Assam: 1500kgs of ganja seized at National Highway 37

GUWAHATI, May 5, 2018: Sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Guwahati unit, seized 1,500kg of ganja at Basistha on National Highway ...

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ACES Europe's secretary general: Ganja has more chances to win European City of Sport title

“Azerbaijan`s second largest city of Ganja has more chances to win the European City of Sport title for 2019,” the Secretary General of the European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation (ACES Europe) Hugo Alonso has told journalists after a meeting with representatives of sports organizations and ...

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Exclusive Trailer And Poster For New Restoration Of Bill Gunn's Revolutionary

Pioneering, iconoclastic filmmaker Bill Gunn is likely best known for his 1973 allegorical cinema classic that revolutionized the vampire genre, Ganja & Hess - a film that was effectively suppressed in the United States because it wasn't the Hollywood horror movie that its producers had commissioned the ...

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Azerbaijan's Ganja city hosts 2nd National Forum of Industrial Engineering [PHOTO]

By Trend. Azerbaijan's Ganja city hosted the 2nd National Forum of Industrial Engineering. The event was organized by Azerbaijan Technological University (UTECA), Lean Consulting company and Baku Engineering University. Heads of many leading industrial facilities of Azerbaijan, representatives of ...

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Three men held in Westmoreland ganja bust

Three men, including one Jamaican and two Haitian nationals, were nabbed on Thursday after the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard seized 765 pounds of compressed marijuana. The drug was seized after the Coast Guard intercepted a vessel off the coast of Westmoreland. According to the ...

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Azerbaijan talks realization of country's industrial potential (PHOTO)

Ganja, Azerbaijan, May 5. Trend: The II National Forum of industrial engineering was held in Ganja May 5. The event was attended by representatives of state bodies, universities and industrial companies, as well as by experts. The forum is of great importance from the point of view of realization of ...

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Azerbaijan's Ganja city hosts 2nd National Forum of Industrial Engineering (PHOTO)

Ganja, Azerbaijan, May 5. By Azad Hasanli - Trend: Azerbaijan's Ganja city hosted the 2nd National Forum of Industrial Engineering. The event was organized by Azerbaijan Technological University (UTECA), Lean Consulting company and Baku Engineering University. Heads of many leading industrial ...

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Gun woman with ganja found guilty...15 years later

A JURY has found a woman guilty of having marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a loaded revolver found tucked in her waist. Joeann Walters went on trial before Justice Maria Wilson in the San Fernando Third Court this week. She was charged with having 65.62 kilogrammes of ...

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Ganja worth ₹88 lakh seized, two held

Police arrested two persons from Tamil Nadu and seized ganja worth ₹88.70 lakh from a Madurai-bound truck at Tangutur in Prakasam district. Superintendent of Police B.Satya Yesu Babu told a media conference here on Friday that on a tip off the vehicle was intercepted on the Chennai-Kolkata ...

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1500kg ganja seized

Guwahati: Sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Guwahati unit, seized 1,500kg of ganja at Basistha on National Highway 37 during an operation on Friday. Sources said the ganja was seized from a truck going from Agartala to Bihar. "We have carried out the operation based on a source's ...

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1500kg ganja seized

Guwahati: Sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Guwahati unit, seized 1,500kg of ganja at Basistha on National Highway 37 during an ...

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88.70 lakh worth ganja seized in Prakasam district

Ongole: Prakasam district police seized ganja worth Rs 88.70 lakh, neatly sealed in 214 packets from a lorry at Tangutur toll plaza, said District ...

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6 college students held for peddling ganja

The city police arrested the six students for possession of 2kg of ganja for sales at Codissia Road near Peelamedu on Friday. Police said the students ...

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How Smoking Weed Helped Save Kevin Smith's Life During Heart Attack

... famous character is Silent Bob, a pothead who has his own superhero alter ego named Bluntman, was just saved from certain death by the ganja.

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Likely Outcomes of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Siding with the DEA

The Federal Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled in an unpublished Memorandum of Disposition this week that the Drug Enforcement Administration's December 2016 Marijuana Extract rule change stands. The rule change added a new code number to the DEA rules for “Marihuana Extracts” to ...

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Canada firm aims to tap into ganja beverage market with beer

In doing so, the three-year-old company is joining others such as Canada's largest ganja producer Canopy Growth – which partnered with alcohol giant Constellation Brands last year – in betting that cannabis-infused beverages will become the most popular way of consuming the psychoactive drug ...

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Haitian, 2 Jamaicans held on ganja vessel off Westmoreland coast

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard yesterday intercepted a vessel off the coast of Westmoreland and seized approximately 765 pounds of compressed ganja. The JDF, in a release today, said three men, one Haitian and two Jamaicans, strongly suspected to ...

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Colorado Legislature Approves Cannabis 'Tasting Rooms' Bill; Moves to Gov.

Colorado's legislature has passed a social-use measure that would allow individuals to consume small amounts of cannabis – either by edibles or ...

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Ontario Government Awards $300K Grant for Cannabis Beer Project

The Ontario, Canada government has awarded a $300,000 research grant to Province Brands of Canada to help them develop a beer brewed with ...

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Chittenden County, Vermont State Attorney Considering Expunging Low-Level Cannabis Crimes

Chittenden County, Vermont Attorney Sarah George is pursuing a plan to erase convictions for low-level cannabis crimes, according to a NECN report.

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GOP Lawmakers in Michigan Considering Tying Cannabis Legalization to Income Tax Bill

Republican lawmakers in Michigan are considering tying recreational cannabis legalization to a bill to cut the state's income tax amid fears that having ...

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ACES Europe's secretary general: Ganja has more chances to win European City of Sport title

“Azerbaijan`s second largest city of Ganja has more chances to win the European City of Sport title for 2019,” the Secretary General of the European ...

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UPDATED: JDF Coast Guard makes major ganja bust in Westmoreland, three arrested

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard on Thursday seized 764.9 pounds of compressed marijuana when it intercepted a vessel off the coast of Westmoreland. Three men, one Jamaican and two Haitians, were held in connection with the seizure. The JDF Coast Guard says a patrol team was ...

