The Biden administration this week ordered six companies to stop their illegal sales of food products that contain cannabis and are dressed up to look like popular kids’ snacks. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent
Police have busted more than 1,000 cannabis farms across the UK, seizing plants worth £130million and in one case, £650,000 in cash. Operation Mille, described by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) as the most significant of its kind in the history
More workers in the US than ever before have tested positive for marijuana, a study has recently found, as many states across the country have now legalised cannabis use. Quest diagnostics undertook extensive research, analysing urine tests of six million workers in
Singapore on Wednesday hanged another citizen for trafficking cannabis, the second in three weeks, as it clung firmly to the death penalty despite growing calls for the city-state to halt drug-related executions. The 37-year-old man was executed after his last-ditch bid to
A man was executed in Singapore for abetting the trafficking of 2.2 pounds of cannabis, although he was not caught with the drugs. Activists and family members of the convicted man sent letters to Singapore President Halimah Yacob to plead for clemency
A Singaporean man is scheduled to be hanged next week for abetting an attempt to smuggle cannabis into the island-state, in a resumption of executions after a half-year pause, activists said Thursday. The family of Tangaraju Suppiah, 46, was notified in a
Germany’s government presented scaled-back plans Wednesday to liberalize the country’s rules on cannabis, including by decriminalizing possession of limited amounts and allowing marijuana sales for recreational purposes to members of nonprofit “cannabis clubs.” In a second step, German officials also envision setting
A Brazilian appeals court has agreed to rule on whether companies and farmers can plant cannabis in the country, which could open the door to legal cultivation for medicinal and industrial purposes after legislative efforts stalled in recent years. The decision by
A newly appointed teaching assistant was caught driving her uninsured car whilst under the influence of cannabis because she was “self-medicating”, a court heard. Mother-of-one Hayley Ord, 41, was tested more than twice the drug-drive limit after traffic police stopped her Toyota Aygo X-Play
Comment on this story Comment The number of incidents in which children under age 6 accidentally ate edible cannabis products rose to 3,054 in 2021, up from 207 in 2017 — a 1,375 percent increase, according to a study of national poison