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Cannabis 'reduces surgery pain' Cannabis drugs could help with pain after operations A cannabis plant extract provides pain relief for patients after major surgery, research has shown. An Imperial College London team tested the extract - Cannador - on 65 patients after surgery such as knee replacements and found it helped manage pain. The researchers believe the results could lead to new pain relief drugs, even though the chance of side effects increased with stronger doses. The research appears in the US journal Anesthesiology. This latest trial is another welcome contribution to the body of evidence that cannabinoids have a role to play in medicine Mark Rogers…

CITY POLICE NEWS RELEASES ********************** A 12-year-old young person was arrested yesterday afternoon after the youth showed up at a centrally located elementary school with drugs. It is alleged that the youth showed several students the narcotic and then threatened to harm any other students if they told on the youth. It is alleged that the youth had 10 grams of cannabis resin marijuana, approximately 17 grams of marijuana and some money. The estimated street value of the drugs is $500. The youth has been charged with one count of possession of a controlled drug or substance, one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking in a controlled dr…

hey peeps this 1 is old news last week here on the gold coast on the local news and in the Bulletin newspaper this is not word for word as i threw paper out went something like this!!!!!!!!!!! police find hydroponic drug lab... a factory in molendiner was raided they discovered200 p0lants ranging from seedlings to fully mature plants ready 4 harvest a police spokesperson said it appears this set up has been running for some time they were growing a hybrid marijuana where they stunt the plants to make a potent "skunk " variety very advanced with lighting and both inlet and exhaust fans a fully mature plant can be worth up to $2000 on the street a man from helensvale w…

Sat May 27, 6:54 AM ET ST. PAUL, Minn. - When a teacher asked a 6-year-old boy to pull a folder out of his Scooby-Doo backpack, a bag filled with 25 smaller bags of marijuana fell out instead, a court document said. ADVERTISEMENT The teacher gave the drugs to a school administrator, who called police. Before officers arrived at HOPE Community Academy, the boy's father showed up. He took the backpack from his son and quickly walked away, according to a criminal complaint. The father was later arrested and told investigators he hid the marijuana in the backpack, and left it in a bedroom closet. When he discovered the backpack was missing, he ran to his son's nearby sc…

ROADSIDE drug-drive testing should be introduced in the Territory, it was claimed yesterday. The call was made after a survey revealed one in five Territory drivers had admitted to driving under the influence of popular drugs like ecstasy and cannabis. Many of those surveyed also said they had driven a car within an hour of taking drugs. The survey was carried out by car and home insurer AAMI. Victoria is the only state or territory in the country that conducts the roadside tests. Independent MLA Gerry Wood said the Territory Government should investigate how the testing operated in Victoria and introduce it in the NT. "The Territory should definitely have it," …

Glen Waverley Regional Response Unit investigators executed three simultaneous drug warrants this morning in Blackburn, Box Hill and Nunawading. Assisted by Glen Waverley Embona, Croydon and Greensborough regional response units and the Dog Squad, nearly $1million worth of cannabis was seized. The dawn raids on residential homes ended a three-month operation and unveiled elaborate and sophisticated cannabis crops. A 44-year-old Blackburn South man and a 46-year-old Box Hill man are assisting police with their inquiries. As part of Operation Hold, a 40-year-old Clayton man will appear at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 20 June after cannabis valued at almost $5…