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JDF Coast Guard makes major ganja bust in Westmoreland, three arrested

The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard on Thursday seized approximately 765 pounds of compressed marijuana when it intercepted a vessel off the coast of Westmoreland. Three men, one Haitian and two Jamaicans, were held in connection with the seizure. The JDF Coast Guard says a patrol ...

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Haitian, 2 Jamaicans held on ganja vessel off Westmoreland coast

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica — The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Coast Guard yesterday intercepted a vessel off the coast of Westmoreland and ...

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Bounty quits ganja - Says weed may cause career to burn

Bounty Killer was convicted on ganja possession charges in 2013 and fined $5,000. The trial judge ruled that the conviction not be recorded.

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Police seize 130 lbs of ganja, arrest four men

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Four men were yesterday arrested after members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF's) Narcotics Division seized ganja weighing approximately 130 pounds in Lacovia, St Elizabeth. The police said a team was conducting anti-narcotics operations when they ...

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68-Year-Old Woman Lands In Court Following Ganja Possession

A 68-year-old woman has been dragged before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly lacing Akpetshie, a local alcoholic drink, with a substance suspected to be Indian hemp. Patricia Ali, who could barely walk, allegedly had in her possession 69 wrappers of a substance suspected to be Indian Hemp ...

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Burglar with 100 cases in cop net

Police on Thursday raided a den at Machneswar area and seized 11 kilograms of ganja and 2,280 pieces of ganja cigarettes. One Sukanta Das, 57, a resident of Gopabandu Nagar Basti in Mancheswar area, was arrested. He was booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and ...

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Maine Lawmakers Override Gov. Veto of Adult-Use Implementation Bill

Maine lawmakers have overridden Gov. Paul LePage's veto of the recreational cannabis implementation billm, setting the stage for sales to begin in early 2019, the Bangor Daily News reports. The House voted 109-39 while the Senate voted 28-6 to override the veto. The re-written law is opposed by ...

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Canadian Senate Committees Recommend Delaying Rec. Cannabis Bill

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is non-committal about whether he is willing to delay implementing the bill to legalize cannabis for adult use in the nation as Senate committees recommend changes to the landmark legislation, the Canadian Press reports. The chamber's Aboriginal Peoples ...

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Scotts Miracle-Gro CEO Says California's 'Botched Legalization' Forcing Company to Cut Staff ...

Scotts Miracle-Gro CEO Jim Hagedorn said that the company is going to have to cut staff and restructure the company as sales took a hit from the “completely botched legalization” of cannabis in California, according to a Columbus Business First report. The company expects to save $15 million ...

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Vermont Senate Committee Rejects Roadside Saliva Test Bill

The Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee voted 4-1 against a bill to allow law enforcement officers to use a roadside saliva test to test drivers for cannabis impairment, the Burlington Free Press reports. Sen. Joe Benning, a Republican member of the committee and criminal defense attorney, said he ...

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Weed Porn: Prettiest Strains Through 2018

I've been lucky enough to check out hundreds of sexy strains with this gig, some of which are so gorgeous that it's bittersweet to break them apart and burn them to ashes. And 2018 hasn't disappointed, with Denver's pot shops pumping out a gallery of ganja that even my mediocre photo skills can't ruin.

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One held for carrying LSD drug

Hyderabad: Today Task Force personnel nabbed one Shishir Chauhan and seized 37 LSD stamps, ganja and one cell phone from his possession. Police said accused residing at Shubodaya Apartments in R.K.Puram was in the habit of consume LSD stamps and ganja. He used to go to Goa and ...

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Bolero with 40 kg ganja seized, 1 held

Subarnapur Police got a tip-off on the ganja consignment which was being transported to neighbouring Chhattisgarh from Boudh district in the morning. After laying a trap at Jhinki village a police team managed to intercept the Bolero carrying the assignment and seized it. It took the driver of the vehicle ...

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Deputy: Ganja nomination for title of European Sports City in 2019 to promote its development

This will positively affect the results achieved in the field of sports as well as in all areas of Ganja and the sport development and massiveness will be further enhanced. Report informs that the statement came from deputy Nagif Hamzayev. He noted that Azerbaijan is one of the countries with ancient ...

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2 drug peddlers arrested with ganja

During frisking, 271 grams of ganja were recovered from their possession. The accused persons have been identified as Hari Singh S/o Mohan Lal and Badal Ram S/o Babu Ram both residents of Rajasthan A/P Telli Basti Bari Brahmana and were arrested on spot along with contraband items.

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Man held on rape charge

Mohali: The Mohali police arrested a 19-year-old school dropout for drug peddling and recovered 780 grams of ganja from him on Tuesday night. The accused has been identified as Kunal, a resident of Sector 39, Chandigarh. The police said he was held from a naka in Phase XI, when he was on his ...

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Ganja seized

Bhubaneswar: Orkel Police seized 89 kilogram of ganja from a vehicle at Khadikajodi Nala near Balimela in Malkangiri district on Wednesday. However, no one was arrested. Sub-inspector Manas Ranjan Swain was on patrol duty at Balimela Chhak in the evening when he noticed an SUV coming in ...

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Two nabbed with Ganja

According to a report, a team of Bari Brahmana Police Station along with District Special Branch apprehended two persons from Sidco Chowk Bari Brahmana and during frisking police recovered 300 grams of Ganja from their possession. They were arrested and case under relevant section of law was ...

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Azerbaijan`s Ganja submits bid for 2019 European City of Sport title

On this occasion, head of Ganja City Executive Authority Elmar Valiyev met with president of European Capitals and Cities of Sport Federation (ACES Europe) Gian Francesco Lupattelli, vice-president of the organization John Swanson, member of the Board of Directors Lukáš Vorel-Adams, Head of ...

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Massachusetts Opens Next Round of Cannabis Business Licenses

Applications for a variety of Massachusetts canna-businesses are now open including craft cooperatives, micro-businesses, transporters, independent testing laboratories, and lab agents, the Boston Business Journal reports. According to the report, 312 applications have already been submitted to the ...

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Court Rules in Favor of DEA in CBD Lawsuit

Ninth Circuit appeals court judges have ruled against the Hemp Industries Association in their bid to overturn a move by the Drug Enforcement Agency to classify CBD as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act. The new rule took effect Jan. 13, 2017. In the April 30 ruling, the panel ...

