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EIGHT people have been charged over the cultivation and supply of more than $1 million worth of cannabis on the NSW north coast. The charges follow a three-month investigation and included police raids on houses in Banora Point and Tweed Heads. Investigators said they uncovered cannabis plants and leaf matter with an estimated street value in excess of $1 million, and hydroponic equipment. Several charges, including supplying, cultivating and possessing cannabis, have been laid against five men and three women, ranging in age from 25 to 58, police said. They included a 25-year-old Banora Point man, charged with the supply, cultivation and possession of cannabis, a…
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A national drug summit in Adelaide has been told of a radical proposal to address addiction before it takes hold in teenagers. Perth doctor George O'Neil suggests that high schools should test students for marijuana use as part of an annual health check and if they fail, they would be forced to undergo monthly tests. Dr O'Neil says several mining companies use a similar model on their employees. "The only punishment a school could ever give is to change from annual monitoring to monthly monitoring on the kids that were starting to be affected," Dr O'Neil said. "But if you're being monitored once a month and you have to discuss this with your mum once a month, th…
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From: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16925690-1242,00.html TWO people will appear in court after police found an extensive hydroponic cannabis cultivation operation in a Sydney home. Police searched a house in Spitfire Drive at Raby in Sydney's southwest yesterday and found the hydroponic set-up under the house, in the dining room and three upstairs bedrooms. Investigators seized 336 cannabis plants, growth lamps, chemicals and a sum of cash. A 25-year-old woman and 41-year-old man were arrested at the house and charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of prohibited plants and goods in custody. The will appear in court next month, police said.
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Author: no byline Date: Friday, 14 October 2005 Source: ABC News Online Copyright: © 2005 ABC Link: article link Cannabis scheme eases court burden A Western Australian Government initiative allowing some people caught with small amounts of cannabis to pay a fine or attend an education session is easing pressure on the courts. Under the system, police can decide not to lay charges if a person is found with less than 30 grams of cannabis or is cultivating up to two non-hydroponic plants. More than 2,500 people were issued with infringement notices in the first year, with most opting to pay a fine. Terry Murphy from the Drug and Alcohol Office, says the number of …
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Vancouver Adopts plan calling for an end to phibition in short, they want to open up retail marijuana outlets and sell a controlled product to adults, well worth the read though :smoke
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Study: Marijuana Eases Traumatic Memories Scientists have known for years that the brain makes substances almost identical to the active ingredient in marijuana, but the function of these "cannabinoids" remained mysterious. Researchers now say they help to extinguish traumatic memories. "In certain situations, being able to forget is very important for emotional survival," said George Kunos, a neurobiologist at the National Institutes of Health. http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread13601.shtml Pot Blocks Painful Memories, Study Says Dr. Lutz's study will only add to the argument in favour of decriminalization. But it is also a landmark in medical terms because it deals …
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Author: Clara Pirani Date: October 21, 2005 Source: The Australian (News Lmited) Copyright: © The Australian 2005 Links: article link link to post in medical cannabis forum about survey results Old and pained go to pot Clara Pirani, Medical reporter October 21, 2005 OLDER Australians are using cannabis to treat chronic pain, arthritis and nausea, claiming it is more effective than prescribed medications. A University of NSW study of cannabis use among people over the age of 50 found 57 per cent of users cited chronic pain as a reason for taking the drug, 56 per cent cited depression, 35 per cent arthritis and 27 per cent persistent nausea. "This study found a vari…
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Gotta love Det. Hill and his expert opinion trotted out to the press .. be fun to get in there and pop a few 'difficult' questions ... :mellow: dangerous tho I know Bacchius Marsh but can't place it .. :scratchin
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Cannabis-based drugs might be used to treat arthritis after a study showed they could relieve its pain. Cannabis has already been shown to have a role in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Other studies suggest it may help treat gut disorders such as Crohn's disease. The latest study - the first to examine its effect in rheumatoid arthritis - found it significantly reduced pain and suppressed the disease. Researchers followed up a survey of 1000 people who had obtained the drug. About 15 per cent said they had done so to relieve the condition. Doctors at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath gave the cannabis-based medicine, Sativex, to …
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I think that sufferers should be the ones to decide whether they can accept the intoxicating effects ... so many other drugs cause sometimes radical side effects that doctors just tell patients to live with ... being the better option to the problem the drugs are treating.. blood pressure meds are a good and very widespread example .. I'm not saying cannabis can be used to treat HBP (i dont know) .. but hypertension .. definately has a beneficial effect And Mr Howard always seems to take the popular tack .. using cannabis to excuse so many problems with the society he rules .. not being broadminded enough to take the political opportunity of risking an admission that …
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Press Trust of India Posted online: Friday, October 14, 2005 at 1722 hours IST Updated: Friday, October 14, 2005 at 2018 hours IST New York, October 14: Researchers have claimed marijuana might make the brain grow, contradicting the popular belief that addictive drugs inhibit the growth of new brain cells. A study conducted at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada found that injections of a cannabis-like chemical seem to have the induced new brain cell growth, just as some antidepressant drugs do. Experts were quoted nature magazine as saying that the results, if borne out by further studies, could have far-reaching implications for addiction res…
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ok .. so its possible i could change my view on this somewhat :confused:
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Oliver's Fifteen Jamie Oliver plans to set up an in-house cannabis treatment course for trainees at his restaurant fifteen. The majority of the young chefs at ther restaurant, who are from poor backgrounds, will be offered support and guidance as part of the program. Absenteeism and lack of motivation amongst the trainees has been put down to drug use. The restaurant Fifteen is located in trendy Hoxton and opened to acclaim in 2002. Source: Sky News Active on Austar Digital...
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this takes about half an hour to watch and is very interesting. I'd be very interested to see what everyone has to say about this. http://abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20050321/ Regards S.Bliss ....Stay in School
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I just got a question about security and paranoia. As just today I had a freind totally freak out on me because I talked about drugs to him over MSN. The thing is, that I talk about drugs all the time over MSN with my buddies and never give it a second thought. I know that MSN and ther other instant messenger programs are unencrypted and if someone did knew how to sniff around and wanted to see what I was saying and had the skillz they could read my MSN chats, just as they could read my email. But I never really gave it much concern, because I figure that someone, particularly some law enforcement agency would have to be putting the effort into putting me under survei…
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