A Body Shop advert has been condemned in a Swedish city for using cannabis leaves to promote its range of hemp products. The crime prevention unit in Orebro, central Sweden, paid a visit to the ethical cosmetics shop this week, complaining that displaying the Cannabis sativa (industrial hemp) leaf could encourage drug use among youngsters. Read the full story

After a decade-long struggle, a Swedish hemp farmer from Halland has won a favourable court ruling which declared the state’s seizure of his crop illegal. For all the legal wrangling, which was heard in both Swedish and European courts, the man was awarded just SEK 10,000 (USD 1,500) compensation. Read the full story