In Malaysia, a 36-year-old odd-job worker was sentenced to death, and a 31-year-old former college student had his death sentence appeal dismissed in two separate cannabis trafficking cases.
HALIFAX - Vancouver has always been the hotbed of marijuana activism in Canada, but now a group of Nova Scotians is hoping to revive the campaign for looser cannabis laws, not with public protests and civil disobedience, but with a familiar East Coast export: music.
MEXICO CITY - President Felipe Calderon's war on drug trafficking has led to his own doorstep, with the arrest of a dozen high-ranking officials with alleged ties to Mexico's most powerful drug gang, the Sinaloa Cartel.
OTTAWA - A baby playing with a telephone inadvertently called police to his house in westernmost Canada, and to his "very surprised" father’s marijuana growing operation inside, police said Wednesday.
Students, faculty, media, politicians, activists and interested public across Canada are joining Marc-Boris St-Maurice, Executive Director of NORML Canada as he embarks on a national fact-finding tour to introduce "The National Resolution for the Legalization of Marijuana".
An act of civil disobedience where a young New Hampshire man intentionally had himself arrested for possessing pot has snowballed into police action against a local radio host who promoted the protest.