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Industrial hemp being harvested |
Uruguay has pulled into the lead in becoming the first country in South America to authorize the cultivation of industrial hemp, Paula Alvarado reports at Treehugger.com.
Photo: Lossenelin |
Industrial hemp being harvested |
Uruguay has pulled into the lead in becoming the first country in South America to authorize the cultivation of industrial hemp, Paula Alvarado reports at Treehugger.com.
Photo: Cannabis Culture |
Some unfortunate inmates who thought they’d be high for the holidays got the equivalent of coal in their stockings this weekend.
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An opium poppy field in Afghanistan. Slit marks on the bulbs are where raw opium has been harvested. |
Thousands of additional Marines flooding into Afghanistan’s opium-growing interior won’t go after those growing the crops, the commander in the area said, according to Reuters.
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Sativex, which contains cannabinoids THC and CBD, is effective in reducing cancer pain. |
Cancer patients who used a cannabis mouth spray had their level of pain reduced by 30 percent, a study has shown, according to BBC.
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Spend those government checks wisely. |
A jailed marijuana grower in the United Kingdom was given a government “crisis” loan after his release from jail — which he then used to set up another pot farm.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection unmanned drone: Big Brother is watching you. |
The U.S. Homeland Security Department is expanding its use of unmanned drone aircraft, widely used in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other war zones, beyond the Mexican and Canadian borders to the Caribbean and possibly elsewhere.
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Honduran police face a tough fight with drug traffickers, despite plenty of Yankee dollars. |
The top anti-drug cop in Honduras was killed by unidentified gunmen on Tuesday, a national police spokesman told CNN, Mariano Castillo reports.
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Five of these? Yes, please. (Super Silver Haze sativa/indica hybrid) |
The government of the Czech Republic in eastern Europe will allow ordinary citizens to grow up to five marijuana plants starting Jan. 1, 2010.
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Alam Setiawan, 39, being led out of court Friday after being sentenced to death. |
Marijuana can’t kill you, but marijuana laws can. A 39-year-old Indonesian laborer on Friday was sentenced to death for the trafficking of cannabis.
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Verne Prison on the Isle of Portland, henceforth forever known as “that prison that lets prisoners grow weed.” |
British prison guards unwittingly allowed a convicted drug dealer to grow marijuana in his cell — and even decorate one four-foot plant as a Christmas tree.