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Coke eyeing cannabis-infused drink market

Reuters
Posted at Sep 18 12:21 AM

The Coca-Cola Company said on Monday it was closely watching the growing marijuana-infused drinks market, responding to a media report that the world’s largest beverage maker was in talks with Canada’s Aurora Cannabis Inc. Read more »

Orange County's Green Expo goes greener with cannabis cuisine

Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Sep 01 03:08 PM

There's a new player in the green industry. Read more »

Switzerland weighs relaxing marijuana ban

Reuters
Posted at Jul 05 12:14 PM

ZURICH - Switzerland, which permits low potency cannabis but bans most marijuana for recreational use, aims to allow pilot studies on ways to relax its laws, its government said on Wednesday. Read more »

Drugged TV

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 29 07:24 PM

Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Director General Aaron N. Aquino presents seized drugs hidden inside a television set sent through a package to a recipient in Manila. Read more »

US approves Epidiolex, first marijuana-derived drug

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 26 07:54 AM

US regulators on Monday approved the first marijuana-derived drug ever to hit the US market, Epidiolex, which will be used to treat 2 rare and severe forms of childhood epilepsy. Read more »

Canada lawmakers vote to legalize cannabis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 19 04:54 AM

The Canadian parliament passed a bill Monday to legalize cannabis that would make Canada the first G7 country to allow free consumption of the mind-altering drug. Read more »

Canada Senate passes law legalizing recreational marijuana

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 08 10:13 AM

OTTAWA - Canada's Senate passed a law Thursday legalizing recreational marijuana, moving it closer to becoming the first member of the Group of Seven nations to legalize the production, sale and consumption of the drug. Read more »

'Kush', laganap na sa Pilipinas, ayon sa PDEA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 04:33 AM

Bukod sa mas mahal ang presyo nito kumpara sa marijuana, mas mahirap din umano itong matukoy sa surveillance. Read more »

Marijuana businesses brace for investment chill as US changes policy

Salvador Rodriguez and Chris Prentice, Reuters
Posted at Jan 05 09:53 AM

Cannabis businesses across the United States said they are bracing for an investment slowdown following the US Justice Department’s Thursday directive that will allow the enforcement of federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized the drug. Read more »

Australia to allow medicinal marijuana exports

Colin Packham, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 09:37 PM

SYDNEY - Australia said Thursday it planned to become the fourth country in the world to legalize medicinal marijuana exports in a bid to score a piece of the estimated $55 billion global market. Read more »

Legal cannabis to generate USD40-B, 400,000 jobs: study

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 11:06 AM

LOS ANGELES - The legal cannabis sector is expected to generate $40 billion and more than 400,000 jobs by 2021 in the United States, according to a study released Tuesday.   Read more »

Legal marijuana off to blazing start in California

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 05:02 PM

Desert Hot Springs - It's the first day that marijuana can be bought and sold legally in California, and store owner Nicole Salisbury's stock of pot edibles is already running low.   Read more »

California launches legal sale of cannabis for recreational use

Steve Gorman, Reuters
Posted at Jan 01 08:09 PM

California will launch the world's largest regulated commercial market for recreational marijuana on Monday, as dozens of newly licensed stores catering to adults who enjoy the drug for its psychoactive effects open for business up and down the state. Read more »

Drug dealer mistakes Danish police car for taxi, gets arrested

Agence France Presse
Posted at Dec 24 10:01 AM

A drug dealer carrying a large amount of cannabis got into a police car in Copenhagen after mistaking it for a taxi, Danish police said.  Read more »

A push for Medical Cannabis

Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 13 10:39 AM

Members and supporters of the Philippine Cannabis Compassionate Society march to push for the legalization of medical cannabis, around the Quezon Memorial Circle on Sunday . The group urged the government to pass HB 6517 or the ‘Philippine Compassionate Medical Cannabis Act’ to legalize and regulate the medical use of cannabis for debilitating medical condition in the Philippines. Read more »

Medical marijuana kinontra ng samahan ng mga doktor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 07 11:40 AM

Kinontra ng isang samahan ng mga doktor ang panukalang gawing legal ang paggamit ng marijuana para sa panggagamot ng ilang karamdaman. Read more »

Sex and drugs: U.S. study links marijuana use to more intercourse

Barbara Goldberg, Reuters
Posted at Oct 27 05:39 PM

NEW YORK - Where there is smoke, there tends to be fire, say medical researchers who found frequent marijuana users have about 20 percent more sex than those who abstain. Read more »

Kandidata ng Miss Earth 2017 niregaluhan ng cellphone ng Pinoy fan

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 09:45 AM

Nakatanggap ng regalong cell phone mula sa isang Pinoy fan si Polli Cannabis, ang kandidata ng Belarus para sa Miss Earth 2017 pageant. Read more »

Uruguay to produce medical marijuana for export

Reuters
Posted at Oct 16 11:14 AM

MONTEVIDEO - International Cannabis Corporation will produce Uruguay's first batch of medical cannabis oil for export in December, the company's chief executive said Sunday. Read more »

Advocates assure of strict access to medical marijuana if legalized

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 06 10:50 AM

Advocates of the legalization of medical marijuana in the Philippines assure that if the bill is enacted into law, access to the drug will only be for qualified patients Read more »