SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean police have uncovered the largest indoor cultivation of cannabis in Korea.

Namdaemun District Police arrested a man in his thirties for growing 46 cannabis plants in his 109 ㎡ apartment space in Yongin, and confiscated the plants as well as 135 grams of end-products, worth a total of 2 billion won (US$ 1.8 million) on the black market.

It is reported that 46 plants can make end-products that can serve up to 92,000 individuals.

The police said that the unveiling of the man’s indoor farm shows that transactions involving cannabis in Korea turned out to be quite large in scale, in stark contrast to Korea’s reputation as a relatively drug-free country.

The condition has improved of the Nelson teenager whose supporters fought for him to have access to cannabis oil medication.

Alex Renton, 19, spent 12 hours off his ventilator yesterday, breathing on his own, Seven Sharp reporter Jehan Casinader tweeted this morning.

His cannabis oil doses are increasing and sedation is expected to lift further.

Alex is suffering from a prolonged form of seizure, known as epilepticus, and has been in Wellington Hospital since early April.

His condition sparked a national debate on the benefits and morality of using cannabis oil for medicinal purposes.

Rose Renton, the mother of 19-year-old Alex Renton who is in an induced coma in Wellington Hospital, has felt a weight lift off her shoulders as Alex responds to the medicinal cannabis he's been treated with.

By Jo Moir

When Rose Renton was having a break from watching her son fight for his life in hospital, she found herself listening to Lecretia Seales talking about her right to choose how to die.

Talking about Seales brings tears to Renton's eyes.

Seales, a Wellington lawyer, died earlier this month from a brain tumour. Just days before she was told the High Court had turned down her bid to have her doctor help her die.

Prime Minister John Key is unconvinced by a doctor's claim that the pure form of ecstasy is safer than alcohol and should be legalised.

Emergency medical specialist and clinical toxicologist Paul Quigley told Fairfax Media there was mounting evidence that MDMA was one of the safest intoxicants around, especially when compared with alcohol. Liquor-related injuries and illnesses made up about two-thirds of late-night and weekend admissions at Wellington Hospital's accident and emergency department, he said.

Alex Renton, the Nelson teen in a coma whose supporters fought to grant him access to cannabis oil medication, is responding to treatment, his mother says.

Alex, 19, has now received two doses of Elixinol, a cannabidiol (CBD) product from the United States, and mother Rose Renton told ONE News he was "calm and settled" following the second treatment.

The family hopes an electroencephalogram (or EEG - a test to measure electrical brain activity) with show positive progress later this week, and that Alex's sedation can be reduced further.

Alex is suffering from a prolonged form of seizure, known as epilepticus, and has been in Wellington Hospital since early April.

Doctors have tried more than 20 mediations to treat him, but none have worked.

A teenager in an induced coma in Wellington Hospital has been given his first dose of medicinal cannabis after it arrived from the United States.

Alex Renton, 19, has been in hospital since April 8 in "status epilepticus", a kind of prolonged seizure. At 1pm today he was administered a medicinal cannabidiol (CBD), Elixinol.

Doctors began to slowly lift Renton's sedation on Friday in preparation for the CBD arriving after associate minister of health Peter Dunne approved the treatment on Tuesday.

Renton opened his eyes on Friday and had started to respond to voices and an MRI scan showed the seizures had not caused brain damage.

Auckland police have busted a huge cannabis ring in Auckland after raiding several properties and a yacht.

At 7.30am on Tuesday 46 officers from the Waitemata Police raided 10 properties in Beach Haven, Sunnyvale, Henderson, Massey, Albany and central Auckland. A yacht moored at Westhaven Marina was also searched.

Eight people were arrested and several cannabis growing operations were discovered, including one at an industrial unit in Henderson where 800 plants were found.

Inside the unit, several rooms had been converted to growrooms, including a nursery where plants were cloned and a commercial shredder to destroy plant stalks.

Two shipping containers had also been transformed into growrooms, with ventilation systems and filters to keep the air clean.

Seriously ill Alex Renton has had his first cannabis oil treatment this afternoon.

The 19-year-old, who sparked a national debate over the benefits and morality of using cannabis oil for medicinal purposes earlier this month, will continue to receive cannabis oil in coming days, with his doses gradually increasing.

Alex's family hopes to see positive results in the coming two to seven days.

He has been in Wellington Hospital since early April suffering from a form of prolonged seizure, known as status epilepticus.

Doctors have tried more than 20 medications to treat him, but none have worked.

Shortland Street scriptwriters are again mirroring reality, with a teen battling cancer on the show taking marijuana for medicinal reasons.

Just days after Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne gave the green light for medical use of cannabis for a Kiwi teenager in a coma, the use of the drug is the topic of a main storyline on New Zealand's favourite drama.

The Shortland Street winter one-hour season starts on Monday with 14-year-old cancer sufferer Pixie Hannah, played by Thomasin McKenzie, being given brownies laced with cannabis by family members to help with appetite problems.

Minister who claims one-off drug use does not set precedent deserves to be met with scepticism.

Understandably enough, the Renton family have been doing all they can to get the best possible treatment for their teenage son, Alex, who is in an induced coma in Wellington Hospital.

After more than 20 standard medications failed to cure his ongoing seizures, they set their sights on a cannabis-derived medication, Elixinol. Protests staged by the family and their supporters to try to get the Government to approve its use gained widespread media coverage. Finally, this week, they got their wish.