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Durham Police Commissioner Ron Hogg with Teeside cannabis activists in 2014 (Photo via The Independent)

Cannabis growers should not face prosecution, says UK police chief who has stopped targeting 'small-scale' producers

James Cusick ~ The Independent ~

Ron Hogg will now only intervene if Durham growers are being 'blatant'.

Friends and family gather in Nelson, New Zealand to remember Alex Renton. Photo: Marion Van Dijk/Fairfax Media

Cannabis treatment teen Alex Renton sparked national debate in New Zealand

Stacey Knott ~ Stuff.co.nz ~
 
Alex Renton sparked a national debate about medicinal cannabis while in a coma, his sister has told the teen's memorial service.
A child wearing a marijuana leaf hat poses during a rally in support of cultivation of cannabis for medicinal purposes in Santiago in March. Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters

Chile moves toward cannabis decriminalization

 
Chile took a step forward in decriminalizing the use of cannabis on Tuesday after the lower house of Congress approved by a wide margin a bill that seeks to change the law in the South American country.
Image of Katelyn Lambert before cannabinoid treatment for Dravet Syndrome

The little girl behind $37m donation for medicinal cannabis research

 
Watching his six-month-old daughter endlessly spasming in pain drove Michael Lambert beyond the bounds of Australian drug laws.
Image of marijuana edibles

Supreme Court of Canada okays pot cookies, other cannabis products

 
Canadian medical marijuana patients have a right to tasty pot cookies and other cannabis products, the Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday.
Image of a marijuana leaf.

EU drug agency sees no U.S.-like cannabis legalization moves

 
European Union countries are unlikely to legalize marijuana any time soon as some parts of the United States have done recently, EU drug monitoring agency chief Wolfgang Gotz said on Thursday.
Image of medical marijuana in a stash jar.

Canadian Cannabis Clinics opening London location in June

 
London doctors considering medical marijuana prescriptions will have a new resource to refer their patients to this summer.
Image of many marijuana plants growing at Kottbusser Tor, one of Berlin's busiest train stations and road junctions.

Police seize weed growing at Berlin station

 
Police seized 700 cannabis plants which were growing in public view in green space at Kottbusser Tor, one of Berlin's busiest train stations and road junctions.
Greek cannabis activists protest for legalization

First Cannabis Festival in Greece

 
The first cannabis festival in Greece is taking place today at Syntagma Square in Athens with the participation of the organized SYRIZA youth and the human rights department of the party.
Image of marijuana legalization activists protesting in Paris

Through the haze, Paris protesters call for fresh cannabis laws

 
Paris (AFP) - Sporting T-shirts and caps printed with marijuana leaves and with joints hanging from their lips, hundreds of people demonstrated in Paris on Saturday as part of a world march calling for the legalisation of cannabis.

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