There’s plenty of sand in Morocco, so burying 9.2 tonnes of cannabis resin bales in the middle of it might have made perfect sense to drug dealers. But the bid to escape detection by using an obvious hiding place didn’t...
It’s a great time for cannabis in the U.S. Following the November elections, cannabis was decriminalized in some states and different medical and recreational programs were put in motion.
With this new wave of acceptance...
Like many chronic lifestyle-related diseases, inflammation is at the core. Obesity may be no different.
When it comes to obesity, doctors oftentimes prescribe medications to treat the accompanying co-morbidities, such...
A Guyanese husband and wife were arrested after police found several large parcels of cannabis weighing more than four kilograms stashed inside a barrel hidden in the bottom level of their home.
Anonymous tip leads to police...
Anti-drug laws are putting a damper on fully exploring marijuana’s potential with respect to its possible health-helping benefits and how cannabis genomics may contribute to meeting that goal.
Researchers at Australia’s...
A dramatic, high-speed car crash in South Yorkshire on the morning of Feb. 17 left heaps of cannabis strewn on a roadway and sent one person to hospital with minor injuries.
The collision at about 6:20 a.m. occurred on the...
Amidst a sea of snow-covered roofs in Erdington, U.K., local police constables patrolling the area on Jan. 6 grew suspicious when they saw one roof had no snow at all, not even a dusting.
Electrical fire in illegal grow-op...
The U.K.’s West Midlands Police (WMP) reports it is doing what it can to clamp down on area drug dens run by crime groups, as evidenced by the £87 million ($150 million) worth of weed it seized in 2020.
Focusing on large...
The rising tide of legal cannabis commerce is finally attracting the attention of so-called “Big Beer” corporations, and with good reason. Over the past seven years, home and craft brewers carved a niche for themselves...
A joint operation earlier this week ended with Irish authorities discovering about 129 kilograms of a substance believed to be cannabis and having an estimated street value of 2.58 million euros ($4 million).
Two men, aged...
It may not be the usual transaction in cannabis stores, but Territory Dispensary is betting that both shelter puppies and weed consumers will win big thanks to its Pups and Prerolls fundraising event this Saturday.
The idea...
A National Police Air Service helicopter was recently enlisted as part of Metropolitan Police’s operation to help take down a £1 million ($1.7 million) weed grow-op in southeast London believed to be lining the pockets...
One can only imagine what evidence of joints smoked in days, weeks and years gone by remain in Mike Tyson’s body, but that level won’t matter since weed will not be on the drug-testing menu for his upcoming fight with...
Two Canadian cannabis companies are among a mere handful of businesses to be providing cannabis-related products for a medical marijuana trial in France involving 3,000 patients.
After being judged on product, manufacturing...
An Irish man driving an agricultural tractor was recently stopped at a routine checkpoint in County Donegal and found to have both cannabis and cocaine in his system.
The checkpoint in Ballyshannon was done shortly before...
The National Basketball Association (NBA) will reportedly continue its policy of not testing players for cannabis when the 2020-2021 season begins later this month.
Reporter Ben Dowsett broke the news in a series of tweets...
Seasoned cannabis users don’t tend to stumble into bad highs or a bong that smokes poorly. These people tend to be ready when it’s time to smoke, having the necessary tools at hand to get high as smoothly and as efficiently...
When it comes to how Americans treat their various health conditions, more of them are now looking to medical marijuana in states where it is legal. The fear of opioid addiction, deadly overdose and other downfalls of prescription...
A Florida couple has been arrested for child neglect following two years of providing their underage babysitter and her friends with access to alcohol and cannabis in their home.
Adam Thayer, who is the dean of students at...
The world of edibles can be overwhelming for those with no previous experience. In the U.S., there are all types and dosages available, not to mention their reputation for resulting in bad highs. It’s easy to turn away...
An illegal cannabis cultivator in South Australia went to great lengths to fashion a complicated and well-secured hiding place for 65 immature plants, but the police found them anyway.
The potted plants and associated equipment...
Mississippi may be among the states to legalize medical cannabis this election, according to a recent poll. Though some suggest state lawmakers have attempted to undermine the measure, a strong contingency of bipartisan voters...
A Canadian study of patients seeking medical cannabis to treat chronic pain found that women reported more pain intensity than men and that opioid use was almost halved for those who remained in the study until the end.
“Female...
Australian researchers are cautioning that unrestricted access to YouTube videos that portray vaping cannabis as fun could up weed use in adolescents.
Of concern was that more than half, 52 per cent, of the videos included...
With President-elect Joe Biden planning to sign as many as 15 executive orders during his first day in office, cannabis reform will have to wait, but the question is for how long?
Both Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala...
David Beckham-backed Cellular Goods PLC, a U.K.-based provider of premium consumer products based on biosynthetic cannabinoids, is hoping to become the first company of its kind to join the main market of the London Stock...
Doctors need to speak to patients with asthma about their cannabis use and its possible effects, suggests a new U.S. study that found half of the participants smoked weed despite having uncontrolled asthma.
Published last...
Island living does have some downsides.
With COVID-19 keeping cannabis in short supply, shipments of drugs to the small island of Jersey almost doubled during the pandemic as more familiar avenues to illegal substances were...
An Irish man in his 30s faces several drug charges after a joint investigation by Revenue’s Customs Service and the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau revealed 31 kilograms of cannabis with an estimated street...
South by Southwest (SXSW) is moving online for 2021 and Texas’ own Willie Nelson will be one of the headliners.
“No individual has had the cultural impact on, or been more synonymous with, the creative vibrancy of Austin...
Indian temples that allow using cannabis during specific celebrations to achieve enlightenment may need to rethink their practices if police in the state of Belagavi make good on their pledge to crack down on such uses.
“We’re...
Shortly after 4 a.m. this morning, Michael Thompson, 69, was released from prison in Jackson, Mich., after spending 25 years behind bars.
In 1994, Thompson sold three pounds (1.3 kg) of cannabis to an undercover police informant....
Language is an ever-evolving thing and cannabis slang has mirrored that to keep pace with changing times, with terms such as weed and bud standing the test of time while other, arguably more interesting names have fallen...