All news on the topic: cannabis

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Man convicted of insider trading linked to firm holding state cannabis contracts
Michael Shvartsman was convicted of insider trading, while Eric Hannelius settled without admitting or denying guilt. Both men were involved in a company with contracts to track legal marijuana in Florida and other states.
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County Antrim man charged with cannabis smuggling in NCA investigation
A man from Northern Ireland has been charged with drugs offences after £325,000 worth of cannabis was seized at Belfast Port.
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Dad allegedly attempted to smuggle £1,000,000 worth of cannabis into the UK using a child’s suitcase
A man has been charged with drug smuggling after allegedly trying to sneak £1million worth of cannabis into the UK.
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Former Arsenal player Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has been charged in connection with a £600,000 drug importation plot
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, who plays for Greenock Morton in the Scottish Championship, has been charged by police for allegedly trying to smuggle cannabis into the UK
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Small clue leads to the downfall of £2,500,000 cannabis empire
A man has been jailed after his DNA was matched to a blood stain at a storage container where £2.5million worth of cannabis was stored.
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’Cannabis crooks dumped 10 tonnes of soil in my bedroom’
"I turned the lights on and it’s ’Oh my God, 3ft of soil in my bedroom’," Charles Reeves says, still in disbelief, as he shows the BBC his home. "I’m surprised the floors are even withstanding all this stuff."
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Massive £5 million cannabis farm discovered in an unused building
Over 3,000 cannabis plants were seized by police
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The surge in Vietnamese migrants being smuggled into the UK on small boats is reportedly fueling the country’s cannabis and prostitution industries
Many in Vietnam are trapped in poverty and are susceptible to promises made by people smugglers of the riches to be found in the UK
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Chronic pain is getting in the way of day-to-day life, for eight in 10 sufferers
Getting dressed, exercising, and completing household chores, are some of the tasks they are unable to take on, due to their regular, ongoing symptoms
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'Stoned' teen who started fire that killed 4 kids has open prison bid blocked
Dyson Allen, now 30, was sentenced to life in jail for deliberately starting a fire which almost wiped out a whole family at their home in Freckleton, Lancashire, on January 7, 2012
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'Breaking Bad' drug lord raked in £11m-a-year with fake estate front for empire
The centre of Jeremy Southgate’s crime empire was a sham estate agent business in Hull where all the houses for rent were fake, with images in the window cut from magazines
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Campaigners march to Downing Street in fight for medical cannabis prescriptions
Families from the campaign group End Our Pain, fighting for NHS medical cannabis prescriptions, marched to Downing Street in a call for "urgent action on the crisis"
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Child eats THC-infused Halloween candy handed out at school event
Young elementary school Halloween party goers received a shock when one child fell ill and required medical attention. It turned out that one of the sweets handed out at the event was laced with THC
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Parents forced to pay £1,900-a-month for cannabis for children
Fewer than five NHS prescriptions for unlicensed medical cannabis were given between November 2018 and July 2022, according to data that was released in January
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Evicted grandmother put into hostel after cannabis conviction
Loretta Paterson was evicted from her home in Cardiff after she admitted having cannabis in her house - but said she did not knowingly allow her home to be used for drug dealing
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Woman on toilet savaged by dog after giving THC-laced gummy bear to calm it down
A woman was attacked by her Rottweiler Blau after giving the pet a THC-laced gummy bear as the dog had shown stress signs. The animal was later taken away and euthanised
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Steps you can take if you think your neighbours are growing or smoking cannabis
It can be a very worrying time if you fear your neighbours are growing, or even smoking, cannabis inside their home - but what can you do and how can you stop it
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Herd of sheep 'behaving strangely' after grazing way through 220lb of cannabis
The sheep were seen wandering across the flooded plains of Thessaly in Greece and came across a crop of medicinal cannabis that had been damaged by Storm Daniel
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Urgent warning issued to parents as kids fall ill from 'drug muffins' at school
Ninety children purchased what they thought were tasty baked goods - which turned out to be laced with cannabis - en route to the Pulamadibogo Primary School, north-west of the South African capital, Pretoria
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‘I lost my leg to sepsis after a dip in the sea - you shouldn't ignore symptoms’
With World Sepsis Day falling on September 13, we highlight the tell-tale signs you must be aware of and speak to one woman whose brush with the infection led to life changing surgery
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Inside 1,000 cannabis farms raided in a MONTH - filled with £130million of drugs
In Operation Mille, the largest of its kind, 200,000 cannabis plants were seized - and the raids also recovered guns and other weapons such as crossbows and knives
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Mum cradles dying girl, 11, after France shooting by recluse neighbour
Little Solaine Thornton, 11, was cruelly shot dead and her parents Adrian and Rachael Thornton were seriously injured when their neighbour, a local recluse called Dirk Raats, opened fire in Brittany, France
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Wife of 'gunman who killed Brit schoolgirl' angrily yells 'leave me in peace'
Dirk Raats, 71, allegedly used both a rifle and revolver as his aim fell on Solaine Thornton, 11, and her parents Adrian and Rachael Thornton, 52 and 49, who were seriously injured in the attack
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Daughter dies aged 13 after mum's battle to get medical cannabis
Ava Barry suffered from Dravet Syndrome, a rare neurological condition that affects around one in every 15,000 people in the UK. She tragically died in Cork, Ireland, on Friday
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Mum finds cannabis 'cowboys' using name to flog CBD after she won fight for son
Hannah Deacon helped change the law when she secured cannabis prescription for her severely ill son Alfie Dingley. But now, a "cowboy" CBD firm has been using her name to flog its product
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