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MARIJUANA users should be treated like cigarette smokers and told to "quit for life" if Australia is to tackle the rising incidence of drug-induced psychosis. A drug conference heard yesterday that the fashionable strategy of "harm minimisation" was not working as greater numbers of people suffered from mental illness. Acting magistrate Craig Thompson called on governments to wind back the decriminalisation of marijuana and impose "coercive rehabilitation" based on abstinence for people addicted to drugs. He said it was "totally incomprehensible" that the laws had evolved so people could be fined for smoking a cigarette but cautioned for marijuana use. "So many…

Author: Julia Baird Date: 3/11/2005 Source: Sydney Morning Herald Copyright: ©© 2005. The Sydney Morning Herald. Link: link to article Proof politics has long gone to pot By Julia Baird November 3, 2005 WHAT a curious state of affairs in Britain, when models are sorely judged for using drugs, while politicians are excused for the same behaviour. As the New Statesman asked, "Politicians on drugs, what's new?" Does this finally explain the decision to go to war in Iraq? What's going on? First, the model. It's been a wonderful irony that the icon of heroin chic, the spindly legged, gaunt- cheeked Kate Moss, is now a cautionary tale for anti-drugs campaigners. Eve…

Author: Nicole Cox Date: Nov 6, 2005 Source: Adelaide Sunday Mail - In depth section Tiltle: For rent: hidden lairs of drug lords Hey people, found this rather amusing whilst reading the paper this mornig, sorry it is so big but couldn't make it any smaller and still readable. My favorite is the "Industry sources say some plants reap up to 1.36kg of cannabis each, the equivalent of more than 3450 "joints"" HAHAHAHA Shit I'm definately growing the wrong strain, I need one of these plants that yields 48 ounces Page 1 Page 2

by Brian C. Bennett You Can't Tell the Players Without a Scorecard If you want to win a war, you generally need two things: a plan, and an army. If you have a great army, but no coherent plan, you likely will not prevail. Likewise, if you have a great plan but your army stinks, then you're not likely to prevail either. Obviously then, to "win" the drugwar means we'll need a great army and a great plan. I've been asking some of the leaders in drug law reform over the past several years where I can find the gameplan so I can help more effectively. I don't get any replies -- because there simply is no plan. There is, however, a growing army assembling for the effort (a…

I just received this in my mailbox... Media Alert 30th October 2005 Parliament Invaders set to appeal conviction Three members of the NT chapter of the Network Against Prohibition (NAP) will appear before the full bench of the Northern Territory Supreme Court tomorrow to appeal against their conviction for invading the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly on 14th May 2002. Stuart Highway (currently in Darwin Prison for his involvement in a NAP-organised drug law-reform protest), Robert Inder-Smith and Gary Meyerhoff will appear before the Court of Appeal at 10am tomorrow to make their arguments. The trio were part of a group of NAP activists who invaded the…

AT the height of his nightmare with amphetamines and marijuana, Ben Trueman did not sleep for three days. He sat on his roof with a shotgun and waited for "them" to come and get him. "They" never arrived, and another drug -- the anti-depressant Serapax -- brought him down to earth. Four years on, Mr Trueman is against so-called party drugs. "Amphetamines and marijuana are not soft drugs," he said. "They are lifestyles and change people into different people." Mr Trueman, 24, lives in home-detention on bail, awaiting charges of stealing, but holds down a job in a sink factory. His partner is expecting a baby. He and his mother, Ruth Trueman, rarely saw eye…

Hey guys and girls, I was just wondering where the 'best' place to use and grow marijuana receational in Australia would be. I have read the laws regarding the states, but i dont seem to understand some parts of them. I was under the impression that in SA you could grow one plant legally (i.e If cops were to search your house you could tell them kindly to fuck off etc). I am currently in NSW and know the laws a pretty strict round here, but how about everywhere else. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Fairfield Police yesterday seized cannabis plants worth more than $500,000 and arrested two people during simultaneous raids on homes in Sydney’s southwest yesterday. Officers investigating the supply of illegal drugs, raided homes on Lalich Avenue and Montgomery Road at Bonnyrigg Heights and one on New Liverpool Road at Mt Pritchard. They allegedly discovered two of the homes had extensive hydroponics equipment and 264 cannabis plants in various stages of maturity. A woman aged 52 and a man aged 48 were arrested and charged with the cultivation of a commercial quantity of an illegal drug. Both will appear at Fairfield Local Court later today. Author:NSW Police.…

POLICE have seized cannabis worth almost $400,000 in a house raid in Sydney's south west. Officers searched the home on Gemalla Street, Fairfield, about 11.15am (AEST) yesterday and found 197 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of $394,000, police said. A 50-year-old woman was charged with cultivating a prohibited plant, possessing a prohibited drug and stealing electricity. The woman who was refused bail was due to appear in Fairfield Local Court today. The latest raid followed three others on Tuesday. The total drug haul was estimated to be worth almost $900,000. Author:The Daily Telegraph Date:October 27, 2005 Source:The Daily Telegraph Copyright…

A HUSBAND who grows cannabis to treat his sick wife is waiting to hear whether he will be prosecuted for drug dealing following a police raid on his home. Sixty-year-old Alan Blythe opened his door on Friday morning to find six uniformed police officers on the step with a warrant to search his home. The police were acting on a tipoff that Mr Blythe was growing cannabis at his bungalow in Badger Close, Palacefields, but the warrant was unnecessary as the taxi driver immediately handed over his stash of cannabis plants. The raid was the fourth time in a decade that Mr Blythe has been arrested for growing the drug which he says is the only thing to provide relief fr…

Drivers are happy to jump behind the wheel just an hour after smoking drugs, but most say they would be less likely to if they ran the risk of being randomly tested on the roadside. A study of cannabis users in Sydney and Newcastle found that 78 per cent have driven not long after smoking drugs and 27 per cent admitted to driving under the influence of cannabis at least once a week. The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre surveyed 320 people to find out what measures would stop them from driving under the influence. Most people admitted that driving under the influence affected their skills, but the study cou…

Does anyone know the legal implications of being caught with possession of mj seeds in QLD? I remember eating a seed once and I never got high - so technically/legally I don't think they can or should be considered a drug! So how does the legal system get around that if they prosecute for being in possession of something which is essentially completely harmless? Eg Do they fine you? Eg one seed = $10 fine, 2 seeds = $15 fine (discounted) etc Can they actually imprison people just for having seeds/ Eg 100 seeds = 100 days jail time! Does anyone know the QLD mj seed laws?

AUSTRALIA'S oldest convicted drug traffickers will lose their home of 50 years under Western Australia's tough proceeds of crime laws after losing a bid to appeal against their convictions. Perth pensioner David William Sidney Davies, 82, and his wife Florence Gladys Davies, 78, were found guilty in WA's District Court last year of possessing cannabis with intent to sell or supply. The pair had said some of the cannabis was used by Mrs Davies to alleviate back pain, but the rest of it was being stored for their son, Tyssul Davies, who did not live with them. WA's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said today that in accordance with the law, the couple's home woul…