Our beloved, our adorable cannabis plant never stops to surprise us. An english italian study, just published,  shows that cannabinoids kill even the most resistent staphylococcus. Every year, these staphylococcus kill more than 18.000 people in the hospitals  of the whole world and they are resistent to the antibiotics. In particular, the study, started in 2005 and lasted 3 years, has shown how THC, CBD, CBG, CBC and  CBN are incredibly efficient against EMERSA-15 and EMERSA-16, two of the most dangerous staphylococcus. This reaearch was a menage a trois between the Cra-Cin of Rovigo,that grew the plants, The University of Piemonte Orientale of Novara and the School of Pharmacy of London. It is extra ordinary that a plant can have so many beneficial uses.  Staphylococcus today kill more than AIDS. Now we have an efficient weapon to stop it. Let’s hope that for once, they allow to use it.

It seems that the giant fighters of this ancient and noble sport discipline have a particular passion for the cannabis plant, just like us.  Two fighters, Roho and Hakurozan, nickname of the two russian brothers Soslan e Batraz Boradzov (28 and 26 years old) have been found positive to cannabis. But the police didn’t found any trace of cannabis in their apartments, and the two strongly denied the results of the tests. The japanise law consider a crime eve the possession of a small amount for personal use. Another sumo star was suspended from the federation last week, after that a test shows that he used cannabis. We all hope that these bans are temporary, it is too stupid to break the career of someone just because of a joint. Simply too stupid.

The Ministry of Cannabis Lab is happy to announce that a new strain, Pure Lowryder, is now available in its regular form. Pure Lowryder is an autoflowering strain, cappable to pass from seedling to bud in about 2 months. The plant stay compact, and she doesn’t need 12 hours of dark per day to flower: the flowering is indeed automatic, when the plant reach an age of about 20 days she starts to flower. Given these features, this plant can be grown virtually everywhere. Pure Lowryder is gonna be sold in bags of 10 seeds, like all the other regular strains. We are gonna offer one bag for 30 euro, instead of 35, for the whole month of august.

We are looking for a translator in each one of the following languages: french, german and spanish. The task is to translate the description of one strain, we offer seeds in exchange. For the german language, it is possible to translate more and  get more seeds. Please click on the contact us link on the left and write us if interested.

The Ministry of Cannabis online ship will be closed for the summer holidays from 4 till 8 august. All the orders received after 12.00 (GMT +2) of friday 1 august will be processed and shipped monday 11 august. We wish you all a funny, crazy, peacefull and relaxing summer. IMPORTANT: the orders received BEFORE 1 august wil be shipped within 24 hours as usual, no delays!

If you are from Poland, you can find the feminized genetics of the Ministry of Cannabis on Sidbank.pl Our friend Jacob will be more than happy to help you to select the right strain for you. We wish to Jacob and his staff all the success that they deserve, and greetings to all our polish friends.

Ministry of Cannabis is happy to offer the African Spirit (regular seeds - 10 x bag) with a 5 euro discount for the whole month of july. In the northern emisphere this strain is perfect for everybody that is late this year. This strain grows extra fast, so even plants born from seeds germinated during the month of july have big possibilities to give a good harvest in october. The promo sale ends the 31 july 2008.

In a few days, next july 1st, the dutch law will be aligned to European Union regulation about tobacco. This mean end of the smoking in bars, clubs, restaurants and every other place opened to the public,even the traditional dutch “eetcafè” that are tipycal dutch bar when you can also eat a bread or a salad. Many people have written to us to ask what will it happen to the coffeshops, if the new ban will apply to coffeshops too. In short: no. In practical it will mean a drastical change of the habits of many people. The joint will be allowed, yes. But only pure. The purpose of the ban is to protect the workers from the conseguences of the passive tobacco smoke. And that’s it. Ab Klink, health minister, that mixing tobacco with soft drugs in coffee shops (where cannabis products can be bought over the counter) will not be permitted from July 1. Staff in these coffee shops have the same right as workers in other cafes to a tobacco-free working environment, said Klink.

Ministry of Cannabis is happy to announce that at the end of this june 2008 we are gonna release a new strain, in its regular version. The strain will be an autoflowering one. These new generation genetics allow people with little or no space to grow their own plants. In particular, this strain works indipendently from the ours of light that it receive. After less than 3 weeks from germination, each plant will automatically start to flower, so that the whole cycle, from seed to buds, will be completed in about 2 months. The final height of the plant will be a few tens of centimeters. Further, it won’t be necessary to change the number of hours of light per  day, it is possible to give 18-20 hours of light till the day of the harvest. The price will be extremely cheap as usual, and these seeds will be sold in a package of 10 seeds. The only question mark is the name, we have a few names in mind and maybe we will let you choose through a poll. Visit our website regularly to stay updated about this new,  exciting class of seeds.

The 4th edition of the fair Cannabis Tipo Forte will be held in Bologna, Italy, from tomorrow, 30 may, till next sunday, 1 june. The location is the same than the last 3 years,  the Palanord, with almost 10.000 sq. mt. of space for the exibition. The calendar of events is particularly rich this year, with a seed cup, a video area and many debates, most of them about medical cannabis. While we won’t be present with a booth, we will be widely rapresented by our new italian distributor Semitalia, and by our resellers Campo  di Canapa and Hemporium. By the booths of these companies will be possible to buy our seeds and ask detailed information about our genetics. For all the italian cannabis lovers, and for all those that are in Italy at this moment, this is event that you can’t miss.