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Toronto Star
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Prosecutors say they plan to launch a speedy appeal of a Toronto judge's ruling that Canada's marijuana possession laws are unconstitutional.
CBC News reports the judge made the ruling in dismissing charges against a 29-year-old Toronto man charged wit..
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CBC
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Well, we can officially call ourselves Toker Nation now. According to the 2007 World Drug Report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Canada has the dubious honour of leading the industrialized world in marijuana use, at least when calculated as a percent..
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Ananova
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Switzerland's Agriculture Ministry has called on the country's farmers to stop feeding their cows cannabis. Several recent adverts have promoted feeding hemp to farm animals even after a March 2005 law banning its use. The Agriculture Ministry has n..
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Yahoo News
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Mexican President Felipe Calderon's government wants to decriminalize first-time possession of small amounts of drugs in a move likely to draw criticism from U.S. anti-narcotics officials. Under the proposed legislation, users found for the first time..
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Yahoo News
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Thousands of soldiers sent to seize control of one of Mexico's top drug-producing regions have discovered widespread cultivation of a hybrid marijuana plant that is easy to grow and difficult to kill, officials said Tuesday...
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CNN
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Marijuana possession should remain a crime in Indonesia, but chefs who use the herb as a traditional way to season curries should not be arrested, the country's vice president told local reporters.
Cooks in Aceh province and other regions in the north..
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International Herald Tribune
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Two Africans appeared in a Singapore court Tuesday, accused of trafficking more than 14 kilograms (31 pounds) of marijuana — about 28 times the amount that draws a mandatory death sentence by hanging.
Daka Guinea, 21, a Zambian woman, and Chijioke St..
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CNN
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Marijuana is not kosher for Passover, a pro-cannabis advocacy group says, advising Jews who observe the week-long holiday's special dietary laws to take a break from smoking it.
The Green Leaf Party announced on Wednesday that products of the cannabis..
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CBC
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The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned the conviction of a medical marijuana crusader, ruling the trial judge erred by directing the jury to find the man guilty...
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