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CANNABIS super-strains up to 30 per cent stronger are being cultivated in South Australia by crime groups who travel internationally to "refine" their growing techniques. The Australian Crime Commission's annual Illicit Drug Report released this month warned of a Canadian strain being introduced in Australia through links with Vietnamese crime groups. The report said there were indications Vietnamese Australians had travelled to Canada to refine production techniques. Inspector Greg Englert, intelligence co-ordinator for New South Wales Police's Asian crime squad, recently highlighted the British Columbian strain in the Australian Police Journal. "It has been arou…

Marc Emery is not your average international drug kingpin. The man described by the American Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) as Canada's biggest trafficker and self-styled "Prince of Pot", who faces the death penalty if convicted in the United States, freely admits to having made millions from marijuana. He ensures as many people as possible know about it and even listing his profession as "marijuana seed vendor" on his tax returns. In Canada, possession of less than 30g of marijuana or seeds carries a 12-month prison sentence and a $1 000 fine, but the law is almost never enforced, making marijuana all but legal. The proof of this is everywhere. Cafés in a Vancouver di…

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. (AP) - A man who called police after employees at a Mountain Home motel refused to give him a refund when he decided NOT to stay there ended up getting free accommodations - at the county jail. Mountain Home police say they arrested 26-year-old Phillip Ruch of Baxter County after finding an outstanding warrant for his arrest for a felony marijuana delivery charge. Police say officers also found more than five ounces of marijuana in the pocket of a fishing vest inside of Ruch's car. Officers say Ruch called police at 1 am this morning complaining about the service at the Ramada Inn in Mountain Home. Ruch told dispatchers that employees wouldn't give…

hi guys. On the news just then did i just see a "canna delivery truck" crash into a train and kill 10 people. Doesnt look good in counrty Vic.

Dont u hate it when friends come over for a rage with ya, & when they leave your lighter goes with them & your left with Bloody matches,,,, I like to see this light go missing,,,, NOT

sppose i should post more of these articles At a recent backyard barbecue in Miami's Upper Eastside, a group of middle-age, middle-class folks tamely sipped berry cocktails and beers. Among them: a couple of lawyers, a couple of city administrators and an arts administrator. Somewhere between the skirt steak and the apple pie, somebody lit a joint and passed it around. Nobody blinked. Even in mainstream, white-collar settings, smoking marijuana can be commonplace and unremarkable, like having a little wine with dinner. Once a stamp of the arty, the marginal and the counterculture, today marijuana's popularity cuts across social boundaries. Yet several high-prof…

A PRISON employee smuggled a loaded gun into a jail in an alleged plot to kill mobster Lewis Moran, a court has heard. The gun was found in the cell of a convicted kidnapper in 2003. The prison worker allegedly handed a package containing the gun to the kidnapper in the presence of a road-rage killer who was a close associate of gangland murderer Carl Williams. Crime patriarch Lewis Moran, 58, was slain the following year at the Brunswick Club. Williams, 36, was jailed this month for organising Moran's murder. The County Court heard that several people could be charged over a conspiracy to kill Moran while he was in custody. A former Port Phillip Prison emplo…

Drugs cause of Pine Creek Road Train Collision Northern Territory Police say that one of the drivers in Monday night's road-train crash near Pine Creek was on drugs at the time of the head on collision. Northern Territory Police have charged a 35-year-old man for driving in a reckless manner endangering life, being under the influence of drugs and in possession of cannabis. The road train was carrying cattle when it veered onto the wrong side of the road. The Stuart Highway, 20 kilometres north of Pine Creek, was closed for 18 hours while debris was cleared from the road. The accused is being treated for injuries at Katherine hospital. He will face court i…