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Varanasi: 5 smugglers arrested, Ganja worth Rs 30 lakh seized

The STF also recovered 351kg ganja worth Rs 30 lakh from their possession. The contraband was smuggled from Odisha. The arrested persons have been booked under section 8/20 of NDPS Act. According to reports, acting on a tip off, the STF team caught a truck (OR 09 G 7179) near Panchpedwa ...

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Missouri House Passes Medical Cannabis Bill

Missouri's House has passed a medical cannabis measure that would allow individuals with terminal illness and 11 other conditions to access the program, the Columbia Missourian reports. The bill would allow access to non-smokable products, such as pills or tinctures, and provides for in-state ...

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Police seize 89 kg of contraband from a vehicle

In a major breakthrough, Orkel Police in Malkangir District ,have seized 89 Kg of contraband ganja worth about Rs five lakh from a vehicle at Khadikajodi Nala near Balimela. Police sources here said Orkel Police station Sub-Inspector Manas Ranjan Swain intercepted a vehicle on Tuesday evening at ...

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Meet the perfect desktop vapes for passing around

... experience behind closed doors. Typically, desktop vapes are designed to stay put because they are both heavy and relatively large, which also means they can hold lots of weed. But as for Cloud EVO by VapeXhale, this desktop vape was made for passing around. Don't worry, it holds plenty of ganja ...

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Dopey plot: Denied bribe, RTO official tries to frame driving tutor with ganja

A PSI and a constable searched the car and found 1.2kg of ganja in it.“Madhav was visibly shocked that the police had seized the contraband,” the officer said. Investigators led by Kotturpuram assistant commissioner K N Sudharshan found that camera footage from the driving school showed Sathya ...

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Police drone spots 15000 cannabis plants growing on Italian tomato farm

See inside the ganja greenhouse in this video released by police. In an operation that began on Monday afternoon but was only made public two days later, police used a bulldozer to dig up the plants, which are of the cannabis sativa variety thought to produce a stronger high. The crop was taken away ...

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Liga's death exposes the vice-like grip of drugs mafia on tourism

Ganja, hashish and brown sugar are easily available. Drugs trade is facilitated by unregistered tourist guides, massage centres and locals with criminal background. Since it is a tourist spot, the excise department's hands are tied. Since raids and other actions could affect the business, they mostly turn a ...

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Cop suspended for fake ganja case

Chennai: A Head Constable attached to Abiramipuram police station was suspended from the service today after his role was established in implanting ganja inside a vehicle. This incident came to light when policemen found ganja packet inside a driving school owner Jagaveerapandian's four wheeler ...

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400 kg dry ganja seized, 3 held

The district police on Tuesday seized 400 kg dry ganja and arrested three of the seven smugglers near Nimmalapalem village under Mampa police station limits in Visakhapatnam agency. The arrested were identified as Vanthala Sattibabu (40), M. Veerababu (26) and V. Ramesh (21). while V Narayana ...

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Two booked for foisting ganja case

The police have registered a case against a motor vehicle Inspector of Mandaveli and a head constable attached to the Pattinapakkam Police Station for conspiring to foist a ganja case on a driving instructor. On April 17, Jaya Veerapandi Madav was returning in his car after producing it for fitness ...

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Minister tells youth to stay away from ganja

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (CMC) — A senior g overnment minister says he does not believe the move by the Gaston Browne Administration to decriminalise small portions of marijuana for personal use will lead to an increase in the drug by young people. Investment and Trade Minister Asot Michael told ...

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Mike Tyson's Company Just Partnered With a West Virgina Cannabis Farm

FLEMINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A company owned by former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson is teaming up with a West Virginia cannabis farm. News outlets report officials announced Monday that Tyson Holistic and West Virginia's Almost Heaven Agriculture are partnering to put a hemp ...

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Insurance Commissioner approves first coverage to protect property owners leasing to cannabis ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. May 1, 2018 – Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today he has approved the first insurance coverage for commercial landlords that addresses risks specific to renting to cannabis businesses. California Mutual Insurance Company is the first insurer in the state ...

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Up Cannabis Boosts Sales and Marketing Teams with Veteran Hires including VP Marketing and ...

TORONTO, May 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Newstrike Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:HIP) ("Newstrike" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Up Cannabis Inc. (“Up Cannabis”), has strengthened its senior management ranks with the appointments of industry ...

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The Low-Dose Cannabis Experience of Chef Luke Reyes

Reyes—along with business partners and friends Ryan Hope and Ben Gilovitz— recently founded La Hoja in Southern California, a cannabis catering and events company devoted to bringing the low-dose cannabis experience to dinner parties and events. For instance, they served their special ...

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Growing 4 cannabis plants for recreational use is not a 'grow-op,' expert says

During a Senate committee panel discussion on the Cannabis Act, CREA CEO Michael Bourque said though the bill wouldn't directly affect realtors, it will “impact their customers.” “Indoor cultivation can cause damage that will result in increased expenses, especially for landlords, who will then have to ...

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OrganiGram: Medical Cannabis Leader In The Maritimes

OrganiGram is a larger player in today's medical cannabis market. New facilities expect to increase total capacity to 113,000 kg/annual. Lack of recent progress on the domestic and international markets resulted in lackluster returns in the last year. Could be a takeout target for potential new entrants from ...

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A Charlotte vaping company has a new owner — in the cannabis industry

Kure Corp., a Charlotte-based operator of vaping lounges, has sold itself to a publicly traded Canadian company that makes cannabis-based consumer products. In the deal, investors in privately held Kure receive $15 million in Isodiol International shares, with the potential to receive another $35 million ...

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Dopey plot: Denied bribe, RTO official tries to frame driving tutor with ganja

Chennai: The city police on Tuesday arrested a repeat offender for planting 1.2kg of ganja in a car to frame a driving school owner for refusing to bribe a motor vehicle inspector in a conspiracy so implausibly dopey that investigators could be forgiven for thinking the perpetrators smoked some of the drug ...

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The gnarly rise of deadly fake pot, and my memories of days gone high

Just look in your kid's backpack. Or ask your babysitter. Or any of your kids' friends. Or a co-worker. Or the mailman. Or that nice produce dude at the Jewels. You catch my drift. With medical maryjane now legal in 20 states and recreational pot usage fully groovy in eight, there's ganja in the air, just like in ...

