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Hey, im a total novice in Melbourne, used to smoke and consume in England and the UK. Was wondering what the average prices are here in Melbourne at the moment and are there any cons that i should look out for??

Mexico’s Unsuccessful Drug War, Painfully Preserved and Hidden By MARC LACEY New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/world/am...tml?_r=1&em MEXICO CITY — At their best, museums are glorious cultural repositories, reflecting the highest flowering of human creativity, ingenuity and art. But not everything in every culture is glorious, and there are museums for those aspects, too, which is why, hidden from the public, there is an institution here devoted to Mexico’s dark side, the Museum of Drugs. At the Museum of Drugs, a farmworker mannequin was propped up under a tree with a rifle in his hands, guarding a field of poppies and marijuana. Samples of dru…

Pressure to reform Dutch drug laws as gang violence grows By Nick Meo in Amsterdam Last Updated: 11:55AM GMT 28 Dec 2008 Telegraph.co.uk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3997943/Pr...ence-grows.html By the time the shooting ended, the A73 south of Nijmegan was littered with bullet casings, and one man lay dead in his car with another sprawled wounded in the passenger seat. Joints containing different types of cannabis are seen in sugar jars at a coffee shop in the southern Dutch city of Bergen op Zoom Photo: REUTERS The survivor refused to talk to police, even though a hired assassin had pursued his vehicle shooting at it without hitting for several miles before f…

Salem-News.com Dr. Phillip Leveque Salem-News.com Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Pharmacologist, Toxicologist and Physician. http://www.salem-news.com/stimg/december272008/leveque_herer350.jpg Jack Herer, author of "The Emperor Wears No Clothes", with Dr. Phil Leveque at HempStalk 2008 in Portland, Oregon. Jack Herer is possibly the biggest icon in the cultural movement to legalize and legitimize marijuana use. Some may dislike and shudder at such a name. Marijuana Leveque. I don’t. I have been called much worse – Quack, snake oil salesman. In Italy I’m Dr. Pot, here I'm "most dangerous man in Oregon", etc. After I saw “REEFER MADNESS…

A new high: NSW drug arrests Dec 10, 2008 ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/10/2442346.htm Ecstasy arrests in NSW have jumped by more than 50 per cent in two years. (ABC) The latest crime statistics from New South Wales show arrests for drug use have jumped by more than 50 per cent in some cases over the last two years. The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research says the number of people caught with ecstasy has jumped by 55 per cent since September 2008. Cocaine arrests since then have increased by almost 40 per cent, while arrests for cannabis are up by almost 20 per cent. The bureau's director Dr Don Weatherburn says it may be a case of an…

One in 10 teens hallucinate - study 6 December 2008 http://www.skynews.com.au/health/article.aspx?id=284468 Almost one in 10 Australian teens say they have hallucinations, and those from broken homes are among the hardest hit. Young cannabis users also dominate the 8.4 per cent of teens who say they either see or hear 'things that other people think aren't there'. But the findings do not mean the same teenagers will go on to suffer a mental illness in adulthood, the Queensland-based researchers behind the study say. 'Clearly, most adolescents in this study who experience hallucinations will not subsequently develop a psychotic disorder,' the authors write in the…

Stupid is as stupid does in crim world 27 December 2008 stuff.co.nz http://www.stuff.co.nz/4803810a11.html From peeing on parking meters to drunk drivers who called the police for help. Kate Chapman looks back at criminals who made us wonder at their intelligence. As well as the murders and assaults police investigated in 2008, they were also faced with less serious offences some of which bordered on downright stupid. Napier chef Sarron John Malot led the way when he was dubbed "the Piddler on the Roof" after being caught on a security camera urinating into a parking meter on July 5. He said he had been out with friends and wanted to pee. When they wouldn't let h…

