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SHIMLA: Picture-postcard settings, combined with the lure of cheap and quality cannabis, draw hordes of foreign tourists to Kullu Valley in the northern Himalayas. But not all of them return home - some simply disappear without a trace. Australian Daniel Mount Whitten went missing earlier this month, the 17th foreigner to have disappeared in the last 13 years. Britain-based NGO Fair Trials Abroad says the number could be as high as 50 but authorities in Kullu, 240 from this north Indian resort town, deny this. "The police have carried out helicopter searches to look for the missing Australian. His sister Dalia and officials of his insurance company (Harell Insurance C…

Heyas just heard from a friend that within the last 2 weeks the SA parliament has approved the right for police to detain a driver and test for smoke-driving. Dont know any details except we're reputed to have an exemption for 6 months starting from last fortnight. Any details would be nice...anyone know more? -Doh

Police are investigating claims an off duty officer assaulted a 19 year old bystander who tried to stop him intimadating a group of teenagers. It is reported in the NT news today that the Darwin cops were drinking at the Tennant Creek Hotel. When they left the pub to head back to the police club they came across the teenagers at a skateboard venue. Coppers wanted to know if one of the young blokes knew another bloke. 19 yo intervened and copped a punch in the face.One of the coppers also threatened to confiscate a bicycle unless he was given a ciggy. This was 3 of the 90 coppers that were upholding law and order by escorting an OMC to Qld on their national run

Psytopia a 7 day psychedelic festival& Fundraiser. Yahoo News picked up a story about Psytopia and what it's about. Please if you can visit the link and vote for the story to assist in helping the charities. Psytopia is a 7 day psychedelic festival & Fundraiser consisting of many notable bands and speakers. Yahoo News picked up a story about Psytopia and what it's about. Please if you can visit the link and vote for the story to assist in helping the charities. Drawing attention to events like this helps us all take a step forwards getting global acceptance and opens the doors a bit wider for law reform.

LONDON -- Today, he's respectable Sir Mick. But 35 years ago, Mick Jagger was a rock rebel who could rattle the authorities. Newly released police files show that in 1969, police considered Jagger an "intelligent young man" who lived on the fringe and consorted with "the dregs of society." The records, declassified by Britain's National Archives, detail Jagger's claim that detectives planted drugs during a raid on his London apartment in 1969. The Rolling Stones singer was fined L200 (about $575 Cdn at the time) for possession of cannabis after the raid. The Metropolitan Police investigated Jagger's claim that a drug squad officer, Det. Sgt. Robin Constable, had …

Last Updated: Sunday, 31 July 2005, 23:04 GMT 00:04 UK Bowel study backs cannabis drugs The compounds share some properties with cannabis Patients with inflammatory bowel disease may benefit from cannabis-based drugs, UK scientists believe. The Bath University team found people with the gut disorder had an abundant number of a type of cannabinoid receptors in their body. They believe this is part of the body's attempt to dampen down the inflammation and that giving a drug that binds to these receptors could boost this. Their findings appear in the journal Gastroenterology. Cannabinoids When people have Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis - colle…

Officer's home raided in corruption probe July 29, 2005 - 12:05PM A policeman's home was raided yesterday as part of an investigation into police corruption. Victoria Police spokeswoman Creina O'Grady said the officer's home was searched because of a suspected drugs link. "It's an ongoing investigation and there's been no charges,'' she said. Sergeant O'Grady said the raid was part of an ethical standards department investigation. It was not connected to the Operation Rakus raids yesterday, in which more than 100 police carried out pre-dawn raids on 16 properties across Melbourne. "It was separate to the other raids,'' she said. Detective Acting Superintende…

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Media Release 20.07.2005 Green light for cannabis but not tobacco. MP Nandor Tanczos’ Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Infringement) Amendment Bill, if passed through parliament, will be the first step in the Green Party’s push to have cannabis legalised. The Green Party is calling for partial decriminalisation of cannabis. This comes from an avid supporter of the Smokefree Environments Amendment Act that outlawed smoking in bars. Tanczos, on national television, admitted to being a once a month cannabis user, an admission of possession of cannabis, an offence under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975. One questions whether Tanczos is a fit and proper person to be in parliamen…