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Marijuana use at all-time low, but girls just as likely to toke Tamara McLean July 30, 2008 12:00am Courier Mail http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0...5003426,00.html RATES of cannabis use are at an all-time low, but a "hard core" of addicts remains - and teenage girls are just as likely to smoke dope as boys. The National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre in Sydney released a report yesterday confirming that rates of cannabis use had continued to drop among Australians aged 14 to 39 over the past decade. And while men in their 20s and 30s are still more likely to smoke the drug than females, the gender difference has disappeared among teenagers. …

Author: NYSSA SKILTON Date: 20/07/08 Source: The Canberra Times Copyright: Copyright © 2008. Fairfax Media.

Earache, My Eye! Cheech and Chong Reunite, Tour By Scott Thill July 30, 2008 Listening Post http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/07/earache-my-eye.html Stoners of the world, unite! After years feuding, being harassed by John Ashcroft, setting trends and co-starring in television and film, the original cannabis-loving comedy duo has returned to claim its throne. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwBxXLC4zUo&eurl=http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/07/earache-my-eye.html> The timing is right. With shows like Weeds, films like Pineapple Express and many more mutations of the stoner comedy currently infiltrating the mainstream like perfumed smoke, Cheech and Chong h…

One spliff, 17 days in court and three years later . . . Charlene Sweeney 28 July 2008 Times Online http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/s...icle4419835.ece A prosecution over cannabis worth about £4, enough for one joint, is believed to have cost thousands of pounds after it took almost three years and 17 days in court to settle. Andrew Latto was caught on October 2, 2005, as he left Perth Prison after visiting a friend. He said he had planned to pass him the Class C drug but thought better of it. On April 6, 2006, Latto, from Methil in Fife, admitted possession with intent to supply cannabis in the prison. The case was adjourned for four weeks before being d…

Shock after drug owner walks free By Court Reporter 15 July 2008 News Shopper, UK http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/mostpopular.v..._walks_free.php POLICE have been left "stunned" after the owner of more than 3kg of cannabis walked free from court. Roy Pickett, aged 20, was arrested by Bromley police last September after they discovered 3.24kg of cannabis resin and £8,500 cash at his address in Berry's Hill, Cudham. He denied the charge of possession with intent to supply, claiming the drugs, with a street value of more than £9,000, were for personal use. Following a three-day trial at Croydon Crown Court, a jury found builder Mr Pickett not guilty of the charge - desp…

Dad posted cannabis to cheer up son By Jodie Beecroft Date: 10 July 2008 Bridlington Free Post at <http://www.bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk/news/Dad-posted-cannabis-to-cheer.4268442.jp> A FATHER who sent his son a parcel containing cannabis in the post was caught out by Royal Mail workers who could smell the drug. Post Office workers at Blackheath in London became suspicious of a package which had been sent from Bridlngton to a hotel in the capital. Gavin Miller, 46, had been asked to send an iPod to his son Grant, who was staying in the hotel, but also incADVERTISEMENTluded 10.6g of cannabis Miller, of Maple Close, Bridlington, was charged with attempting to su…

Author: Duncan CampbellDate: 09/06/08 Source: The Guardian Copyright: © Guardian News and Media Limited 2008

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I have read a great deal of bullshit here and elsewhere on the police "breaking down your door" for importing 5 seeds, etc. The police (in the higher echelons, at least) are not stupid. They know, as well as we do, that marijuana is not a criminal problem and act against it only to satisfy politicians and others who have no life of their own. I therefore find it very difficult to believe that anyone has ever actually been prosecuted in court for importing small (e.g., less than 50 or so) seeds. I say that it has never happened, at least within the last decade. Is there anyone out there who can tell me I am wrong? John

Author: ? Date: 24/07/08 Source: SMH Copyright: 2008. The Sydney Morning Herald

Hi all, i have a small personal quantity of weed growing very well in a closet - Hydroponic Recirculating system with 6 plants - 2 x 600w HPS - 150mm exhaust fan with carbon filter - temp never gets over 28 or under 20 degrees I switched to 12/12 a month ago and compared to past grows the flowers are developing very slowly. Flowers still only have 2 hairs each. I am using bag seeds unknown genetics i am concerned that they will take along time to mature What is longest it can take flowers to mature ?? feeb back would be much appreciated. I am very eager to finish this batch off because i have since received my order of AK47 and i want to get them going Not…

Can Cannabis Compounds Slow The Progression Of Multiple Sclerosis? ScienceDaily (July 21, 2008) — Evidence-based medicine 21 July 2008 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/...80721114608.htm The CUPID (Cannabinoid Use in Progressive Inflammatory brain Disease) study at the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth has reached an important milestone with the news that the full cohort of 493 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been recruited to the study. CUPID is a clinical trial which will evaluate whether tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), one of many compounds found in the in the cannabis plant (and the main active ingredient) is able to slow the progression of MS. …