QUEENSLAND could become a major producer of cultivated cannabis for medicinal treatment.

On October 17, the Australian Government announced that "the Commonwealth intends to develop amendments to the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 that will establish the authority, within the Department of Health, to regulate the cultivation of cannabis for medical and scientific use required under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 ... cannabis material cultivated in Australia may then be used to conduct clinical trials and develop therapeutic products to be used in accordance with the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989".

Minister for Health Cameron Dick welcomed the Federal Government's move.

Proposals to City Council would extend 2-year moratorium on new entrants for recreational pot licenses and add ban on new medical licenses

Denver's marijuana regulators are asking the City Council to expand rules that would bar any new players from entering the state's largest market.

(CNN) — Has there ever been a more natural union than Snoop Dogg having his own line of pot products?

The rapper has announced Leafs By Snoop, a branded line of cannabis products. It includes edibles (foods infused with cannabis extracts), hand-weighed marijuana flowers and concentrates that are now on sale in several medical and recreational dispensaries in Colorado, which legalized recreational marijuana use in 2013.

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M. Arthur Gensler, founder of the largest architecture and design firm in the world, recently celebrated the company's 50th anniversary. During the Dodge Executive Outlook Conference, Gensler shared how he built a company that grew from just three employees to a staff of 5,000 people in 46 locations. This year, he released his book "Art's Principles" with advice for businesses, but during the Dodge Conference, Gensler offered a succinct version of what he considers the vital components of his company's success.

Since growing hemp has been illegal for almost a full century, researchers have been unable to learn all of the benefits associated with it. Currently, 23 states have an active hemp industry or have authorized hemp research. Hemp is a distinct variety of the cannabis plant but it is not the same as marijuana. Although hemp is commonly associated with marijuana, it should not be.

The benefits associated with hemp are endless. A number of products which are used by people every day can be created from hemp. These include paper, clothing, building materials, fuel, and nutrition.

Northern Tablelands MP, Adam Marshall, has put forward a proposal to grow medicinal cannabis at a site near Glen Innes.

Mr Marshall said the Department of Primary Industries Glen Innes Research Station is the perfect site for planned trials of the controlled cultivation of medicinal cannabis.

He's raised the idea with the State Government and Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair, and said Glen Innes Shire Council Mayor Col Price is supportive.

The Federal Government last month made a decision to permit the controlled cultivation of cannabis for medicinal or scientific purposes in New South Wales.

The State Government is now searching for potential trial sites.

The Boulder City Council adopted a set of changes to the city's marijuana regulations Tuesday night without addressing an outstanding question about advertising related to sponsorships.

Councilwomen Mary Young, Lisa Morzel and Suzanne Jones questioned why pot businesses would be treated so differently from alcohol businesses, which can have banners and booths at festivals.

In fact, a presentation after the marijuana vote on plans for the downtown Civic Area included a craft beer festival as an example of the type of event that could be held at gathering spaces, sparking an outburst from Morzel: "How is that not advertising?"

A South Dakota American Indian tribe that sought to open the nation’s first marijuana resort burned its crop after federal officials signalled a potential raid, the tribal president said yesterday.

Flandreau Santee Sioux President Anthony Reider said the tribe had three weeks of discussions with authorities that culminated with a meeting in Washington that included a Justice Department official and US Attorney for South Dakota Randolph Seiler.

Mr Reider said the tribe wasn’t told a raid was imminent - only that one was possible if the government’s concerns weren’t addressed. He said the main holdup is whether the tribe can sell marijuana to non-Indians, along with the origin of the seeds used for its crop.

The Colorado Springs City Council honored the three victims from the Halloween morning shooting with an Honor Guard. Matt Kerr with the CSPD carries the U.S. flag and Matt Minneman with the CSFD carries the Colorado flag through the crowd after a moment of silence for the victims, Jennifer Vasquez, Christy Baccus-Galella, and Andrew Myers. Myers was an Army veteran who served with Ft. Carson troops in Iraq and was gunned down while on a bicycle ride. Citizens concerned with aspects of the concealed weapons laws in Colorado Springs were present at the meeting and spoke during public comments on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. (Jerilee Bennett/The Gazette)

One of the largest comic book retailers in the world is putting its north Denver headquarters on the market — and the owner of Mile High Comics credits the state’s legal marijuana economy for boosting his potential profit.

But the decision to sell the 22,000 square foot warehouse at 2151 W. 56th Ave. in Denver didn’t come easy to Chuck Rozanski, who started the legendary business in his parents’ basement in 1969, when he was 13.

“I wish I could say that I was was prescient about the Denver real estate market,” said Rozanski, “but this is truly a case of luck shining on me and my being extremely fortunate.”