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United Kingsom -- Drug experts will begin debating today whether stronger "skunk" varieties of cannabis should carry higher penalties for possession. The Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs, which meets in London, has been asked by the home secretary, Charles Clarke, for its advice on varieties of cannabis containing high levels of THC, the active ingredient. In his letter to the committee, Mr Clarke pointed it to these forms of the plant, known as skunk, which are often grown in nutrient-rich water. "I am aware the Dutch government are taking a particular interest in very high strength strains and are considering whether cannabis above a certain strength shoul…

Assertions that our nation's drug policy minimizes cocaine and heroin while focusing on marijuana are misleading. The fallacy involves interpreting drug arrests as signals of changed drug policy, rather than as indicators of drug use. As drug use went down during the 1980s, arrests fell accordingly. When drug use climbed between 1992 and 1997, arrests followed suit. And when the cocaine epidemic struck, cocaine arrests rose steeply, only to drop as the epidemic waned. The common sense conclusion is that drug use rates and criminal justice responses are linked. Thus, the key to reducing drug arrests is reducing drug use. Important progress has already occurred - youth dr…

May 18, 2005 9:06 p.m. EST Christina Ficara - All Headline News Staff Writer NEW YORK, NY (AHN) - Actor Cody Kasch, who plays troubled teen Zach Young on ABC's hit series "Desperate Housewives," has been charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession. According to local police, undercover officers arrested Kasch, 17, late Tuesday evening in the East Village in Manhattan after they spotted him allegedly smoking marijuana in public. Kasch was charged with fifth-degree drug possession, given a ticket and released. No court date was set. http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/2232929604

Toronto -- Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients with neuropathic pain for whom conventional treatments have failed now have an alternative to Health Canada's controversial medical marijuana program. Canada has become the first country to approve the cannabis-based drug, Sativex, for the treatment of MS-related pain. That approval means the drug has demonstrated promising benefit, is of high quality and possesses an acceptable safety profile based on a benefit-risk assessment. Further studies will now be required to confirm the promising nature of the clinical evidence its approval is based upon. Despite revised medical access regulations that in July 2001 legalized the us…

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A LETTER outlining allegations concerning Australian baggage handlers' involvement in drug smuggling would be sent to the Bali court hearing charges against Schapelle Corby, Prime Minister John Howard said today. Mr Howard said the Federal Government had prepared a letter for the court hearing Ms Corby's case, outlining claims that airport baggage handlers in Sydney had used luggage to traffic drugs. "The letter was settled on Friday by the attorney-general," Mr Howard said on Channel 10. The news has been welcomed by Opposition Leader Kim Beazley and comes after Ms Corby made a direct plea to Mr Howard for help. Fifteen people were charged last week after 9.9kg o…

Haha, Jesus! 100 GRAMS of Hash! No wonder they got sick, talk about greening-out!!! http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15317034-13762,00.html

A 37-year-old man found dead in a cottage in this western Quebec community amid more than 100 marijuana plants died as a result of a bizarre accident, police say. Autopsy results show the man was killed in a trap that appeared to be set to keep thieves away from his crop, police said yesterday. The body of the man, whose name is not being released, was discovered in the entrance of his cottage by his brother early last month. He died of a gunshot wound. By Bell Globemedia Date: 06/05/04 Source: The Globe & Mail Copyright: Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. 2004

CANNABIS worth a potential $715,000 has been discovered growing in a New South Wales forest near Canberra. Drug police, detectives and the PolAir helicopter searched the Bondo State Forest, near Brindabella, yesterday after receiving a tip-off. A well-established crop was discovered, and police seized 359 plants, ranging in height from 30cm to 183cm. The plants had an estimated street value of $715,000, police said. The plants were airlifted from the site to be destroyed, and a number of items were also seized for forensic testing. No arrests have been made. Author:AAP Date:April 22, 2005 Source:The Daily Telegraph Copyright:Copyright 2005 Nationwide News

A grandmother who was spared jail after making cannabis-laced casseroles for herself and friends will be one of the speakers at a pro-cannabis rally. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40762000/jpg/_40762383_granbody.jpg Patricia Tabran, 66, will speak at the Cannabis Education March and Rally in Trafalgar Square, central London. Ms Tabran, from Northumberland, admitted in April to possession with intent to supply and was given a suspended six-month prison sentence. The march began in Russell Square, central London, at 1300 BST on Sunday. The annual event usually takes place in south London. Drug dealers But Lambeth Council would not permit the seventh Cann…

Thursday, 18 May, 2000, 14:03 GMT 15:03 UK Major cocaine seizure in Colombia Colombian marine/cocaine bricks The Colombian authorities say they have made one of their largest ever cocaine seizures, confiscating 5.3 tonnes of the drug with an estimated street value of $1.2bn. President Andres Pastrana flew to the northern port city of Cartagena to inspect the haul, which was discovered during a joint operation by the navy and secret police. Once again we are dealing blows to the great financiers of violence in Colombia President Andres Pastrana Six people were arrested in Tuesday's raid on a farm at San Onofre, near the Gulf of Morrosquillo. The cocaine, which was …

Jail over largest hash seizure November 11, 2004 FIVE men found guilty of possessing the largest quantity of hashish seized in Victoria have been jailed for at least five years. A Victorian County Court jury found the men were knowingly involved in unloading three tonnes of cannabis resin, with a street value of about $140 million, on August 14, 2001. They unloaded the drug – which was labelled as Finnish coffee – from a shipping container in Campbellfield that had been tracked by the Australian Federal Police. An earlier hearing was told that the men were allegedly associates of murdered crime figure Lewis Moran. David Ciampoli, 44, of Avondale Heights, Robert …