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Steep Hill Expands Global Footprint, Announces International License Agreements

BERKELEY, Calif., April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- PRESS RELEASE -- Jmîchaele Keller, CEO and chairman of the board of Steep Hill, Inc., a cannabis science, genetics, research, testing and analytics company, has announced that Steep Hill will expand into Mexico and six new European Union ...

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Ganja menace: Police keep tabs on tribals' bank details

Visakhapatnam: Rural police are monitoring the transactions in the bank accounts of tribals to eradicate the ganja menace in the Visakha agency. They are reportedly gathering details about the transactions made by tribals during the past one year in eight mandals such as GK Veedhi, Hukumpeta, ...

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The Low-Dose Cannabis Experience of Chef Luke Reyes

Reyes experimented with making pot brownies and ganja goo balls to sell at concerts for extra beer money. It wasn't until his hustle in New York restaurants years later that he would fall in love with more refined culinary endeavors. With some embellishment, Reyes talked his way into a job with celebrity ...

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Starting cannabis from seed? Here's help from a master gardener

There are two ways to begin growing a cannabis plant. The first is from seed and the second is from a clone. As my Green Thumb gardening project unfolds — growing marijuana for the first time, in my East Bay backyard — I'll start in here with the lessons I've been learning about seeds. (Clones, in ...

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Kush Bottles Joins MainStem Distribution Platform for Ancillary Cannabis Products

Through its partnership with MainStem, Kush Bottles will be able to tap into the dedicated MainStem customer base to distribute its ancillary cannabis products through a centralized sales platform that users can access directly from the 'BiotrackTHC' software, a leading seed-to-sale compliance software, ...

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California cannabis landlords would get insured under new state deal

Landlords who rent property to the cannabis industry can now be insured for any liability. California's state insurance commissioner, Dave Jones, announced the state office has approved California Mutual Insurance of Hollister to write Lessor's Risk coverage for property owners who are exposed to ...

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Olds College teams up with pot producer to offer cannabis courses

“We are pleased to be working with our new cannabis education and research industry advisory committee, made up of representatives from industry and the college, to create new programming and research opportunities that support the cannabis sector and provide new learning opportunities for our ...

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Cannabis Breakthrough: Precise Cannabinoid Delivery

Any marketing guru will tell you that the most successful products are those that precisely meet the user's needs while making as little fuss as possible. This has been a major issue in the cannabis market since day one because drug delivery methods were developed during an era of prohibition, forcing ...

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Push to Put MMJ Ballot Initiative to Idaho Voters Stalled

Advocates in Idaho have stopped collecting signatures for the ballot initiative to legalize medical cannabis in the state and the group behind the effort, the Idaho Medical Marijuana Association, has dissolved, according to a Spokesman-Review report. The organization's president, Tesla Gillespie, said ...

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Colorado Dispensary Faces Loss of All Cannabis Licenses for 'Looping' Scheme

Colorado's Sweet Leaf Marijuana Centers could lose its 26 retail, cultivation, and manufacturing licenses after a municipal hearing officer ruled that the company pocketed millions of dollars in a “looping” scheme that allowed customers to purchase the maximum amount of cannabis multiple times a day ...

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Iowa House GOP Threatens to Pull Opioid Bill over MMJ Amendment; Sponsor Pulls Amendment

Republicans in Iowa's House threatened to kill a bill to address opioid addiction if it included expanded medical cannabis language, forcing the amendment sponsor to withdraw the motion, the Des Moines Register reports. While the Senate is still considering a measure to remove the 3 percent THC cap ...

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Oklahoma Advocates Approved to Begin Collecting Legalization Petition Signatures

Advocates in Oklahoma have received state approval to begin collecting signatures for a ballot initiative asking voters whether to legalize both medical and recreational cannabis in November, according to a KOKH. The measure would add legalization to the state constitution, rather than as a law, which ...

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University of Colorado Showcases Cannabis Illustrations

Fisher recruited members of the Rocky Mountain Society of Botanical Artists to create a range of pencil and watercolor renditions of hemp and cannabis, showing both the anatomy and artistic values of the plants. Although purple and red hues and resin glands aren't unique to cannabis, getting serious ...

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Canadian Cannabis Producer Stocks Suffer Double-Digit Decline in April

The index, which included all 30 publicly-traded licensed producers at the beginning of April, is equal-weighted and rebalanced monthly. Each of the members is also included in a sub-index, with five in the Canadian Cannabis LP Tier 1 Index, fifteen in the Canadian Cannabis LP Tier 2 Index and ten in ...

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What is CBD oil, the cannabis-based supplement that experts say can treat anxiety and joint pain?

If you want a better night's sleep, a treatment for anxiety, or something to get rid of your aches and pains, the cannabis plant might not be your first port of call. But weed has hit the high street – in a manner of speaking, at least – and Brits seem to be tripping over themselves to pick some up. [Read more: ...

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These Canadian Cannabis Tech Companies Will Be Hot This Summer

This summer, Canada will likely pass monumental federal legislation to fully legalize cannabis for recreational purposes. Like U.S. businesses, many Canadian cannabis companies have been operating “on the fringes” of the business world because of the federal cannabis status. Very soon, this will no ...

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4/20 Then and Now: Longtime Growers Reflect on the Evolution of the High Holiday

The difference between this year's high holiday and the year before was astonishing. For years, thousands of fans of the herb have celebrated ganja on 4/20. But who would have imagined a day when Baby Boomers would join the party? And Republican senior citizens at that! It's a whole new ballgame, ...

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Smart Cannabis Corp Launches New Subsidiary to Leverage Full Spectrum Cannabis Cultivation ...

In essence, effectively seeking out locations and licenses where the company has the option to build-out turnkey facilities that offer nursery, cultivation, processing, manufacturing, and distribution - using equipment developed and installed by Smart Cannabis Corp. subsidiary, Next Generation Farming ...

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How Last Week Was for the Cannabis Sector

With last week's dismal performance, most of the cannabis stocks in the above chart have declined YTD (year-to-date). Aphria has fallen the most, by 51%, while Aurora Cannabis has fallen 35%. Emerald Health has fallen 33%, CannTrust has fallen 31%, and MedReleaf has fallen 26%. Canopy Growth ...

