecombe County Sheriff's Office are investigating incidents in which people have been trying to steal hemp plants growing in the county. Industrial hemp is not marijuana, and it contains less than 1 percent of the drug THC, which is found in higher levels in marijuana...

Recreational pot is soon going to be legal in California, but some state lawmakers don't want edible cannabis to look like candy, which would greatly appeal to children. A bill, introduced by Assemblyman Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield), passed final legislative approval on Thursday and sent to...

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 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...

Three people have been arrested after law enforcement officers located an estimated $1.7 million worth of marijuana plants at two homes in Roseville's West Park neighborhood. Officers from the Roseville Police Department and a Placer County regional task force served a search warrant at the...

Officers were called to the property above fast-food takeaway Pizza Capital on Cavendish Street on Friday, September 1 and stayed at the scene throughout the next day. Four police cars were lined up on the street in the town center on Saturday as officers in white overalls could be seen...

Pamela is newly pregnant with her third child. She and her husband think this is going to be their last one because she is having a dreadful time with nausea — morning sickness that lasts all day long. She knows all the tricks. Saltines by her bedside, taking Vitamin B6 and B12, and eating...

A cannabis farm worth around £4,000 was uncovered during a raid in Middlesbrough. A 25-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of the production of cannabis and abstracting electricity after a drugs warrant was executed at Crossfell Road, in Berwick Hills on Wednesday...

The Colville Confederated Tribes is now the first tribe with a permit to grow hemp, and growing some of the only hemp in the United States today. The U.S. hemp industry is estimated to have brought in $688 million in revenue in 2016 and has been steadily growing by about 25 percent a year...

A multi-agency law enforcement effort eradicated illegally grown marijuana plants with an estimated street value of about $23 million over the last two months, according to Commander Saul Lopez of the San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force. Four suspects were arrested on suspicion of crimes...

Marijuana has been given the green light when it comes to some form of legalization (medical or recreational), in more than half of all U.S. states. Undoubtedly, marijuana has some benefits to human health, such as pain management, but it can also influence the way people move. Researchers at...

Authorities on Thursday announced the removal of thousands of marijuana plants from illegal grow sites on public and private lands in San Mateo County. The 2-month-long Campaign Against Marijuana Planting netted 11,400 plants with a street value of $22.8 million, according to the San Mateo...

A petition to introduce an ordinance that would reduce penalties for having small amounts of pot in Wichita has hit a road block. The Sedgwick County Elections Office declared the marijuana reform initiative petition as insufficient stating that 2,851 signatures were disqualified for various...

A cannabis farm with plants worth over £60,000 was uncovered in an afternoon raid on a Stockton restaurant. Stockton Community Drugs Enforcement Team, working with Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit , executed a drugs warrant at Dusk Till Dawn in Ramsgate today and found a...

Hi, New here and hoping to get a little advice from people who clearly have more experience in this area. After years of begging, I finally allowed my husband to set up an indoor grow room. So we did a lot of research in so many areas but it seems the lighting part is the most confusing...

Nevada stands alone in its unprecedented rush to sell recreational marijuana. This wild ride to "Early Start" has already resulted in national embarrassment with a self-created "pot emergency" being declared on July 6, just five days into sales. The July 1 "Early Start" date was unilaterally...

Hamilton police were kept busy overnight, with 22 arrests made and a significant amount of cannabis found. Senior Sergeant Phil Ruddell said the number of arrests was high and happened periodically. "Drunkenness and fighting was the order of Saturday night," Ruddell said. Police were also on...

Last year Victoria made history when it became the first state to legalize medicinal cannabis. Now the first commercially produced cannabis plants are being harvested and Sky News was given an exclusive look inside the Melbourne factory. Peter Crock, CEO Cann Group says they are the first to...

Ten firefighters battled a major blaze at a house thought to have been used as a cannabis factory . Crews from Aston and Handsworth fire stations were called after the roof of the address in West Avenue, Handsworth Wood , caught fire just after 4.20am on Monday, August 14. The first...

The Police Command in Enugu State says it has arrested a dismissed officer of the Department of State Service (DSS) and another for alleged possession of 16 bags of cannabis Sativa (a.k.a. Indian hemp). Mr Ebere Amaraizu, the Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement issued in Enugu on...