Month: June 2016 (Page 4)

Mass. House bill states growing marijuana not agriculture – Berkshire Eagle Online – The Berkshire EagleBerkshire Eagle (subscription)The bill (H 4326), which arose from a dispute over a farmer's land in the 2,820-person town of Plympton, excludes "the growing, cultivation, distribution or dispensation of marijuana" from the definitions of theContinue Reading

Colombia gives first medicinal cannabis licenseThe Costa Rica NewsLicenses are being granted following a decree issued at the end of 2015 by the government, which regulates the cultivation, processing, import, and export of cannabis and its derivatives for therapeutic purposes, and a resolution made by the Ministry …and more » ReadContinue Reading

This woman teaches you how to legally grow weed in your homeVoxAt this year's Governor's Forum on Agriculture in Denver — usually a reserved affair where "farmers in bolo ties mingle with agriculture professionals" — there was, a panel called "Cannabis: An Emerging Crop of Colorado." "There's an opportunity …Continue Reading

BBC NewsThe UK's most unusual cannabis farms?BBC NewsA man has been convicted of using a former nuclear bunker to grow more than 800 cannabis plants – but he is not the first to grow the illegal herb in a surprising location. Drakelow Tunnels, in Worcestershire, were originally built to houseContinue Reading

ActionNewsJax.comTip on marijuana plants leads to man's arrestActionNewsJax.comA 37-year-old Callahan man was arrested after a tip to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission was received about a man possibly cultivating cannabis on Thomas Creek Wildlife Management in Duval County. Officers from the Jacksonville Sheriff's office … Read More: Tip on marijuanaContinue Reading

Daily SabahCrackdown on PKK drug hub results in major seizuresDaily SabahOver five days, operations jointly conducted by police and troops in Lice, a district in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır, saw the seizure of 20.2 million cannabis plants and three tons of hashish, Turkish media reported yesterday. Authorities … ReadContinue Reading