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5 tips for new cannabis patients

More than 7,000 people now carry medical marijuana ID cards to treat illness with cannabis, and thousands more seek them. However, it remains a legal conundrum when it comes to federal law, and it's still disparaged as weak science by some physicians. Uninformed patients risk getting frustrated or ...

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18-yr-old held with 2kg ganja

The narcotic substance is estimated to be worth Rs 6.4 lakh. Sayyed, a native of Karnataka, was arrested under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act. Margao: The Margao town police on Monday arrested Faizan Sayyed, 18, a resident of Sao Jose de Areal, after he was found in ...

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Should minnor cannabis convictions get quashed?

Seattle is quashing all minor cannabis convictions. So should New Zealand look at doing the same?

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Varanasi: 5 smugglers arrested, Ganja worth Rs 30 lakh seized

The packets of ganja were being unloaded from the truck to supply them to various districts through cars. The STF succeeded in nabbing five members including their kingpin Sudhir Singh of Buxur (Bihar), Pradeep Yadav, Shailendra Singh, both from Ghazipur district, Munni Lal alias Ravi from Odisha ...

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MariMed's Branded Cannabis Products Now Licensed & Distributed in Maryland Dispensaries

NEWTON, Mass. and HAGERSTOWN, Md., May 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MariMed Inc. (OTCQB:MRMD) has expanded the licensing and distribution of its branded cannabis product line into Maryland. These products are being produced by Kind Therapeutics USA (“Kind”) at its 100,000 sq. ft.

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Cannabis retailers may pay 10 times more for a business licence than Edmonton liquor stores ...

The $2,500 a year cost is on top of a one-time $5,600 development permit fee for cannabis retailers, bringing it to a potential total of $8,100 up front for retailers. The cost recommendation is the minimum needed to recover direct costs of legalizing marijuana, including bylaws and rezoning on the city's ...

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Pharmacist couple shares plans for medical cannabis dispensary

Shreveport, La. - Shreveport's first medical cannabis dispensary is on track to open by the end of this year. It will be operated by a husband and wife team who met in pharmacy school and have been working together ever since. They said they're goal is just to help patients. Working from behind a ...

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Sacramento cannabis event in limbo due to permit issues

Days before a huge cannabis trade show is scheduled to be held at Cal Expo, the City of Sacramento still hasn't approved its permit. The High Times Cannabis Cup is dubbed as the world's leading cannabis event and features pot sales, seminars and entertainers like Lauryn Hill, Lil Wayne and Ludacris ...

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Brooklyn cafe serving up cannabis-infused coffee

GREENPOINT, Brooklyn — If you're like millions of New Yorkers who can't get going in the morning without a cup of coffee, but find yourself a little too jittery from the caffeine, Samantha Hew may have the perfect solution: a little cannabis in your coffee. "CBD helps remove the jitters, the crash you get ...

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74 kg ganja seized from car, driver held

The personnel found three bags containing ganja weighing 74 kg and worth Rs. 7,40,000 in the vehicle. It was being smuggled from Andhra Pradesh to Bengaluru. The police arrested the car driver, Sunil Ashok Avat, 25, a resident of Halda village of Aurangabad in Maharashtra and confiscated the car.

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Bolero with 54 kg ganja seized, 2 peddlers held

Bhanjanagar police got a tip-off on the Ganja consignment which was being transported in a Bolero late in the night. After intercepting the vehicle on Nidhiapalli Road and conducting a thorough search police found 54 kg ganja from it and seized those. Two persons who were boarding the Bolero were ...

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Seniors discover the value of medical cannabis

They filled the Berger Center wall to wall on March 15 to learn about CBD, the cannabis compound that has significant medical benefits but does not make you feel high. Speaker Martin A. Lee, nationally recognized author/scientist and CBD scholar, underscored CBD's potential as a treatment for a wide ...

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Australian clinical trial set to study cannabis as insomnia treatment

A team of researchers from the University of Western Australia is set to embark on a world-first human clinical trial specifically examining the effects of medicinal cannabis on subjects suffering from chronic insomnia. The trial will be led by the university's Center for Sleep Science and run in conjunction ...

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Sacramento cannabis trade show faces permit issues

The High Times Cannabis Cup is dubbed as the world's leading cannabis event and features pot sales, seminars and entertainers like Lauryn Hill, Lil Wayne and Ludacris. The expo is supposed to light up Friday and last through Saturday. However, there's still at least one hurdle -- Sacramento officials ...

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Igniting A Powder Keg: Discussing Cannabis And Cryptocurrency With Dübercoin CEO Glenn ...

Cannabis and cryptocurrencies are two of the hottest topics in the investing world, and a Seattle-based company called düber is looking to bridge the gap between them. The company is planning a new cryptocurrency called dübercoin (DBR) that will be used to reward cannabis consumers, solve ...

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Grandevo CG and Venerate CG approved for use on cannabis by three states

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. a Davis-based provider of bio-based pest management and plant health products for the agriculture, turf and ornamental and water treatment markets, announces that Grandevo CG and Venerate CG, have been approved for use on cannabis by the Colorado, Nevada, and ...

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iAnthus Reports Cumulative US Cannabis Investment of $99 Million

“The past year has brought major developments for iAnthus, including acquisitions in the major east coast markets of Florida and New York, the continued buildout of a world-class operations team led by Carlos Perea (Chief Operating Officer), and the establishment of iAnthus as one of the U.S. cannabis ...

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Lee's cannabis bylaw faces turbulence at next week's annual town meeting

LEE — Town meeting representatives appear to be divided over allowing retail recreational marijuana businesses to open along the Route 20 business corridor. The split could kill a zoning proposal that seeks to regulate where the marijuana shops can open townwide. If the town does nothing to ...

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Realtors warn legal cannabis home cultivation could undermine property values

With the full legalization of recreational cannabis expected in just months, the country's real estate agents are warning that provisions allowing for home cultivation of marijuana plants could undermine property values. In an appearance before the Senate's social affairs committee now studying Bill C-45, ...

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How Autoflowering Cannabis is Changing the World of Growing

Over a decade ago a tiny strain called The Lowryder quietly changed the world of cannabis cultivation, and nobody noticed. This tiny plant introduced autoflowering marijuana to the world, which flowers on its own, as opposed to traditional 'photoperiod' cannabis which only flowers when exposed ...

