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Mexico issues first permit to grow and use marijuana

MEXICO CITY – Mexican health authorities issued Friday the first permit allowing four individuals to grow and use their own marijuana for recreational purposes, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling on limited drug legalization.

Canada’s next big move? It may be legalizing pot.

Has Canada's war on marijuana worked? "No, it hasn't," said Clive Weighill, chief of the Saskatoon police force, president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and a veteran of August marijuana raids.

Marijuana use in the US more than doubles in just 12 years

In 2001, just 4.1 percent of adults said they used marijuana. That increased to 9.5 percent by 2013. The findings were published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry.

Ban on growing marijuana for personal use challenged in Costa Rica Supreme Court

Marijuana advocates are watching a new case this week before Costa Rica’s Supreme Court challenging an anti-drug law that bans growing marijuana here.

Will Hillary Clinton smoke the peace pipe with the marijuana lobby?

The pro marijuana legalization movement is ready to throw money at a presidential candidate who will support it. But few are stepping up.

An 8-year-old’s tragic illness tests Mexico’s ban on marijuana use

After years of cycling through anti-convulsive medications, the family of an 8-year-old girl debilitated by seizures is now desperate to try a marijuana oil that has helped American children in similar conditions.
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