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If you set out to use the internet's best new time waster for global terrorism, tracking pedophiles or breaking felons out of jail, know that you've been warned. "In no event shall Google be liable to you or anyone else for any direct, special, incidental, indirect or consequential damages of any kind," the world's ultimate search engine warns. That's Google's disclaimer for wrong addresses its new program Google Earth might supply. The program allows computer users with broadband connections the capacity to view the world from 1200 metres. It allows users to soar over the entire planet as low as 100 metres but from 1200 metres you can make out rooftops easily. Fr…

Police have seized white powder and cannabis during raids on an army barracks in Adelaide. Military and South Australian police yesterday raided the Woodside barracks, home of the 16th Air Defence Regiment, the Nine Network reported today. Police tested 41 soldiers for illicit drugs during the raids, the network said. Three soldiers were issued with drug diversion notices requiring them to appear before an assessment panel instead of court, it said. SA Police Superintendent Tom Reinets said military and civilian police had been planning the raids for three weeks. "It was aimed at finding out from both our investigations and theirs (military police) what exactly …

Magic mushroom users have long benefited from a loophole in the law that meant fresh varieties of the hallucinogenic fungus were legal, despite dried ones being banned. But now the trip is over. They have a reputation as the ultimate hippy dippy drug, beloved of Hawkwind fans and "psychonauts" probing the doors of perception. Yet despite magic mushrooms' associations with a more innocent, bygone era, their popularity has soared in recent years. The rise has gone hand in hand with growing availability. Instead of having to dodge cowpats to hunt native Liberty Caps in damp fields each autumn, users in Britain have had their pick of exotic species at "headshops", marke…

Email Johnny Howard that link is to john howards official website's email section...it lets you send him an email thats in plain text (sorry to those thinking they could send him a virus or trojan ) now if every person on ozstoners sent him an email every day or week complaining about the legality of marijuana in australia, after a few months i bet that either the email section is taken away OR the howard government actually gets off its arse and does something about the legality of marijuana... I just sent him an email saying that his communist government wont be tolerated for very long and i see him being taken out of power by civilians to stand trial on war cri…

The first person detected allegedly trafficking drugs interstate by a random police drug search introduced three months ago at Sydney's domestic airline terminals has appeared in a Sydney court. Chilong Hoang, a Laotian refugee who came to Australia in 1985, was arrested after 13 kilograms of cannabis were allegedly found in his luggage. Suffering from a skin condition caused by chemical agents used in his former war-torn homeland, Mr Hoang usually survives on a fortnightly pension of $300. But yesterday he was brought before Waverley Local Court, charged with supplying a commercial quantity of cannabis and possession of cannabis. Mascot police, whose plain-clothe…

Posted by CN Staff on July 16, 2005 at 07:08:06 PT By Jeremy Bigwood Source: Narco News Bulletin The Dr. Strangelove fringe of the drug warrior lobby is at it again. Dan Burton and Mark Souder, both Republican Bible Belt U.S. Congressmen from Indiana, are amending the drug czar office’s budget in an attempt to breathe Congressional life into a moribund Frankenstein’s monster scheme. They want to revive mycoherbicides (toxic fungi that kill plants) for use against drug crops. Even U.S. government drug enforcement officials have rejected the proposed mycoherbicides because of their toxicity to humans and the environment. Their use has also been banned throughout the A…

The Victorian Government's peak drug prevention body says heavy cannabis use has become a major concern among young people. A survey of more than 6,000 Victorians between the ages of 16 and 24 found a disturbing trend of heavy cannabis use. Nearly 3 per cent of respondents use the drug daily and up to 5 per cent use it more than once a week. The chairman of the Premiers Drug Prevention Council, Rob Moodie, says heavy use is leading to isolation and depression. "Our levels of cannabis use in Australia are higher than any other English speaking country," he said. Dr Moodie says a new approach is needed. "We just don't seem to be doing very well with it at the mo…

im going to sydney for a few days its been a while since ive flown interstate flights obviously i wouldn't carry weed international, but how about interstate?like a few g's in ur bag>?

A TWO-month drug ring investigation by West Australian police has led to the arrests of eight Perth men and the seizure of amphetamines and cannabis. Detectives conducted raids on homes in the southern suburbs of Hamilton Hill and Spearwood yesterday, charging eight men with 56 offences including possession and supply of prohibited drugs and conspiracy to sell prohibited drugs, police said today. Officers seized quantities of amphetamines and cannabis from the homes, and have frozen the assets of two men under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Author: News.com.au Date: 15/07/05 Source: News.com.au Copyright: 2005 News Limited

More Australians are driving under the influence of drugs such as marijuana and methamphetamines than alcohol, according to research in southern Victoria state, police said on Thursday. Random roadside testing found one in 50 drivers tested positive for illegal drug use while just one in 250 are caught in regular drink-driving tests, the Australian Associated Press reported. More than 7 000 drivers were tested from mid-December last year to the end of June, with 145 testing positive for methamphetamines, cannabis, or both. The results suggested Australia's tough action against drink driving may be having an effect, said Inspector Ian Cairns, who was in charge of the…