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Mike Tyson company to partner with WV cannabis farm

A Mike Tyson-owned company plans to partner with a West Virginia greenhouse to grow and extract cannabis for use in its products. ... Bell said the former professional boxer was addicted to opioids, had back surgery and pain and post-traumatic stress disorder, all issues cannabis helped with.

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Moorenko's Ice Cream Introduces Cannabis Coffee to Silver Spring

Starting this month, customers walking into Moorenko's in downtown Silver Spring have another option to go along with cups of Cookie Overload or Moka Chocolate Chip. The ice cream shop is now serving cannabis-infused coffee. “It's not flashy; there aren't [marijuana] leaves painted on the windows,” ...

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Seattle Vacates Cannabis Arrests

On Friday, Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes cited an ACLU report showing that African Americans are arrested at a rate of three times that of whites for possession of cannabis, even though cannabis use between the African Americans and whites is equal. (This is a perfect example of "white privilege," if ...

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Cannabis Technology Company Steep Hill Expands into 7 New Countries with Licensing Deal

Steep Hill: Leading the Science of Cannabis. Globally. BERKELEY, Calif., April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Jmîchaeĺe Keller, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Steep Hill, Inc., the global leader in cannabis science, genetics, research, testing and analytics, announced today that Steep Hill will expand ...

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New app could make ganja use safer

A new app could make marijuana use safer by helping users understand how the drug is affecting them through a series of phone-based tasks. Developed by researchers at the University of Chicago in the United States, 'Am I Stoned' utilises tasks designed to test memory, reaction time and attention ...

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Zimbabwe to charge marijuana growers $50000

... decision on #Zimbabwe's ganja project for medicinal & scientific purposes was first made by Cabinet before the coup at the instigation of VP P Mphoko. This followed two successful ganja-therapy trials, initiated by Mphoko, on two skin cancer patients!https://t.co/zlEAyA9v1s pic.twitter.com/jsRbrVq27H.

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Ganja swoop on Hill

Several arrests were made during Reggae on the Hill on Sunday, including of this man, who found himself in the grip of the law. (Picture by Insight Digital.) MORE ARTICLES. Flow opens new City store Read More · Lenstec Barbados wins legal battle Read More · People's person 'Foffie' laid to rest ...

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DRI officials seize ganja worth Rs 1.67 crore in Andhra Pradesh

VIJAYAWADA: Sleuths of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) - Vijayawada, intercepted a vehicle and seized 1085 kg ganja worth Rs 1.67 crore on Monday.Based on specific intelligence that prohibited psychotropic drug was being illegally transported, the officers from DRI launched an operation ...

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Kushy Punch and “The Nightmare” Make Boxing History: First Canna-Business to Sponsor Title ...

Carson, Calif. (April 30, 2018) — Kushy Punch, a premium cannabis brand, proudly announces its partnership with VANES “THE NIGHTMARE ” MARTIROSYAN (36-3-1, 21 KOs), in his upcoming title boxing match against undefeated World Middleweight Champion GENNADY “GGG” GOLOVKIN (37-0-1 ...

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Investing in Australia's Cannabis Industry: 5 Companies to Watch

Those aiming to capitalize on cannabis have learned that looking abroad can be a lucrative alternative to investing in companies focused on the United States, where cannabis remains federally illegal. The best example, of course, is Canada, which has seen incredible gains in the stocks of its licensed ...

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Illegal exports of Canadian cannabis products top CA$1 billion in 2017

Over 1 billion Canadian dollars ($780 million) of cannabis products were shipped from Canada last year through unregulated channels, according to a preliminary estimate from the government's statistics agency. The figure includes shipments approved by the regulatory body overseeing medical ...

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18-yr-old held with 2kg ganja

Margao: The Margao town police on Monday arrested Faizan Sayyed, 18, a resident of Sao Jose de Areal, after he was found in possession of 2kg of ganja. He was nabbed red-handed at Moti Dongor where he had come to deliver the consignment. The narcotic substance is estimated to be worth Rs 6.4 ...

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Drug peddling: Two persons held in Kochi

Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the secret location at Cheppanam where the accused had been staying and seized drugs, including MDMA, Hashish and ganja, among other things. According to officers, Bashar Kamal, who pursues a pharmacy course at a private college in Erode Tamil Nadu, was ...

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Oakland lawmaker pushes bill to protect medical cannabis users

Oakland lawmaker pushes bill to protect medical cannabis users. XXXX YYYYYY. THE PRESS ... If passed into law, the bill would prohibit California employers from firing workers or job applicants who are medical marijuana patients and test positive for cannabis. To read the full story, click here.

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Study: Frequent Cannabis Use Unrelated To Brain Morphology

The frequent use of cannabis is not associated with changes in brain structure, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Addiction. An international team of scientists from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom assessed the relationship between habitual cannabis ...

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Medical cannabis among issues left on table by Tenn. lawmakers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - Some issues that attracted a lot of attention this year on Tennessee's Capitol Hill were left on the table, but most are likely to come back next year. A bill to allow people to use medical cannabis in a non-smoking form for certain diseases like cancer was withdrawn in the ...

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Global Cannabis Partnership announces media partners

The Global Cannabis Partnership is developing a worldwide corporate social responsibility standard related to the production, marketing, sales, after-sales service and informed consumption of legal, adult-use recreational cannabis. Through their content, Civilized and Business of Cannabis will be ...

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Some Think Legal Cannabis Might Be Dragging Down Craft Beer Sales

Deschutes Brewery CEO Michael LaLonde tells The Bend Bulletin that legalized cannabis has affected sales. “It's so potent today. Someone might go and have a beer and do some edibles, and the combination of those two things means they don't consume as much alcohol,” he said. But Elan Walsky ...

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Sask. has lowest provincial rate of cannabis consumption per capita: StatsCan

Saskatchewan people consume 16 grams of cannabis each per year on average, according to Statistics Canada. StatsCan released new region-specific information Monday about cannabis consumption and production across Canada. It included both the medical and illegal cannabis use. It says that in ...

