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A felony child abuse charge has been filed against the 26-year-old mother of a baby who tested positive for cannabis after its birth at Medcenter One April 15. Vanessa Laducer, of Bismarck, has been charged with child abuse for willfully inflicting injury on her minor child by using marijuana while she was pregnant, a Class B felony, said Julie Lawyer, a Burleigh County assistant state's attorney. Lawyer said the child tested positive for marijuana at birth. At a recent bond hearing, South Central District Judge Bruce Romanick set Laducer's bond at $1,500 cash or surety. A bond condition imposed allows Laducer to have supervised visits with her baby, Lawyer said. La…

Congressman Mark Souder has been busy in his personal war on drugs. As well as fighting against the legalisation of cannabis for medical use, the Indiana Republican has slipped a provision into a bill calling for the fungus Fusarium oxysporum to be used as a biological control agent against drug crops in foreign countries. The CIA, however, has had moral doubts about using the fungus. In 2000, a CIA official told The New York Times that it was unsafe both for humans and for the environment: "I don't support using a product on a bunch of Colombian peasants that you wouldn't use against a bunch of rednecks growing marijuana in Kentucky." The Department of Agriculture an…

Taken from the above mentioned website. I assume written by Rick Garcia... "My Dear Friends, I miss you all so very much already. I tearfully have to inform you of my decision to end the HempCultivation.Com Community. I've always held our Communities security as the most important aspect of my position as developer. I can no longer feel as though this Community is safe & secure. I assure you, we've had no security compromise. This a proactive move based on my own decisions. I have consulted family, friends and business partners regarding this decision and I have taken all their advice to heart. I'm thankful I have them here for me. This decision has not come easil…

TWO men have been charged with drug offences after police found a sophisticated hydroponic cannabis set-up in a house in Wollongong. Officers from the drug unit raided a home on Mount Brown Road, Dapto, about 3.30pm (AEST) yesterday, finding 139 cannabis plants, a NSW police spokeswoman said. About 170 seedlings and 1.89kg of cannabis leaf were also found. Two men, aged 37 and 41, were charged with indictable cultivation, supply and possession offences. The younger man was found to be an illegal immigrant, the spokeswoman said. The men were refused bail and will appear in Wollongong Local Court today. Author:news.com.au Date:25apr06 Source:news.com.au Copyrig…

$800,000 cannabis seized in search Friday Mar 17 07:23 AEDT Police have seized $800,000 worth of hydroponic cannabis during a search of a Sydney house. The police raid about midday on Thursday uncovered 254 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of $800,000 in the house at Birrong, south west of Sydney. They also found other items for a hydroponics set-up. A 42-year-old man was arrested and charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of a prohibited plant. He will face Burwood Local Court on Friday. ©AAP 2005 ----------

FDA Rejects Marijuana for Medical Uses By LOU KESTEN, Associated Press Writer Fri Apr 21, 12:07 AM ET WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it does not support the use of marijuana for medical purposes. ADVERTISEMENT The FDA said in a statement that it and other agencies with the Health and Human Services Department had "concluded that no sound scientific studies supported medical use of marijuana for treatment in the United States, and no animal or human data supported the safety or efficacy of marijuana for general medical use." A number of states have passed legislation allowing marijuana use for medical purposes, but the FDA said, "T…

Well the site I've been harping on and on about is finally open www.MarijuanaAustraliana.net Please come on over and check it out, register an account and post to the forums. This is your site, the whole point of this project is to give us a place to discuss and plan the outright legalisation of cannabis in Australia. I'm not hosting anything to do with cultivation, the primary focus is on cannabis law reform. I'm not trying to replace OzStoners or split the community - this site is fantastic. Please get involved! We're not going to get anywhere without your support, we need as many Australians to register and contribute as possible. You don't…

read this http://abc.net.au/news/australia/wa/bunbur...03/s1604504.htm how long do you think his sentence will be ??? he is 67 and second offence for cultivation

was speaking with a friend that resides in qld,and he reckons he saw on the news that government trying to pass HYDROPONIC MJ GROWING the same as a class offence under the drugs misuse act australia wide..this is in the same category as producing amphetamines.. can this be true? has anyone else heard talk of this?? take care and peace out...

Author: ALEX EASTON Date: 05/04/2006 Source: Lismore Northern Star Copyright: © APN News & Media Ltd 2006

April 3, 2006: Police crack down on marijuana users Author: PETER EDWARDS Date: Apr. 3, 2006 Source: The Toronto Star Copyright: © 2006. Oh, Canada!

March 11, 2006: Smoking gun Author: Phillip AdamsDate: 11 March, 2006 Source: The Weekend Australian Copyright: © 2006

TEENAGERS are more likely to smoke cannabis than cigarettes, it was claimed yesterday. And nearly twice as many youths are using cocaine than ever before, according to a study. The annual survey by Edinburgh sex-and-drugs advice group Crew 2000 said under-16s are most likely to take drugs at home or in a friend's house. They found 67 per cent of those who took part in their questionnaire had taken cannabis while 52 per cent had used tobacco. Crew 2000 manager John Arthur said: "Cannabis is so widely used now that people shouldn't really be surprised. "Cannabis has been around in youth culture for more than 40 years and it's pretty much normalised in large sectio…