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Tropical trial for hemp crop turns heads 8th September 2008, 6:00 WST The West Australian http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?Men...ContentID=96620 The Ord irrigation region has produced a variety of crops in its 45-year history, but few have attracted as much interest from passers-by, and the occasional police officer, as current trials of Chinese hemp. Reaching 2m, the industrial crop was planted in June by Perth-based Hemp Resources to test its performance in the tropical region. Though similar in appearance to illegal cannabis crops, industrial hemp’s drug-like qualities ended there, managing director Kim Hough said. Under State legislation, licences ar…

Friday, 14 Nov 2008 05:37am http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/latest_r...CZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D Two men will face court on numerous drug charges after police seized an estimated $100,000 worth of cannabis on the State’s Mid North Coast yesterday morning. About 8am, following extensive inquiries, officers attached to Mid North Coast Local Area Command conducted a search warrant at a property on the Pacific Highway at Valla. After speaking with the owner and searching the premises, police will allege they located a large sum of money and numerous bags of cannabis hidden in various locations both inside and outside houses on the property. Police also seized two firearms…

The Washington Times Jacob Sullum Saturday, November 15, 2008 Last week, voters in Massachusetts approved a ballot initiative that eliminates criminal penalties for possessing up to an ounce of marijuana, replacing them with a $100 civil fine. Michigan, meanwhile, became the 13th state to allow the medical use of cannabis. As Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project noted, the percentage of voters approving those initiatives (65 and 63, respectively) exceeded Barack Obama's share of the vote in each state. Furthermore, the results in Massachusetts and Michigan seem to reflect national opinion. For years polls have indicated that a large majority of Americans t…

Vancouver Sun Ian Mulgrew Vancouver Sun columnist Friday, November 14, 2008Eric Nash can barely contain his excitement waiting to hear from Health Canada whether he can start growing marijuana for 250 patients. That would be just the start. There are tens of thousands more who are ailing across the country clamouring for his organic B.C. bud. "There is a great opportunity here for the government to collect significant tax revenue currently being lost to the street market," Nash, one of the best-known legal cannabis producers, enthused. "With the current global financial crisis, this court ruling is certainly a bright light in dark economic times. We're just wait…

Sorry I thought it desreved its own thread MAPS News - November 2008: Chicago gets MDMA research - Washington gets Vaporized Marijuana Protocol Dear MAPS Members, Supporters, and Friends, It’s the dawn of a new era. We have a lot to celebrate as we welcome President Obama and the tolerant, visionary, and empathetic leadership he represents, and say good-bye to the narrow-minded, unilateral, arrogance that has carried the American banner for the last eight years. I want to publicly congratulate supporters of the Marijuana Policy Project, including Executive Director Rob Kampia and MAPS Alumnus Troy Dayton, for their huge victories for marijuana decriminal…

source Vote Hopes DETROIT - Voters in Michigan overwhelmingly approved a medical marijuana ballot measure -- making it one of a quarter of states to allow severely ill patients to use the illegal drug. With 87 percent of the precincts reporting, 63 percent, or 2,557,410 people, voted "yes" on Proposal 1, which removes state penalties for registered patients to buy, grow and use small amounts of marijuana. Thirty-seven percent, or 1,519,273 voters, were opposed. Opponents again were unable to derail the measure. Nitty.

ABC Rural 11/11/2008 Western Australia's Ord Valley region has just wrapped up its first hemp harvest in nearly a decade, and the company involved in the trial says it will now look to plant 500 hectares next year. Hemp hasn't been grown in the Kimberley since an unsuccessful trial in 2000, and growers have mixed feelings about the crop's value. Chief executive of Hemp Resources, Kim Hough, believes current legislation, which stops hemp seed from being sold as a food product in Australia, will soon be changed and will make hemp a very viable crop in the Ord. "We're confident that laws will be changed," he says. "But no, it wouldn't turn us away (from growing in …

Clinical Studies and Case Reports On this site you will find clinical studies with cannabis or single cannabinoids in different diseases and case reports on the use of cannabis by patients. You may search for diseases (indications), authors, medication, study design (controlled study, open trial, case report etc.) and other criteria. http://www.cannabis-med.org/images/logo_frame.jpg

Arjun Ramachandran November 11, 2008 - 5:20PM http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/suburb...6318640419.html Copyright © 2008. The Sydney Morning Herald Tip-offs triggered police raids on houses in Sydney's south-west, with cannabis plants worth more than $1.5 million seized. Police forced their way into two houses at 11.15am today - at Thurlow Street, Riverwood, and at Broad Arrow Road, Narwee. No one was in either house, which contained almost 300 plants, from seedlings to mature-sized plants. Police said rooms had been converted to grow cannabis. They are investigating who occupied the houses. Today's operation follows raids at three houses in Kingsgrove …

Under the "War on Drugs" formally declared by Howard and restated by Rudd.... We do have rights, read them for yourselves they are listed in http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/94.htm <QUOTE> Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II) <h4 align="center">PART III</h4> WOUNDED, SICK AND SHIPWRECKED Article 7.-Protection and care 1. All the wounded, sick and shipwrecked, whether or not they have taken part in the armed conflict, shall be respected and protected. 2. In all circumstances they shall be treated humanely and sh…

========================================================== Psychological Health: Special Session within iCBBE Call for Papers http://www.icbbe.org June 14-16, 2009 Beijing, China ========================================================== This Psychological Heath (PH) is part of the 3rd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE2009). PH 2009 focuses on the following fields: Theory and research in psychotherapy Psychotherapy approach Biological foundation of psychotherapy …