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Aurora Cannabis, Cronos Group, Maricann Group: Canada Cannabis Roundup

The first release addressed what turns out to be an assertion by a writer in the Australian Financial Review that suggested Aurora was preparing to swallow a cannabis licensee in Australia called Cann Group Limited. The article, entitled “Aurora stalks Cann-do company” speculates that Aurora, who is ...

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News on the Go

According to the ganja growers, the legalisation of ganja is the best way to transform the local cannabis industry and to help reposition Jamaica as a major player in the international cannabis market. The group continue to lament that traditional ganja cultivators, a number of them being of the Rastafarian ...

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Lexaria Technology Brings "Fast-Acting" to Nuka's 1906 Cannabis Products with 10-Year Deal ...

KELOWNA, British Columbia, April 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NetworkWire -- Lexaria Bioscience Corp. (OTCQX:LXRP) (CSE:LXX), an innovator in drug delivery platforms, today announced a major new licensing agreement with Nuka Enterprises LLC, maker of 1906 brand cannabis ...

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Provincial Preview: British Columbia poised to play major role in Canada's cannabis industry

(This is the sixth installment in a series over the next few months that will look at the marijuana markets in each of Canada's provinces and territories. Other installments: Alberta, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec.) Cannabis businesses in British Columbia can leverage decades of market ...

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Global Cannabis Partnership announces media partners

Global Cannabis Partnership announces media partners. Civilized and Business of Cannabis support first-of-its-kind global. CSR initiative. SAINT JOHN, NB , April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - The Global Cannabis. Partnership is pleased to announce two founding media partners,. Civilized Worldwide Inc.

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Some Think Legal Cannabis Might Be Dragging Down Craft Beer Sales

After years of double-digit growth, Oregon's craft beer sales are slowing. Some think legal cannabis might be playing a role. Deschutes Brewery CEO Michael LaLonde tells The Bend Bulletin that legalized cannabis has affected sales. “It's so potent today. Someone might go and have a beer and do ...

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Lauryn Hill, Cypress Hill, Gucci Mane: Here's the Music Lineup for Cannabis Cup Central Valley

After the epic lineup at the SoCal Cannabis Cup, we're excited to announce another roster full of Grammy award-winning and legendary musical acts for the Central Valley Cannabis Cup at the Cal Expo Fairgrounds in Sacramento.

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25-year-old arrested for smuggling ganja worth Rs 7L, car seized

Vellore: Sleuths of the Vellore unit of the Narcotic Intelligence Bureau (NIB) on Sunday arrested a 25-year-old man for smuggling 74kg of ganja in a car. The police seized ... On checking the vehicle, the police team found three bags of ganja, totally weighing 74kg, worth Rs 7.4 lakh. The police arrested ...

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In Advance of Legalization, Ottawa Offers A Crash Course in Cannabis Law

Along with her colleague Joël M. Dubois, partner at PRH&McD, Wallace will be teaching the course as a survey of the many different possible impacts that recreational cannabis legalization will have on the law—and the possibilities, she says, are widespread. Today's legal students will emerge as ...

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Is microdosing the future of cannabis?

As weed is legalized and becomes more mainstream, cannabis products seem to be getting “weaker” rather than stronger. This trend toward microdosing and low-THC products is, in part, to appeal to a wider audience of new and inexperienced users. But, it's also helping veteran stoners stay medicated ...

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VIDEO: Civilized is a Modern Cannabis Brand Breaking Stereotypes

Civilized.Life CEO Derek Riedle talks about Civilized the lifestyle brand. They are working on the social aspects of cannabis to change the perception from the negative to making it part of a healthy, informed and successful part of people's lifestyle. “Cannabis information for Grown-ups” is how Derek ...

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5 Cannabis Products That You Might Not Know Exist

Cannabis infusions have come a long way since the simple brownie. Not to knock a favorite in the least, but only to say that with the market expansion new, bold remedies are hitting the shelves in medicinal and legal states across the nation. Even edibles period are pretty well covered and explored.

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Perpetual Adolescence Makes America Go to Pot

With enthusiastic health narcs all around us we get nothing but silence when it comes to ganja. I assume the reason for this is that a sizeable portion of the adult American population is in a state of perpetual adolescence. Nobody wants to be labeled as un-cool by telling it like it is when it comes to pot.

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500 packets of ganja seized, 2 held

Vijayawada: Officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Vijayawada, arrested two persons and seized ganja weighing 1,085 kgs valued at Rs 1.62 crore from a cargo vehicle on the National Highway near LEPL ICON complex in the city. The Tata Cargo vehicle was carrying Sodium Bi ...

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Commentary: Is CEQA sine qua non for changes to cannabis cultivation ordinance in Nevada ...

NEVADA CITY, Calif. April 30, 2018 – The Nevada County Board of Supervisors (BOS) will hold another special meeting tomorrow, May 1st, to discuss changes to the Cannabis Cultivation Ordinance. CEQA, the California Environmental Quality Act, looms large in the discussion. But, is a full ...

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Medical Cannabis Dispensary Culta Opens on Key Highway in Federal Hill

Medical cannabis (marijuana) dispensary Culta opened at 215 Key Hwy. in Federal Hill last week. The 2,500 sq. ft. space, which underwent a renovation, was the former home of BB&T. Culta has a group of owners and investors and is led by President Mackie Barch. In addition to its dispensary in ...

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Construction industry worried about workers using cannabis on the job

Union leaders are also unimpressed with the federal government's plan to legalize cannabis, with FTQ Construction head Yves Ouellet calling it amateurish. Others are worried that youth don't believe there are any harmful effects of cannabis and as a result may think it's acceptable to come to work while ...

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Medicating in Wartime: The Cannabis Legacy of Vietnam Veterans

Cannabis grew wild in Vietnam and access to “reefer” was never an issue for U.S. military personnel. “Over there we were getting the premium stuff—no stems and seeds,” said John Adams, a retired computer engineer living in Riverside, California. Adams served two tours in Vietnam as a U.S. Marine in ...

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Cannabis organization proposes national advertising regulations

“As cannabis's legitimacy increases, it becomes increasingly more important for the industry to be appropriate in the types of claims it's making,” said Doug Fischer, chief legal officer and head of national standards development at NACB. “The increasing government interest certainly makes it more ...

