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09/10/08 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10...?site=goldcoast A 33-year-old Gold Coast man is due to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court today charged over a hydroponic drug operation at Worongary. Police say they searched the man's property early yesterday and found about 50 cannabis plants. Superintendent Jim Keogh says the drugs were well hidden. "The officers were down the back searching a shed area and didn't see anything untoward in the shed and pushed up against a wall and it had a secreted door in the wall and behind the wall of course were the hydroponic plants," he said. The 33-year-old man is charged with possessing and producing …

BY ZARA DAWTREY COURT REPORTER 9/10/2008 1:00:00 AM http://northerntasmania.yourguide.com.au/n...gs/1328865.aspx Copyright © 2008. Fairfax Media. A BEACONSFIELD man who admitted smoking 100 cones of marijuana a day to police was yesterday found not guilty of trafficking in the drug. Police searched the property of Peter Gerard Adams, 41, in April last year. They discovered 90 cannabis seedlings growing in his sunroom, and another five plants drying in an outside shed. But Adams denied any intention to sell the drug once the plants reached maturity. Asked by police what he intended to do with them, he answered "smoke them". "I just smoke and smoke and sm…

High Court challenge 9th October 2008 By Carl Brown [Guardian UK]

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Author Grotenhermen, Franjo Title: How to prevent cannabis-induced psychological distress . . . in politicians Journal: THE LANCET Date: May 15, 2004 Issue: Vol 363 Pages: 1568-1569 Cannabis can cause anxiety, agitation, and anger among politicians. The consequences of this cannabis-induced psychological distress syndrome (CIPDS) include overreaction with respect to legislation and politics and a lack of distinction between use and misuse of cannabis. In times of a war against drugs, this distinction might even be regarded as unpatriotic,1 as irresoluteness in the face of the enemy. One trend associated with CIPDS involves taking away the driving licence of people …

Northern Rivers Echo by Terra Sword 9 October 2008

The Big Question: Is it time the world forgot about cannabis in its war against drugs? By Michael McCarthy Friday, 3 October 2008 THE INDEPENDENT UK http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00058/bigQ031008_58124t.jpg

THE HAGUE, 08/10/08 - www.nisnews.nl Over half the magistrates in the Netherlands consider cannabis should be legalised. So reports Vrij Nederland weekly, following a survey among the judiciary. The leftwing weekly interviewed 489 judges, 140 prosecutors and 22 judges in training. Over half (52 percent) were in favour of decriminalising 'soft drugs' (cannabis, hash). Over one in ten (12 percent) even want possession, dealing in or use of 'hard drugs' (cocaine, heroin, XTC) no longer to lead to criminal prosecution. Nearly half the respondents (48 percent) consider that anti-terrorism measures have been tightened up too much. Judges in particular are also concerne…

How Come "Joe Sixpack" is an American Hero, While "Joe Stoner" Gets Arrested? Posted in Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan Mon, 10/06/2008 - 7:34pm StoptheDrugWar.org http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2...ack_is_an_ameri Paul Armentano at NORML points to Sarah Palin's glorification of "Joe Sixpack" in the vice presidential debate. Indeed, one could scarcely overstate the naked hypocrisy of portraying daily drinkers as American heroes, while our nation continues to arrest nearly a million Americans each year for using marijuana. I usually leave the alcohol analogy alone, assuming that it often speaks for itself, and when it doesn’t, the guys at SAFER can be counte…

SPEECH IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Wednesday, 24 September 2008 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (PALLIATIVE USE OF CANNABIS) AMENDMENT BILL The Hon. SANDRA KANCK: I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill is not about how we approach illicit drugs: rather, it is about how we ought to use science to assess the medical benefit of a drug-in this case, cannabis. We do not, for instance, have difficulty in allowing the use of morphine, from which heroin can be derived. Instead, we rely on the advice of doctors and researchers to assist in preparing safeguards, but the reduction of suffering that can come from using that drug is still allowed. However, in the c…

Oct 5 2008 by Matt Aplin, Wales On Sunday WalesOnline.co.uk What bothers me the most about THIS article is the atypical rolling out of the usual propaganda . . . s'pose it ain't gonna go away in a hurry huh? Wonder how these 'journalists' [to use the term disparagingly] sleep at night knowing they're peddling lies in the guise of quoted statistics [we all know 90% of statistics are made up, don't we?] and regurgitated clap-trap!

Harvest Fest participants march for smoking rights Julie Strupp Monday, October 6, 2008 http://badgerherald.com/news/2008/10/06/ha...est_partici.php An enthusiastic crowd gathered under “Smoke ‘em Bucky” banners for the 38th annual Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival in downtown Madison last weekend to protest the prohibition of marijuana and foster solidarity among fellow dissenters. The three-day-long festival began Friday night with a benefit concert at the Cardinal Bar and continued through the weekend. Speakers and bands vocalized their support Saturday in Library Mall to “end the war on drugs” and urged listeners to vote for change. Madison Police Lt. Jo…