Mexico's lower house of Congress has voted Wednesday in favour of legalising recreational marijuana use. A landmark Supreme Court ruling in 2015 opened the door to the recreational use of marijuana in Mexico.

Mexico close to legalising recreational marijuana use

Are you among many who believe in the power of nature’s magic plant - cannabis? Turns out, it may not be magical for the planet. Indoor production of cannabis is majorly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions.

Emissions from cannabis production are driving temperatures high

MIR ALI, Afghanistan — On the barren high plains of western Afghanistan, along a roadway south of Herat city, is a collection of sturdy earthen huts known as Qala-e-Biwaha, or “village of widows.

In a village of widows, the opium trade has taken a deadly toll

Think your life is a series of endless fails? Trust us, we have found the champion of all fails! Police arrested a suspected drug dealer after he mistakenly ended up showing a video of a marijuana farm to officers on his phone.

UK: Drug dealer erroneously shows clip of cannabis farm to police, lands in jail

The US House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would broaden researchers' ability to study marijuana and its effects, a move hailed by cannabis advocates.

US House approves bill to widen marijuana research

The US House of Representatives on Friday voted to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, days after the United Nations removed it from the list of world's most dangerous drugs.

US House passes landmark bill to decriminalise marijuana

Post the World Health Organization's recommendation, a United Nations commission voted on Wednesday to remove cannabis for medicinal uses from the list of world's most dangerous drugs.

UN removes cannabis from list of world's most dangerous drugs

Mexico took a step closer to legalising marijuana for recreational and medicinal use on Thursday as the Senate approved a bill aimed at reducing violence linked to drug trafficking.

Mexican Senate approves bill to legalise Marijuana

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina on Thursday authorized people to grow marijuana at home for medicinal use, delighting supporters of cannabis who have fought for years to make it widely available to patients suffering from a broad range of ailments.

Argentina to allow medicinal marijuana to be grown at home

New Zealanders overwhelmingly supported legalising euthanasia in a referendum held on October 17, preliminary data showed. However, vote on permitting recreational cannabis set to fail with 53 per cent opposing the move, as per the initial data.

New Zealand: Euthanasia gets immense support, suspense on marijuana continues

Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern has admitted previously smoking cannabis in a fiery leaders debate with Judith Collins, her rival for the New Zealand prime ministership.

Jacinda Ardern admits to past cannabis use during New Zealand election debate

New Zealand's ruling party leader Jacinda Ardern said she tried cannabis "a long time ago" when asked during a heated live debate on Wednesday ahead of the Oct 17 general election. Watch report.

Marijuana vote divides New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern admits using cannabis | World News

Marijuana is called the magic plant by many, and it might be for good reason after all! The plant, which has been effectively used to limit the ill effects of many ailments including anxiety and paranoia was also used to limit chronic pain among patients.

A modified strain of cannabis was recently able to kill cancer cells

After an extensive study, researchers have found that using marijuana during pregnancy might increase the risk that a child will develop autism. Also read: A record number of aid workers were murdered in 2019 across the globe Dr Darine El-Chaar, who is the study author and a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and clinical investigator at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Canada, said: "Women who used cannabis during pregnancy were 1.

Use of Marijuana during pregnancy could risk autism in babies: Study

When she planted hemp to make extra money for her family farm, Susan Corbett did not imagine thieves would find their way to her rural plot in Virginia to steal the plants.

'Not marijuana': US hemp farmers battle tough market and thieves

Just about every business in town, from the gas station and auto-body shop to Don Juan's Mexican Kitchen, is accepting the wooden scrip in the small city of Tenino, Washington. The currency is about the thickness, size and flexibility of an index card and printed on the same 1890s-era press once printed the Depression currency and the local newspaper. It can't be used for alcohol, tobacco or marijuana.

Wash. town resurrects wooden money to aid economy

While most of the Netherlands struggles through the coronavirus lockdown, marijuana smokers received the welcome news that "coffee shops" selling the drug have reopened for takeaway orders.

Dutch marijuana back on sale, but don't forget to clean your hands

As many as 46 lawmakers of the ruling Nepal Communist Party have registered a motion in Parliament urging the government to legalise the cultivation of marijuana and ban the import of alcohol.

Legal marijuana in Nepal? 46 MPs put forward the demand to government

Illinois started the new year on a high note Wednesday, becoming the latest US state to legalise recreational marijuana as the governor pardoned thousands for past low-level cannabis convictions.

Illinois becomes latest US state to legalise recreational pot

Many pot-smoking adults in Illinois will ring in the new year on a high note when recreational marijuana use becomes legal in the state on January 1. Starting New Years Day, people 21 and older will be able to legally buy up to 30 grams of marijuana flower, 5 grams of marijuana concentrate, or 500 grams of THC-infused products such as edibles at licensed commercial dealers throughout the state.

Recreational marijuana to become legal in Illinois on New Years Day

In a white, sterilised laboratory on the outskirts of Uruguayan capital Montevideo, biochemists are carefully cultivating plants for a booming multi-billion dollar global market: medical marijuana.

Uruguay’s cannabis growers go global with first overseas shipment

Australians living in the home of the country's parliament will be allowed to grow and possess small amounts of cannabis from next year under a new law passed Wednesday.

Cannabis legalised in Australian Capital Territory

A 19-year-old American tourist arrested in Russia while carrying marijuana for personal medical use could face up to three years in prison in the country known for its harsh drug policy.

US teen arrested in Russia over medical marijuana

Illinois would become the 11th US state to legalise the recreational use of marijuana for adults under a bill that won final passage in the state legislature on Friday.

Illinois bill to legalise recreational marijuana wins legislative approval

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