CelebStoner's Top 10 Stories of 2008 27 December 2008 CelebStoner, New York http://www.celebstoner.com/news/celebstone...es-of-2008.html 1. Barack Obama elected President Without a doubt the biggest story of the year, Obama tantalized stoners with his quips ("I inhaled frequently") and statements ("we need to rethink and decriminalize the marijuana laws"). The question remains if and how he will address the nation’s misguided Prohibition of marijuana and other illegal drugs. 2. Cheech & Chong reunite Twenty-seven years after the dopey duo split up, they finally got back together for the Light Up America comedy tour, which continues through March. Another C…

Schapelle Corby misses jail term reduction 25 December 2008 Courier Mail http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0...73-3102,00.html CONVICTED drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, of the Gold Coast, has missed being handed a Christmas Day sentence reduction from Indonesian authorities. Indonesian authorities used the day to announce the freeing of 221 prisoners for good behaviour and a reduction in sentences for more than 7000 other prisoners. Corby and fellow Australian drug trafficker Renae Lawrence were among 59 prisoners at Bali's Kerobokan prison in line for Christmas sentence cuts on Thursday. Neither of the women were granted a reduction, but prison official Y…

December 16, 2008 - 6:51AM http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queen...9189569563.html Copyright © 2008. Brisbane Times Police raids at two homes and a storage container on the Gold Coast yesterday allegedly uncovered a large-scale hydroponic drug operation. Officers conducted a search of a Hollywood Drive home at Gaven about 11am after receiving a tip off from the public and allegedly found the drug production set-up. They seized a number of large cannabis plants as well as lighting, ventilation and watering equipment allegedly found inside. A second search was conducted at a property in Withern Court at Caligaraba, where police allegedly uncovered a second hydr…

Tara Hack Rocks New York City for Schapelle Corby 22 December 2008 Independent News Press Release: Artists for Schapelle http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0812/S00398.htm Not content with a highly acclaimed support song, and a ground breaking global protest video to accompany it, indie-pop artist Tara Hack has today released a YouTube video tracking her "Free Schapelle Corby" tour around New York City. The tour takes in a range of landmarks, including the Statue of Liberty and Times Square. Tara is filmed performing in various locations, including Penn Station, with cuts to images of Schapelle in her prison cell, and dozens of 'Free Schapelle' human rights prot…

Well, Well, Well: To all some good herbs Connie Howard 25 December 2008 health@vueweekly.com http://www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=10607 Peace, hope, love, goodwill, light in the darkness—they’re what every winter solstice holiday has ever been about, but also sadly sometimes as elusive as a hungry child’s faith in Santa. Elusive because the world can be harsh, and because we too often don’t register the dissonance inherent in riding to elaborate diamond-studded holiday celebrations in plush chariots to celebrate giving and goodwill while taking from those with less so we can have more. It’s an age-old thing, the dark quicksand that power becomes, and it has mostl…

101 and Losing Her Home Sue Weibezahl Porter Central New York News 25 December 2008 http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/200...g_her_home.html Mary Reaves and her 101-year-old grandmother, Mamie Singleton, sit on their living room sofa at 114 Baker Ave. in Syracuse. Reaves received a nuisance abatement notice on Dec.19, evicting her and her grandmother within five days due to drug arrests that happened on her property over several years involving a nephew. Mamie Singleton, 101, and her granddaughter, Mary Reaves, 56, are being evicted from their home of 45 years. They received a notice last week from Syracuse police Chief Gary Miguel, giving them five days to leave …

Honey Bees on Cocaine 'Dance' When Food Is Found 25 December 2008 Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...8122500594.html Give a foraging honey bee cocaine, and it will dance to reap and share the rewards of success, a new study says. The finding, published in this month's issue of the The Journal of Experimental Biology, supports the theory of a reward system in an insect's brain and altruism in the bee world. Cocaine affects the transit of octopamine, a neurochemical that's abundant in the brains of foraging honey bees. A previous study showed octopamine causes the bees to increase their dancing even when it is not warranted. Octopamine affe…