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All around the world, different countries are considering the question of whether to legalize marijuana for medical purposes, as well as the growing of hemp for industrial uses. There have been any number of reports and studies to gain support for this movement showing that medical cannabis...

On Tuesday, Colombia legalized medical marijuana through a decree signed by President Juan Manuel Santos, which regulates the cultivation, processing, import and export of cannabis and its derivatives for therapeutic purposes. Colombia thus joins Mexico, 23 states in the U.S., and Uruguay, which...

The eventual fate of 2016's version of the pro-medical marijuana Amendment 2 is still up in the air, yet one of the state's primary beneficiaries of the "Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014," which has facilitated the slow-motion deployment of Charlotte's Web to some with qualifying...

The eventual fate of 2016's version of the pro-medical marijuana Amendment 2 is still up in the air, yet one of the state's primary beneficiaries of the "Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act of 2014," which has facilitated the slow-motion deployment of Charlotte's Web to some with qualifying...

Costa Mesa — Attorneys for the Costa Mesa Police Department filed a motion Monday seeking to move from state to federal court a lawsuit alleging officers exceeded their legal authority when they raided a former medical marijuana dispensary. Lawyers Dennis M. Cota and Daniel S. Roberts, who...

Costa Mesa — A raid by Costa Mesa police at a medical marijuana dispensary that was caught on hidden cameras is being challenged by an attorney who alleges officers exceeded their legal authority during the operation. "These guys were doing this to shut down a business without due process...

The November ballot in Costa Mesa will get a bit longer after City Council members decided Tuesday night to put city-authored initiatives on medical marijuana and growth up for a public vote this fall. Council members voted 3-2 to approve the proposed growth initiative, which was pitched as a...

PROMED, the Council for the International Promotion of Costa Rica Medicine will host the Latin America Medical Cannabis Conference in Costa Rican on July 27-29th as part of ExpoMed series. PROMED is a private not-for-profit organization, which coordinates the quality control and international...

Tuesday was a big day for marijuana news in Costa Rica. Medical marijuana advocates made their case at the Legislative Assembly in San José, an Alajuela lawyer got off the hook for growing pot on his roof, and the Public Security Ministry announced a two-metric-ton marijuana seizure in...

There is a verb from the Psychedelic '60s that describes a particular kind of selfish act: bogart. Floridians can slightly adapt the derisive term to describe the behavior of agribusinesses and politicians who are rigging the state's medical marijuana law for the benefit of a few influential...

There is a verb from the Psychedelic '60s that describes a particular kind of selfish act: bogart. Floridians can slightly adapt the derisive term to describe the behavior of agribusinesses and politicians who are rigging the state's medical marijuana law for the benefit of a few influential...