Category Archives: World Cannabis News
When a Drug Crime means the Death Penalty
A report released on Monday, says that the number of drug offender that are executed each year for a drug crime tops 1,000. The report from the International Harm Reduction Association was released in Vienna and says that the number of executions over a drug crime is declining and has been since the 1980.
Legal Immigrants Face Deportation for Low Level Cannabis Crime
Mr. Lemaine, whose father is a United States citizen, faced an immigration judge in Harlingen, Tex., almost 2,000 miles from his home. The judge decided that under Fifth Circuit rulings, two marijuana violations made Mr. Lemaine a “recidivist felon” ineligible for bond or for any relief from deportation, even though his first marijuana offense had been dismissed, was for a very small amount of marijuana and happened when the now 28 year old was a teenager.
Australians Given Special Permission to Grow Hemp; Plan Film on Cannabis

A couple in Australia are working overtime to educate their country about the value of Hemp. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the pair have become the first Australians to own and grow a licensed industrial hemp crop and they are recording the whole experience on video in order to teach others about the versatile [...]
El Paso weighs in on the Violence in Juarez;

The city council of El Paso, heard more than two hours of testimony about the resolution written by City Representative Beto O’Rourke and Steve Ortega. The resolution called for a presidential summit on the drug war and for the US government to make it one of its top foreign policy priorities. It also will allowed asylum opportunities for individuals and families who are threatened and fear for their lives in Juarez. The most discussed portion of the resolution was a paragraph about supporting legalized marijuana
Former Mexican Official Urges Both Mexico and the US – Legalize Marijuana!
ormer Mexican foreign minister said the United States and Mexico should both legalize marijuana in an attempt to break the power of the Mexican drug cartels and end the spiraling violence south of the border. Jorge Castaneda says that marijuana should be legalized in both countries and says that the DEA says that 60 percent of the Mexican drug cartel’s profits come from marijuana
Obama Nominates Leonhart as the Head of the DEA

President Barack Obama nominates Michele Leonhart to remain the head of the DEA. Some critics of the Leonhart nomination say that reaffirming Bush policies by retaining his worst appointees is disappointing to say the least. Leonhart was front and center during the federal closing of California dispensaries during the Bush years.
California Employers Fear Passage of Prop 19
Colorado Allowing Cities to Ban Dispensaries Gets Challenged
California’s Prop 19 Initiative Is Looking for a Sugar Daddy
Montana Medical Marijuana Program Has a Wild Week
Video – Allen St. Pierre of NORML Shoots Down Heritage Foundation’s Darling
Global Marijuana March Celebrated in Over 300 Cities!
Rest In Peace. You Will Be Missed.
Idaho Hemp Resolution Falters in Committee with 5-5 Tie Vote
Minnesota State Marijuana Farming Bill Introduced
Ohio Man Takes His Own Life After Being Arrested for Pot
The First Dispensary Grower Tried in Federal Court Headed Back to Prison
Cannabis- An App for That!
Iowa Eyes Medical Marijuana
First Government Research Data in 20 Years Affirm Cannabis is Medicine
Video – Jack Herer on Hemp
Video – Cannabis College
Obama Nominates Leonhart as the Head of the DEA
Public Service Announcement of the Day
Jim Hightower and his take on Marijuana
Michigan Legislators Trying to Foil Voter Approved Law
Cheryl Shuman testifies in front of the LA City Council
South Dakotans will file a petition to vote on Medical Marijuana
Video – Marijuana and the Law
Woman asks: ‘Why should they arrest me with Indian hemp on my way to India?’
New Jersey is the 14th State to Allow Medical Cannabis
Colorado Green-Rush enters the History Books
If We Have Every Security in Place, Then Could We Achieve a Drug Free Society?
Hawaii is about to get even more Laid Back….
Seattle’s new city attorney to dismiss cases of Cannabis Possession
No Links Between Cannabis and Suicide Risks. A New Look at an Old Study
More Than Half of Washingtonians are Ready to Legalize Cannabis
Legislative Body Votes Yes to allow California Legalization Bill
In Just One County in California…
Lawmakers in Kansas now going after “fake” marijuana
Hemp Clothing Store Opens in China
Legalize marijuana? Not So Fast, Says the LA Times
Romer’s Colorado Bill Dies before the Session Even Opens
Rick Steves to host Olympia talk on Cannabis
Denver man charged in Tuesday’s Shooting
Colorado Judge Cross Rules that Patients have the Right to Buy Cannabis
Pennsylvania Lawmaker goes after Drug Free School Zones
North Dakota says Okay, Feds just say NO to Hemp
Are Amsterdam Coffee Houses in Danger?
Tragic shooting in Denver Leaves One Man Dead
Nevada gambles on Legalization in 2011
B.C. Company Sells 10,000 Lbs. of High-tech Hemp
Michigan Cities differ in dealing with Dispensaries
What is so complicated about acknowledging America’s cannabis use?
Colorado judge rules that medical marijuana users in state have right to buy Pot
Upbeat Marc Emery On Way To Jail