It may be thousands of kilometres away from Perth's corporate heart, but Christmas Island is being eyed off to become home to Australia's first medicinal cannabis industry.

The studies show the island is ideal for growing medicinal cannabis.

The work of Murdoch's team is so promising, they stand poised to sign a deal to become the research arm of AusCann, a Perth-based medicinal cannabis company chaired by former Liberal MP Mal Washer.

They plan to plant the first trials of industrial-grade hemp in January, subject to WA Government approval.

More and more tourists are travelling to experience the freedom to try cannabis in tolerant countries

The whiff of weed is spreading across the globe as more countries decriminalise the possession of small quantities of cannabis. The Netherlands has always been the Mecca for those seeking a taste of something illicit but you can now travel further in order to indulge in a spliff or a hash cake.

Colorado, where cannabis was legalised three years ago, is already seeing a big growth in tourism. Tax revenues from the now legalised business are adding to the State’s coffers. Canada’s new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and his Liberal party are in favour of legalising marijuana.

Cannabis plants with an estimated street value of more than $1 million have been found growing inside two homes in Sydney's inner-west, police say.

Police said officers raided two neighbouring properties on Bland Street at Ashfield about 10:00am today.

The inside of the houses had undergone extensive modifications to cultivate the cannabis indoors.

In one of the homes, police found 173 cannabis plants, and in the other, 182 plants were discovered.

The combined estimated potential street value of the plants is $1,046,000 police said.

No-one was home at the time of the raids and police said investigations are continuing.

One week after announcing a deal to put its products into Oregon and Arizona pot shops, the licensing arm of Denver-based Dixie Elixirs on Thursday announced its first international foray — into Australia and New Zealand.

Dixie Brands and its Australian partner, Cann Group, announced two licensing agreements Thursday night at the Marijuana Business Conference in Las Vegas.

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.

A LOGAN mother who refused to give up has secured medical cannabis treatment for her son.

Lanai Carter said she wept with joy at the news that her formal application to the Therapeutic Goods Administration for her son Lindsay to receive his medical cannabis treatment through the Special Access Scheme had been granted.

Lindsay Carter is 17 years old and has been fighting brain cancer for the past two and a half years.

His mother Lanai has been campaigning for medicinal cannabis after witnessing its success in shrinking Lindsay's brain tumour and controlling the seizures he suffered as a side effect of the tumour.

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.

Up to 100 West Australian parents are illegally using cannabis to treat children living with epilepsy, the chief executive of an epilepsy organisation says.

Epilepsy Association of WA (EAWA) chief executive Suresh Rajan said medicinal marijuana was being used extensively on WA children.

"I would have anything up to 80 to 100 mums that I know of in Western Australia who use it [on their children]. Illegally, I will emphasise, because it is not legal yet in Western Australia," he said.

Campaigners said there was evidence that cannabidiol, one of the compounds in marijuana, can stop seizures and boost the quality of life of those with epilepsy.

Police seized more than 650 plants, beleived to have a street value of2.2 million Australian dollars

olice in Sydney have discovered more than £1 million worth of cannabis plants from a warehouse near the city’s airport.

The growers had siphoned electricity form a nearby sub-station using a nest of plug adaptors and tangled wires that lay dangerously close to the water used to grow the drug.

New South Wales (NSW) police said the warehouse had been converted into a hydroponic farm containing more than 650 plants in the Mascot district.

These cannabis farmers did not abide by appropriate health and safety regulations