It may be thousands of kilometres away from Perth’s corporate heart, but Christmas Island is being eyed off to become home to Australia’s first medicinal cannabis industry.
With recreational marijuana now legal in the state, entrepreneurs in Oregon are showing that the end of prohibition isn’t just about smoking joints legally.
Uruguay, the world’s first country to legalize marijuana, is aiming to produce between six and 10 tons of pot a year for local use, a senior government official told AFP.
Residents of Australia’s self-proclaimed cannabis capital Nimbin are rejoicing over the Federal Government’s plans to legalise medicinal cannabis and say their home town is the perfect farming location.