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63% of UK drivers stopped on suspicion of drug-driving fail roadside tests
According to a new survey, 3,700 people were caught drug-driving by police in the last year
New Zealand stoners suffer from chronic cannabis shortage due to droughts and police raids
Prices for marijuana in the country have sky-rocketed because of the drought.
Holi 2016: India celebrates the Hindu festival of spring with cannabis-laced food and drinks
Bhang made from cannabis paste is used in preparations for Indian festivals.
US Food and Drug Administration could soon approve first marijuana-based medicine
Epidiolex to be used to treat children with severe seizure disorder using cannabis-derived cannabidiol.
Liberal Democrats vote overwhelmingly to legalise cannabis at party conference
The Lib Dems are holding their spring conference in York where a vote was put to the room.
Legalise cannabis: Police and MPs support regulated market worth £1bn a year in taxes
Lib Dems call for the legalisation of drug in 'most comprehensive framework' on how regulation would work.
Psychotic cannabis users are 50% more at risk of relapse than non-users
Using cannabis after a psychotic episode can lead to relapse and treatment failure.
Wanna-be 'budtenders' flock to US marijuana states for cannabis industry work
Cannabis fans switching jobs now to get in on the ground floor of budding industry
US legal marijuana dealers burned by 70% federal tax rate
Feds still say pot is illegal, but looking forward to reaping big take from sales.
Parents caught smoking cannabis joints at school gates: Manchester headteacher rebukes mums and dads for drug use
Bury primary school says some parents have been puffing on spliffs while dropping off their kids.
Psychosis risk higher in cannabis users with AKT1 gene
Healthy marijuana users with AKT1 gene at higher risk of developing psychosis.
Level of THC - the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis - more than triples in 20 years
The main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana increased from 4% in 1995 to 12% in 2014.
Not just for smoking: The strangest uses for cannabis
From hemp parachutes to chillin' pets, the pot plant has a few uses.
Intrepid journalists weed out the truth about stoned bunnies in Utah
What was Drug Enforcement Administration agent smoking when he groused about hophead rabbits?
Cannabis-based vagina suppositories the latest invention to help ease period pain
Foria relief capsule suppositories, filled with cannabis, are set to bring relief to women without a high.
MMA champion Karlos Vemola jailed for running suburban cannabis farms
Cage fighter convinced his in-laws to help him run at least three farms in houses in Hertfordshire
Chile: 30 million joints could come out of largest medical marijuana farm in Latin America
The plantation holds 6,900 stalks, and could supply 4,000 patients with the drug.
US: Companies allow cannabis for workers taking 'weed breaks' in Colorado
Managers of Colorado cannabis operations believe pot fires up creativity.
France drug trial: Health Minister Marisol Touraine says devastating painkiller did not contain cannabis
Marisol Touraine said the test pills did not contain drug, as was previously believed.
Three suspected attempted murder arrests made after car driven at police in south London
A 22-year-old man drove recklessly towards officers in Brixton on Saturday evening, said Scotland Yard.
Epileptic seizures in under-30s reduced by 37% with cannabis-based drug
Children and young adults with epilepsy saw a reduction in seizures with Epidiolex.
Marijuana derivative CBD reduces amount of seizures in patients with treatment resistant epilepsy
It also showed a sufficient safety profile and was well endured by most patients
Australia: 8-year-old boy locked inside underground drug den rescued
Police also found the boy's three siblings and have charged three adults with kidnapping.
Colombia: Medical marijuana legalised by President Juan Manuel Santos
The president announced it would be fully legal to grow, process, import and export cannabis and its derivatives for medical and scientific use
Australia: Stoner Sloth anti-marijuana campaign farce mocked
New South Wales campaign widely lampooned with #stonersloth hashtag.
UK: Cannabis farm discovered yards from police station after pigeons seen roosting on warm roof
The house in Newtown-le-Willows was home to 14 cannabis plants and around 300 birds.
Marijuana legalisation leads to drop in US obesity rates claims San Diego State University
A study found that there was a 2% to 6% drop in obesity rates where marijuana was legal
Cannabis farm containing 400 plants discovered in Manchester city centre
Police chance upon a major cannabis farm after men were seen breaking into a derelict building with sledgehammers
Strong cannabis found to hinder communication between brain's left and right hemispheres
'This white matter damage was significantly greater among heavy users of high potency cannabis'
Pregnant cannabis smokers have children with better global motion perception
However, the researchers warn that women still shouldn't smoke when pregnant