Cannabis to be legalized in Jamaica?
Exports of Jamaica’s primary agricultural products – sugar, bananas and bauxite – have slumped severely since the start of the global financial crisis. As this crisis deepens, many prominent Jamaicans...
View ArticleHanes invests in Hemp!
After a decade trying to prove that hemp could be soft as cotton, one American company is starting to draw the attention to its product from some of the world’s biggest consumer brands. Based in...
View ArticleCannabis Patents – Cannabinoid Patch
United States Patent US6113940: Cannabinoid patch and method for cannabis transdermal delivery. We found this patent application in the U.S for a cannabis patch similar to the nicotine patch which...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Empty Prisons
New York: Last Wednesday (07/10/09), changes to New York?s notorious Rockefeller drug laws went into effect, allowing judges to shorten the prison terms of some non-violent offenders; particularly...
View ArticleNew medical marijuana policy issued by the President
The Obama administration announced today that it will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal...
View ArticleIn memoriam: Jack Herer (1939-2010)
Jack Herer and his award winning cannabis strain Jack Herer, the Hemperor – author, activist and all-round cannabis-hero – passed away on April 15 2010 at the age of 70. Jack’s 1985 book The Emperor...
View ArticleCannabis Magnate Ben Dronkers Nominated For International Hemp Activism Award
Ben Dronkers described his reaction as ‘pleased and surprised’ upon learning of his nomination for Outstanding International Hemp Activist of the Year in the Jack Herer Awards 2010. Ben is one of...
View ArticleThe Beatles call for the legalisation of marijuana
-> 9.00am, Monday 24 July 1967 (45 years ago) A full-page advertisement appeared in The Times newspaper on this day, signed by 64 of the most prominent members of British society, which called for...
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