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Former pop queen grew drugs FORMER pop star Allison Durbin has admitted growing and trafficking cannabis. Australia's former Queen of Pop, 57, pleaded guilty to three charges in the County Court yesterday. The court heard Durbin, who goes by her married name Allison Ann Giles, lists her occupation as an "entertainer on a disability pension for the last six or seven years". In Melbourne Magistrates' Court last year, the faded pop sweetheart was accused of supplying cannabis to convicted drug dealer Giuseppe Dom "Joe" Barbaro, 50. Barbaro's three-week-old daughter Montana was kidnapped in 2004. The court heard Giles allegedly used the code word "baby" at th…

Wetherill Park police have charged a 48-year-old Vietnamese man after raiding a hydroponic cannabis home in Smithfield today at 7am. They confiscated 264 cannabis plants with a street value of $300,000, along with drug equipment including lamps, chemicals, containers and extractor fans. The man was charged with cultivate cannabis, divert electricity and operate drug premises. He was refused bail to appear at Bankstown Local Court this afternoon. Picture by Helen Nezdropa Author: Fairfield Champion Date: May 25, 2007 Source: www.fairfieldchampion.com.au Copyright: © 2006. Fairfield Champion

The largest known marijuana plant grown in the Territory has been seized by police. The tree, 2.5m high and 2.5m wide, was found in a hydroponic set-up in a locked bedroom of a home at Anula in Darwin. Drug Squad Superintendent Kris Evans said the tree was so big it took up an entire room. The plant had been specially pruned and ``terraced'' along a series of wires to maximise its growth potential. Supt Evans said while it was common to come across marijuana plants strung up so they did not snap under their own weight, he had never come across such a plant before. Supt Evans said he had heard of the technique being used in southern states. But he would no…

Just had word that stacks of ppl around my area have been stopped and swabbed in a bit of a crack down Around 40 ppl charged as a result of the swabs (rumour number yet to find anyone charged its a small town thus hard to ask around) Has anyone got any more info on this and/or the test they are using and the detection time frame involved

Do you use, sell and/or grow Cannabis? You are invited to take part in a confidential survey run by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of NSW in March 2007. We are interested in finding out more information on the cannabis used in Australia. Is cannabis stronger now than in the past? Is anything added into the cannabis that you smoke or grow? Participation is completely anonymous and confidential. No identifying information is collected. To participate, visit the NDARC web site and follow the links: http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/060922/15/10n3d.html Polish woman caught growing marijuana for cow WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish woman who grew marijuana to calm the nerves of her cow has been charged with cultivating a narcotic by police in the western town of Lobez. The cow had been "skittish and unruly" -- once breaking a person's arm -- until someone suggested mixing cannabis in with its feed, the woman told police. "The cow became as calm as a lamb," the 55-year-old woman said, according to the PAP news agency. The woman's plants, grown from seeds she bought at a market, reached nearly three metres (yards) tall and were extremely potent, police said. Marijuana p…

Day One: I arrive as a homeless, broke backpacker. I'm asked if I was referred by Centrelink. Ushered through to a rear courtyard where seven or eight tenants are milling around. Some are friendly, others guarded. I'm quizzed about my background. All goes well. Within 15 minutes, I'm offered a bong and told I can buy marijuana in deals starting from $10. The caretaker, Ned, provides a guided tour. There are 30 rooms spread across three floors and only four communal bathrooms. My room, number 1, costs $140 a week and sits feet from the front door. I'm amazed to discover my electricity runs through an extension cord travelling 25 metres down a corridor to a plug socket …

ALCOHOL AND CANNABIS: THE MIX by Paul Dillon .... SSOnet.com.au Over the years this column has tended to concentrate on those drugs often linked to the nightclub/ dance party scene. Ecstasy, crystal and GHB attract most of the headlines and we often warn about mixing drugs for, although many people believe that mixing can enhance the effects, we know the risks are also increased when drugs are used in combination, i.e. polydrug use. Not including tobacco, the most common pattern of polydrug use in Australia is among people who mix cannabis and alcohol. People who mix cannabis and alcohol say they do it to get more “out of it”, or that they use the second drug to…

Smokeless zoned A SMOKELESS, nontoxic way to inhale cannabis has been invented by doctors at the University of California, San Francisco. Their vaporising device heats cannabis resin to about 190C, just short of the point of combustion but hot enough to produce fumes of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the active cannabis ingredient. Tests on 18 volunteers found that the method “gives patients the same effects, but without the toxic products in smoke”. Health-conscious hippies need not cheer, though: it’s aimed solely at patients with chronic pain. Author: John Naish Date: May 19, 2007 Source: The Times - http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_an...icle1807708.ece C…

SOUTH Australian police have found more than 1,000 bags of cannabis in a car they stopped for a routine traffic check, after they were alerted by the smell. The 61-year-old driver from the Mintabie opal fields was arrested and charged with unlawful possession and possessing a controlled substance for sale. The car was pulled over by a Marla police patrol earlier this week about 15km south of the town on the Stuart Highway. "Police could smell cannabis coming from the car and a search allegedly found 12 bags in the boot each containing 100 smaller bags of cannabis,'' a police spokesman said. About $3,000 in cash was also seized. The man was granted police bail to…