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Crime pays as 500 prison guards cut in privatisation purge ANDREW WEST 9/12/2008 http://wingham.yourguide.com.au/news/natio...spx?storypage=1 UP TO 500 prison security jobs, including almost 200 in country towns, will be privatised in a move that could weaken security around dangerous criminals, argues the public sector union. The Government has confirmed it will outsource the Court Escort Security Unit, which transports inmates between courts, jails and police lock-ups, as part of its reform plan - "The Way Forward" - outlined in last month's mini-budget. The unit employs 500 officers, two-thirds of them in metropolitan Sydney. "The number of staff required by the …

Saturday, December 06, 2008 1:58 PM http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewi...id_2861108.html (Source: Press, The; Christchurch, New Zealand)By McCRONE John copryright 2008 all rights reserved Cannabis has become part of ordinary Kiwi life. We lead the world in both usage and in drug arrests and convictions. Next year the Law Commission will review the 33-year-old Misuse of Drugs Act. JOHN McCRONE considers the public debate. -------------------- Two youths in baseball caps and work boots are in earnest discussion with the shop assistant about the $195 bottles of liquid fertiliser. It's a kitset system, they are told. You need the Growzilla to get the lush v…

by J.D. Tuccille December 6, 2:03 PM http://www.examiner.com/x-536-Civil-Libert...in-Odessa-Texas © 2008 Copyright Examiner.com I've long thought that too many civil liberties advocates (myself included) are reactive -- forever chasing the last horrendous abuse, only to be blind-sided by the next one. What we need are more pro-freedom advocates who are confrontational and take the battle to the authorities. Of course, that would probably require somebody with a bankroll to spend on good deeds, or else some way to make such confrontations into a commercial opportunity so they're self-financing. Sort of like what ex-cop Barry Cooper did when he set a trap for Odessa, T…

Amsterdam wants to halve prostitution windows, coffee shops 7 December 2008 AFP http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/artic...lNBqCuQ7jv4QDVw THE HAGUE (AFP) — Amsterdam plans to halve the number of prostitution windows and cannabis-vending coffee shops in its historic city centre in a revamp it hopes will curb rising crime. "The ambition is to turn (the city centre) into a safer, more beautiful and liveable area," states a strategy proposal released by the city council on Saturday. Hot on the heels of a country-wide ban on hallucinogenic "magic mushrooms" and plans by some cities to close their coffee shops, this is the latest example of a hardening in the tradition…

Northern Rivers Echo The Nimbin Museum is open for business and the Nimbin HEMP Bar will soon be opening its doors again, with locals banding together to save the two iconic buildings from closure. The landlords of both buildings were advised several weeks ago they would have to comply with a strict set of conditions or police would declare them ‘restricted premises’ under the Restricted Premises Act of 1943, which allows police to search or raid at will. Museum tenant Michael Balderstone was also told he could no longer manage the tourist drawcard, however, his business partner Elspeth Jones has stepped into the breach and advised the landlord she will take over tenanc…

Road Trip In this 1hr + film Jason and family go on a road trip to Vancouver to celebrate World Aids Day additionally to see some friends while in town. In this video we hear from a few guests while we introduce the heart of Vansterdam with a tour of the BC Marijuana Party Headquarters (BCMP). Special thanks to Michelle for the wonderful welcome and Medicinal Michelle T-Shirt. Michelle was real busy with mom there preparing for a serious operation. She bravely joked about always being so busy and showed no fear of the pending operation. Best wishes and prayers for Michelle, Jeff, & family during this trying time. What a strong and courageous woman! Jason inte…

Dear Sirs, As you can clearly see we have governments and their ministers breaking Australian law with complete knowledge they are doing so. Here under ; Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 Part I—Preliminary 6 Ministers etc. to have regard to Convention The Minister for Health, the Minister for Industry, Technology and Commerce, the Secretary or the CEO shall, in exercising any power or performing any function conferred on him by this Act, have regard to the obligations of the Commonwealth under the Convention and to no other matter PREAMBLE The Parties, Concerned with the health and welfare of mankind, Recognizing that the medical use o…

FOXNews.com Friday, December 05, 2008 By TOBY STERLING, Associated Press Writer Amsterdam will fight national efforts to crack down on marijuana cafes _ arguing that the city's establishments are so strictly regulated that it is unnecessary to comply with a government ban on having them near schools. Mayor Job Cohen's promise to lobby the Justice Ministry to give Amsterdam an exception came after city leaders overwhelmingly voted to challenge the issue. They argue the cafes are already so closely watched they don't need new rules to keep children away. Cohen told national broadcaster NOS that "if there are other possibilities" to an outright ban, "then we'd like…

ENCOD 3 December 2008 - Yesterday the Cannabis Tribunal in The Hague ended with the final conclusion that a ban on cannabis does have more disadvantages than advantages. Representatives of the Christian Democrat Party (CDA) did not succeed in convincing an independent judge of the opposite. On behalf of the organisers Joep Oomen, spokesperson, launched a call to the Members of the Dutch Parliament to request the Dutch government to abolish this ban as soon as possible. An amount of 200.000 euro had been made available to the political party that would be able to convince an independent court of the positive effects of a ban on cannabis. The organisers had had troubl…

Brisbane Times 4 December, 2008 Inmates allegedly used a plastic weight attached to dental floss to transfer a contraband mobile phone to a convicted murderer accused of using it to run a $250,000-a-week drug trafficking enterprise. Seven people have been arrested in two states after analysis of more than 19,000 phone conversations - originating from within the Lithgow maximum security prison in NSW and conducted in Arabic - allegedly revealed their highly organised criminal activities. A further five friends and relatives of the prisoner are being investigated over the transfer of about $1.5 million worth of cocaine, ice and cannabis from NSW to Victoria in a six w…

Wednesday, 03 December 2008 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4781287a4560.html © Fairfax New Zealand Limited 2007 Police who chased an alleged burglar through a Marlborough private property had an unplanned stop along the way when they found a man tending to his cannabis crop in his back yard. Officers and a police dog were on the trail of a man who allegedly forced open the door to a Meehan St house and stole a small hydroponic cannabis plant on Monday afternoon. As the police dog tracked the alleged offender through Elizabeth St, they came across a resident doing a spot of gardening in his cannabis patch, constable Michelle Stagg said. A short time later police …

AlterNet DrugReporter A New Approach to Drugs Would Save New York Hundreds of Millions of Dollars By Gabriel Sayegh, AlterNet. Posted December 2, 2008. Let’s stop spending over $500 million every year on ineffective and wasteful policies like the Rockefeller Drug Laws. While New York reels from the most severe budget crisis since the Great Depression, Gov. David A. Paterson and the legislature are scrambling to close ever-expanding deficits. "We're not going to get out of this quagmire we've built until we reduce our spending," said the governor during a Nov. 12 press conference. Precisely. So let's stop spending over $500 million every year on ineffective and w…