Registered Uruguayan consumers will be able to access three types of marijuana in drug stores with high, medium and low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol and correspondent levels of cannabidiol, said Milton Romani, president of the country's national drug office, on Saturday.

“There are three options, depending on the effect of each one ... (we are) trying to recommend the lowest level for beginners,” Romani told Reuters at the 2015 Expocannabis taking place in the country’s capital Montevideo.

Authorities were offered various genetically modified plants with controllable effects within the framework of the recent decriminalization of marijuana aimed at eradicating the illegal commercialization both foreign and domestic.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s administration has reiterated Canada’s commitment to legalizing cannabis, reaffirming the government’s intention to end the failed and harmful policy of prohibition. Canada has had a long history of progressive marijuana policies, particularly before the decade long reign of the Conservative Stephen Harper-led government, but the landslide election of the Liberal Party has ushered in a new era of progressive cannabis reform, along with greater criminal justice policy changes.

Ellensburg’s two recreational marijuana shops — Cannabis Central and The Green Shelf — could both begin selling medical-grade marijuana on July 1, 2016.

The Liquor and Cannabis Board approved both shops for medical endorsements, which would allow them to sell higher-grade marijuana products to patients when the recreational and medical markets merge on July 1.

Rob Hendrix, who owns Cannabis Central, said it is the responsibility of recreational shops to step up and offer medical marijuana, especially in Kittitas County where there are so few medical dispensaries.

Wiz Khalifa has been on a roller-coaster ride this year. Starting with his relationship with Amber Rose, things got worse in March when he took swipes at her in one of his songs. Wiz Khalifa shared a link for his fans to have a listen. The following were some of the controversial lines Wiz Khalifa used.

“Man, I fell in love with a stripper, funny thing is I fell back out of love quicker… You all ’bout that money, that s**t that I throw. Just make sure you clean off that pole.”

Almost every cannabis consumer has experienced it: that dry, pasty sensation rightfully referred to as cottonmouth.

For some it’s not a big deal – and if anything it’s a good reminder to hydrate.

For others it can be seriously annoying, interrupting sleep, work, or conversation. That witty remark that was on the tip of your tongue? Forget it. It’s stuck there forever, along with that bite of sandwich you thought would be such a great idea ten minutes ago.

Seriously though, of all the side effects of marijuana, what exactly is the deal with cottonmouth? Why does it happen, and what’s the best thing to do about it when it does?

As with all your cannabis questions, we at Green Flower have got you covered.

SKUNKED  A new study links marijuana with high levels of THC to damage in a major brain connector. 

People who use especially potent pot show signs of damage in a key part of their brain. The results, reported online November 27 in Psychological Medicine, are limited, though: The small brain scanning study doesn’t show that marijuana caused the brain abnormality — only that the two go hand-in-hand. But the findings suggest that potency matters, says study coauthor Tiago Reis Marques, a psychiatrist at King’s College London.

An estimated £2.5 million worth of cannabis was seized in November by West Midlands Police, taking the total for the year to nearly £20m.

And official figures show that annual drug seizures across England and Wales have fallen dramatically to the lowest number in almost a decade.

There were 167,059 seizures by police and Border Force staff across the two countries in 2014/2015, down from 194,346 in 2013/14. Class B drugs accounted for most of the seizures in 2014/15 – 132,253 in total, down 17 per cent on the previous year. As recently as Tuesday, more than 280 cannabis plants were discovered at a house in Smethwick, with police estimating the haul to be worth thousands pounds.

Next year Canada could become the first country in the G7 group of the world’s leading economies to legalize marijuana as the government announces its plans in a speech to parliament.

The freshly-elected Liberal government has reaffirmed their pledge to legalize marijuana as Governor-General David Johnson addressed the parliament with a speech that outlined the legislative agenda for the coming year.

“The Government will introduce legislation that… will legalize, regulate and restrict access to marijuana,” Johnson said, Canadian Global News reports. He did not elaborate on how the government plans to regulate or restrict access to the soft drug.

Canada’s leadership pledged to move forward with efforts to legalise marijuana.

“The government will introduce legislation that will…legalise, regulate and restrict access to marijuana,” Canada’s Governor General David Johnston said during a speech to parliament about the Liberal party’s plans.

Johnston offered no specific details about how legalization of maijuana might work during his address to parliament.

Party leader and newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has supported legalising marijuana for several years.

Trudeau’s win in October effectively ended conservatives’ hold on the government.

Weed laws have been a hot-button issue in the United States for the last decade. States have been passing bills left and right regarding whether marijuana can be used for recreational or medical purposes or both. And in many cases, the state says you cannot use it at all.