Cannabis News

DEA & IRS Raid Oakland Medical Marijuana Clinic

April 3, 2012

The IRS & DEA came to downtown Oakland today to raid multiple medical marijuana dispensaries as well as Oaksterdam, an educational facility that teaches plant cultivation. Robbie Martin of Media Roots ran to catch the raid and captured an intense standoff between the people and the government officials. He also confronts an ABC 7 news [...]

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A Marijuana Bud A Day Keeps The Stroke Away

March 27, 2012

Former Heart Surgeon: While some people are on a daily dose of aspirin to lower the severity of problems after a heart attack or stroke, Allen said marijuana is a better alternative. “Eat a bud a day will keep the stroke away,” Allen said. “No other medicine made by man can help in this manner.”

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Copenhagen votes to legalise marijuana

November 18, 2011

Marijuana could soon be Legalized in Copenhagen if approved by the Danish parliament at the start of next year, could make the city the first to fully legalise, rather than simply tolerate, marijuana consumption. Marijuana is already sold openly on the streets of Christiania, a self-proclaimed ‘free town’ in the city centre, despite the closure [...]

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VITAMIN CANNABIS Documentary Film

October 15, 2011

Vitamin Cannabis is a new film documenting a Colorado Phoenix Tears experiment. Thank you to Rick Simpson. Jack Herer, and Ken Gorman for making this all possible. If you are a film company and would be interested in distributing our film- please contact us. Thank you for watching- This film has been a profound experience [...]

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DEA claims marijuana, it’s as dangerous as heroin ?

July 25, 2011

Reefer Madness propaganda poster ! The US Drug Enforcement Agency the (DEA) has finally acknowledged a nine-year-old petition filed by The Coalition for Rescheduling Cannabis to reclassify marijuana as a schedule III, IV, or V drug, rather than its current, and more-serious, schedule I classification. The acknowledgment, however, was an official denial of the petition [...]

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Mexico Biggest-ever Marijuana field !

July 16, 2011

Mexican soldiers have reportedly uncovered the largest marijuana plantation ever detected in the country in the northwestern state of Baja California. The huge field, covering almost 300 acres (120 hectares), sheltered under black screen-cloth in a huge square on the floor of the Baja California desert, located more than 241 kilometers (150 miles) south of [...]

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Hemp bursting out all over!

July 8, 2011

In a world where bad news floods us, it’s just so great to see all the positive moves toward hemp legalization and cultivation, not only in the United States but also in various other places globally. Many countries, such as Hungary, France and Canada, have been years ahead of the U.S. in sensibly recognizing the [...]

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Big pharmaceutical Intends to Corner the medical marijuana market

May 29, 2011

Even though DEA raids and IRS harassment continue on state approved Medical Marijuana, Big Pharmaceutical`s eyes are on the Prize of profitability of  the Herb so they are preparing to muscle in using its lobbyists and Government connections  to ensure a monopoly on legal sales of  the herbal medicine which i think has been falsely [...]

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Cannabis Science with CEO Robert Melamede, PhD

February 28, 2011

President and CEO of Cannabis Science, a publicly traded company researching and developing phtyo (cannabis-based) cannabinoid medicines, Robert Melamede, PhD is interviewed by Mark Pedersen. The interview continues here: More from the Cannabis Patient Network: http://cannabispatientnetwork.com/

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Big Alcohol Firms Donate Money To Fight Legalisation Of Weed

February 8, 2011

One group that really doesn’t want the legalization of cannabis is the big alcohol firms. California Beer and Beverage Distributors, a group which includes Anheuser-Busch InBev, donated $10,000 last week to the campaign against Prop. 19 in the USA, which seeks to legalise cannabis. Would marijuana legalisation really cut into alcohol consumption? Probably so. The [...]

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