Winery Raises Glass to Hemp Cellar, Net-Zero Building
Hemp is used in hundreds of products, but here's a new one: a hemp wine cellar.
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French Scientists Discover Way to Block Cannabis High
Just days after Colorado became the first US state to allow recreational marijuana use, French researchers have reportedly discovered a way to reduce the negative effects of the marijuana "buzz".
Marijuana-Based Medicines Okayed in France
At the behest of Social Affairs and Health Minister Marisol Touraine, France has modified its Public Health Code to allow for the use of marijuana-based medicines, apparently including raw marijuana itself.
France to Introduce Supervised Injection Sites
France looks to be the latest European country to embrace the harm reduction practice of providing supervised injection sites, according to France 24 TV. Facilities could be open by year's end, said Health Minister Marisol Touraine.
France’s New President to Invest Heavily in Marijuana Arrests
France's new president, François Hollande, has vowed to continue France's expensive addiction to repressive drug policies. Tom Blickman reports for the Transnational Institute:
French Duck Farmer Fined for Feeding Birds Cannabis to Rid Them of Worms
A French duck farmer has been given a one-month suspended jail sentence and fined 500 euros ($700) for feeding his birds marijuana to rid them of worms.
French Bread Spiked With LSD in CIA Experiment
A 50-year mystery over the 'cursed bread' of Pont-Saint-Esprit, which left residents suffering hallucinations, has been solved after a writer discovered the US had spiked the bread with LSD as part of an experiment.
Marc Emery vs. Roman Polanski: A Tale of Two Extraditions
While the Canadian government refuses to protect its own peaceful, productive natural-born citizen from extradition, Polanski’s adopted country of France is fighting to keep this confessed sex offender from facing the U.S. justice system.
France seizes hemp clothing
"Narcotic" clothing released after six months
Hemp clothing seized in France
Pot-leaf logo violates France censorship.
