Article by James Eze, All Africa There was tension in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on Friday as inmates of the Abakaliki prison protested the ban of Indian hemp by the prison authorities. The protest led to prison officials sealing off the FMC Road leading to the prisons. Although no casualties were recorded, PREMIUM TIMES learnt the inmates calmed down after the ...

Article by Anthony Johnson, Weed News The perpetuation of fake news is a national epidemic that poisons our political discourse, influenced the 2016 presidential election, and has even put people’s lives in dangers. In fact, cannabis prohibition was first instituted based upon fake news that played upon the racist and anti-immigrant sentiment of the time. Unfortunately, a false claim regarding ...

Article by TG Branfalt Jr., Ganjapreneur The North Dakota Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for participation in its industrial hemp program, according to a Bismarck Tribune report. The request for applications comes at the urging of growers who cite their crop’s success under last year’s pilot program. According to the report, hemp yields in Benson County ranged from 895 ...

Article by TG Branfalt Jr., Ganjapreneur In an interview with news radio WGAN, Maine Gov. Paul LePage called for ending the state’s medical cannabis program if the ballot initiative to legalize adult cannabis use is certified, saying he sees “no need” to have both programs in the state. “I think we need to get rid of medical marijuana,” LePage said ...

Article by Justin Worland, Time A newly finalized rule from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) classifies marijuana extract as a Schedule I drug separate from marijuana—a decision that removes any question that substance is illegal at the federal level. The regulation creates a new identification number for marijuana extract to allow the DEA and other agencies to track shipment of ...

Article by Bruce Barcott, Leafly The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made CBD oil a little more federally illegal in a little-noticed bureaucratic maneuver this morning. Today’s Federal Register (Dec. 14, 2016) contains an item (21 CFR Part 1308) that establishes a new drug code for “marihuana extract.” “This code,” wrote DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg, “will allow DEA and ...

Article by Eugene S. Robinson, Ozy I grew up in a pretty rural, conservative place in Pennsylvania. I worked on beef ranches all through high school. Farmed corn, hay, fed cattle. In sixth grade I went into the bathroom, and when I came out, 9/11 had happened. Everyone was devastated. As soon as I could, I followed my brother into ...

Article by Gintautas Dumcius, MassLive Beacon Hill leaders said Monday they won’t change the effective date of Dec. 15 for the legalization of marijuana in Massachusetts. State Senate President Stan Rosenberg, D-Amherst, and House Speaker Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop, said in a joint statement that they won’t make changes to that part of the new law, which allows possession, use and ...

Article by Joanna Zuckerman Bernstein, Reuters Mexico’s Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill on Tuesday that would allow for the use of medical marijuana, in a further step toward outright legalization in a country long wracked by warring drug cartels. The bill, part of a proposal that President Enrique Pena Nieto submitted to Congress earlier this year, must also be passed ...

Article by Vice In 2010, 47-year-old Bernard Noble was arrested by two cops in New Orleans for possession of a bag containing a little less than three grams of marijuana. He was subsequently sentenced to 13 ⅓ years in prison under Louisiana law, a substantial sentence for a nonviolent offense. Earlier this year, Weediquette host Krishna Andavolu investigated Noble’s story, ...