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Sahtu chiefs disappointed after being 'shot down' on cannabis ownership proposal

Some Sahtu chiefs in the Northwest Territories are disappointed the territorial government won't let their First Nations sell cannabis when it becomes legalized. Colville Lake Chief Wilbert Kochon said he and other leaders in the region had a property in Norman Wells lined up last year from which they ...

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Vijayawada: DRI seizes 1085 kgs cannabis, two held

During the search the officers recovered about 1085.5 kgs of Cannabis (Ganja)," the DRI said in a release. "According to the documentation, it shows that the vehicle was carrying Sodium Bi Chromate as per the Invoice issued by an establishment situated at Parwada, Visakhapatnam," the release added ...

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Zimbabwe legalizes cannabis cultivation, becomes 2nd African nation to adopt MMJ

Zimbabwe legalized the cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and scientific purposes, making it only the second country in Africa to lay the groundwork for a medical marijuana industry. Details of the country's cannabis regulations were announced in the government gazette on Friday, according to ...

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The Strange Patchwork of Edibles Regulations

Care for some cannabis-infused pumpkin pie? Then hopefully you don't reside in Washington state, where the government prohibits the sale of marijuana pumpkin pie, custard pie or anything prepared with egg. This is just one of the many peculiar and specific state regulations on edibles that legislators ...

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Cricket fundraiser being held for Antiguan football officials on drug rap in Jamaica

Further suggestions are that he was bewildered that his luggage was found to contain the drug in two rectangular packages, said to weigh a shade under four pounds, as he was, over the years, not known to be involved in either smoking or selling of ganja or any other substance, including tobacco, ...

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Seattle Officials Move to Toss Misdemeanor Cannabis Convictions

Officials in Seattle, Washington have filed a motion in Seattle Municipal Court to vacate all convictions for misdemeanor cannabis possession for anyone arrested in the city – a total of 542 people. Mayor Jenny Durkan said her office made the request because “it makes little sense for so many in [Seattle] ...

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Vijayawada: DRI seizes 1085 kgs cannabis, two held

Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr. 30 : Two people have been arrested along with a total of 1,085.5 kgs of cannabis from a vehicle by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada city on Monday. Around 500 packets of Ganja were recovered during the probe and ...

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How to score passes to Tuesday's Cannabis Learn Conference

Philly Tech Week 2018 presented by Comcast is set to feature the “largest gathering of cannabis business investors, technologists, researchers, healthcare professionals, and ancillary service providers on the East Coast,” according to organizers of the Cannabis Learn Conference and Expo.

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Residents offered help with medical cannabis applications

ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC) - The Rock Island County Health Department is offering help to residents in Illinois who are wanting to apply for a state medical cannabis cards. This will begin on Friday, May 4. “We are pleased to offer help with the application process for a medical cannabis registration card ...

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Smoking cannabis in parked car wins prize for stupidity, says judge

A JUDGE said that it 'beggared belief' that an adult would be stupid enough to smoke cannabis on the seafront at 11am, as he sentenced Mark Hearn to 200 hours of community service and a £2000 fine.

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Aurora Cannabis and Mitacs to Fund Research Project on Health and Economic Outcomes of ...

TSX: ACB. EDMONTON, April 30, 2018 /CNW/ - Aurora Cannabis Inc. ("Aurora" or the "Company") (TSX: ACB) (OTCQB: ACBFF) (Frankfurt: 21P; WKN: A1C4WM) today announced that the Company and Mitacs, a national, not-for-profit research and training organization, have partnered to fund a ...

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Vijayawada: DRI seizes 1085 kgs cannabis, two held

Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Apr. 30 (ANI): Two people have been arrested along with a total of 1,085.5 kgs of cannabis from a vehicle by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in Andhra Pradesh's Vijayawada city on Monday. Around 500 packets of Ganja were recovered during the probe ...

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Maine Gov. Again Vetoes Rec. Cannabis Implementation Bill

Maine Gov. Paul LePage has, again, vetoed legislation to implement the regulatory structure for the voter-approved cannabis legalization regime. In his veto message, LePage cites federal law, the “failings” of the state's medical cannabis program, and his desire to see the medical and recreational ...

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Zimbabwe Legalizes Medical Cannabis Cultivation

Zimbabwe has opened applications for licenses to cultivate cannabis for medical and research purposes, according to a Reuters report. The approval makes Zimbabwe the second country in Africa to legalize cannabis cultivation after Lesotho approved its own regulations last year. The licenses will be ...

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Illinois Legislature Considering Bills to Allow MMJ Use for Opioid Dependence and Schoolchildren

The Illinois legislature is considering bills to make two changes to the state's medical cannabis system – one would allow parents to give their children medical cannabis on school grounds, and another to allow physicians to recommend medical cannabis as an alternative to opioids and allow people ...

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Zimbabwe Legalizes Ganja For Medical Use

Zimbabwe has made it legal to produce marijuana for medicinal and scientific uses. It follows in the footsteps of Lesotho, the tiny nation which last year became the first in Africa to issue a license for medical marijuana. Zimbabwe has been considering legalising the drug for a number of months, and will ...

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Health Ministry heads look at medical cannabis reform up close

Health Ministry heads look at medical cannabis reform up close. “The move will prevent suffering from those who are required to use this medically [and] deal with the unnecessary bureaucracy that exists in the field,” Litzman said. By Judy Siegel-Itzkovich. April 30, 2018 17:38. 1 minute read. > Finance ...

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Alberta comes in third for cannabis use per person, new StatsCan data finds

Canadians consumed more than 20 grams of marijuana per person last year, spending $5.6 billion on the product, according to estimates from the government statistics agency. Alberta placed third among provinces in per capita cannabis use in 2017 at 24.1 grams person, trailing Nova Scotia at 27.1 ...

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Cannabis and cognition

Cannabis exposure in adolescents and young adults is not associated with any significant long-term detrimental effects on cognitive performance and it may have been overstated in previous reports, according to a systematic literature review published in the JAMA Psychiatry journal. Short term ...

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Five men convicted of drug trafficking in cannabis dealing ring facing inevitable prison sentences

Five men have been convicted by a jury of drug trafficking after more than 4kg of cannabis was found in homes on Teesside. Dealers in an organised weed dealing ring made £1,000 to £2,000 a day and took about 50 trips between Teesside and Manchester or Leeds in 18 months, a jury heard.

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