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Monsanto, Bayer, and the Push for Corporate Cannabis

Edit CounterPunch 08 Jul 2016
Since the cultivation of cannabis plants in Uruguay is allowed, one can easily imagine ... The next stage in continuing this control is in the regulation, licensing and taxation of Cannabis cultivation and use through the only practical means available to the corporate system, which is through genetic engineering and patenting of the Cannabis genome....

Man charged after police seize 11 cannabis plants - Marmong Point (Lake Macquarie) (NSW Police Force)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016
Man charged after police seize 11 cannabis plants - Marmong Point (Lake Macquarie) ... He was taken to Belmont Police Station where he was charged with supply drug, possess drug over an indictable quantity and less then commercial quantity and eleven counts of possess prohibited drug and cultivate cannabis plants....

Speke man sentenced to eight months in prison following discovery of cannabis farm (Merseyside Police)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016
A Speke man has today, Friday 8 July, been sentenced to eight months in prison following the discovery of a cannabis farm. Karl Masterson, 30, of East Millwood Road, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court after pleading guilty to production of Class B drugs (cannabis), possession of Class B drugs and abstracting electricity ... 'Cannabis cultivation can cause serious harm in our communities ... Cannabis farms are a serious fire risk....

Trade organization to serve as voice for marijuana entrepreneurs amid regulatory uncertainty

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 08 Jul 2016
8, potential cannabis entrepreneurs are faced with two major challenges ... Those challenges comprised the major theme of the Ohio Cannabis Association's public forum Wednesday night ... cultivators, processors, testing laboratories and dispensaries ... Andy Johnson, the CEO of Apeks Supercritical, an Ohio company that produces machinery to extract cannabis oil from marijuana leaves, has his livelihood riding on those regulations....

Firearms seized Livingstone (Northern Territory Police)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016
(Source. Northern Territory Police). Friday 08-Jul-2016 16.22 ... 'Attending Officers immediately notice unsecured firearms and ammunition in the house. Loaded firearms were also discovered,' she said ... Officers also discovered several cannabis plants and Detectives from the Drug and Organised Crime Squad charged a 34-year-old female with cultivation and possession of a dangerous drug....

Cannabis Science-Sponsored "We Cann Mix - An Experience in Diversity" Deemed a Remarkable Success

Edit Stockhouse 08 Jul 2016
IRVINE, CA--(Marketwired - Jul 8, 2016) - Cannabis Science, Inc ... company specializing in the development of cannabis-based medicines, partnered with The Joey Network to sponsor the "We Cann Mix - An Experience in Diversity" on June 24, 2016, bringing industry professionals and political leaders together for the education and networking in medicinal cannabis ... The CanI?Liv Foundation, an organization for the good of cannabis patients....

Cannabis Use Could Blunt Your Response to Rewards, Study Suggests

Edit Huffington Post 08 Jul 2016
Cannabis dampens peoples’ response to rewards, according to a new study that sheds light on why some users become addicted to the drug and other substances. Scientists at the the University of Michigan Medical School found a negative correlation between how much cannabis a user reported taking and their sense of reward over time ... Cannabis Arrests Fall Almost 50% Since 2010....

Two sentenced for drugs offences in Sefton (Merseyside Police)

Edit Public Technologies 08 Jul 2016
A further two men were sentenced today, Friday 8 July, at Liverpool Crown Court, following the culmination of a 10-month long undercover investigation into the supply of heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine and cannabis across the Southport, Seaforth and Waterloo areas ... In addition to the arrests cultivated cannabis was found together with hydraulic presses and other equipment for the production of Class A drugs....

You Can Lose Out Just Being Associated With Pot

Edit Bloomberg 08 Jul 2016
Peterson is indeed associated with the marijuana industry ... As a result, “almost anything that has to do with financial services can be an issue,” said Taylor West of the National Cannabis Industry Association, a nonprofit group that advocates for marijuana businesses ... Firms were scared off by the word "cannabis" in the group's name, West said, even though the organization does public advocacy, not pot cultivation or sales ... LEARN MORE. ....

Seniors with access to marijuana use fewer prescription drugs: study

Edit Topix 08 Jul 2016
In this June 30, 2016 photo, a person smokes marijuana at the Asociacion de Estudios del Cannabis del Uruguay, in Montevideo, Uruguay In this June 30, 2016 photo, ... In fact, Medicare saved more than $165 million in 2013 on prescription drugs in the District of Columbia and 17 states that allowed cannabis to be used as medicine, researchers calculated....

UP farmers’ reluctance to grow mushrooms leads to Sonepat’s dominance in Delhi markets

Edit The Times of India 08 Jul 2016
It is unfortunate that even though the conditions in western UP are the same as those in Haryana, farmers here have not explored the potential of mushroom cultivation. In Meerut district, we have no records of anyone cultivating mushrooms," said Arun Kumar, Meerut district horticulture. He added, "The returns on mushroom cultivation are very high ... At first, I thought it would affect cane cultivation ... "Cultivating sugarcane is easier....

Gang jailed over £500k drug haul in upmarket flat

Edit Belfast Telegraph 08 Jul 2016
More than £500,000 of herbal cannabis was seized by police during a raid at a flat in the city's Obel Tower in October 2014.Cash, cocaine, ketamine and amphetamine were also discovered ... Illegal immigrant Hui Lin (41) was sentenced to eight years in prison for possession of class A drugs, possession of herbal cannabis with intent to supply, importing cannabis and money laundering....

Child abductor previously jailed in Australia

Edit Otago Daily Times 08 Jul 2016
The man who snatched a 5-year-old girl off a Palmerston North street and indecently assaulted her has previously been jailed in Australia for a similar offence ... His previous convictions and his actions when he snatched the girl in February can now be revealed ... Henson sat on a park bench, watching them ... The older sister intervened and the two girls ran home ... In New Zealand, Henson has only one conviction, for cultivating cannabis in 1987....
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