Cannabis News around the World
Just like the sticky-icky and fantasy literature the world is a weird, wacky, and wonderful place. Every day it seems there is something involving marijuana which truly does make reality stranger, and sometimes better, than fiction. The following are a selection of stories involving pot from around the world.
Londoners find Cannabis Growing Wild in Park
The dream of any pot enthusiast is strolling through the countryside and finding him or herself surrounded in a field of choice cannabis just waiting to be smoked. Well, according to the Mirror this is what happened to a young couple in the UK several weeks ago. One man, referred to by the Mirror as Oscar Lerin as well as his girlfriend, were strolling through Epping Forest in London hunting for mushrooms. When the duo strayed off the path they found themselves in the midst of a literal field of about seventy cannabis plants, all professionally cultivated and cared for. While the incident is under police investigation and details are sparse evidence of this find being an actual farm includes the density of the plants found as well as plastic bedding being found in the site.
Former US Congressman Works in Pot Business
Mike Gavel, a now 84 year old former Alaskan Democratic senator, has publicly announced that he is to become the chief executive a firm which produce edible marijuana products named Cannabis Sativa Inc. Included in these items are a cannabis-based lozenge, called “Kubby”, named after the company’s current CEO Steve Kubby. While it would seem unusual for a politician to not only endorse cannabis, but actively support and help run a business selling marijuana derivatives, this actually doesn’t seem that bizarre given former senator Gavel’s political history. Having long been a critic of Nixon’s war on drugs, some have referred to Gavel as a “true American hero” due to his staunch opposition to the drug.
Large Pharmaceutical Firms and Local Cannabis Growers Battle in Australia
While technically illegal in the land down under advocates have been fighting hard to keep medical cannabis in the hands of small groups of growers in Australia. This has been opposed by large pharmaceutical companies who, while also arguing for cannabis legalization, want to dominate cannabis growth and medical research.
Fortunately for both groups government officials have sanctioned research for clinical trials, but advocates for communities and families growing marijuana such as Hemp Party BJ Futter, feel that they may be threatened by large companies from Europe and America taking over the cannabis market.
Citing inferior products such as inferior or incorrectly marketed cannabis oil Futter believes that allowing foreign firms a foothold in the soon-to-come legal Australian cannabis market would lead to a loss of control by native Australians, while familial/community controlled growing would lead to specific strains for specific ailments.
