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Potent dope causing problems for Hawke's Bay Hospital 13.05.2004 2.10 pm A particularly potent crop of marijuana has been putting pressure on Hawke's Bay Hospital's psychiatric unit, with unexpected numbers of young men admitted after smoking the drug. Hawke's Bay District Health Board chief executive Chris Clarke told a meeting yesterday the sudden influx of patients was almost entirely due to cannabis use. "Apparently this year's Hawke's Bay crop is particularly potent," he said. The 22-bed mental health unit has a history of overcrowding, with patients in the past often required to sleep on mattresses on the floor. With improved staffing and clinical …
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Chubby potheads with lots of rooms 15.05.2004 By DIANA McCURDY Scared of walking in the dark, dedicated to smoking pot, poor and fat? That's the picture of New Zealanders that has emerged from a new Australian book, How Australia Compares, which measures 18 developed democracies against the lucky country. In a series of league tables, authors Rodney Tiffen and Ross Gittins deal the New Zealand ego a savage blow. Among other things, the book reveals New Zealanders are the most likely to fear burglary and the least likely to feel safe walking in the dark. But we do have some justification for our anxiety. New Zealand's crime rate is second highest after Sweden …
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http://www.rense.com/general52/scanner.htm By Marie Woolf Chief Political Correspondent The Independent - UK 5-9-4 It may sound like a gadget from a futuristic film but the full body scanner, which sees straight through people's clothing, is coming soon to airports in the UK. A hi-tech security screening system, designed to detect guns and other offensive weapons concealed on the body, will be unveiled this month by the defence technology firm Qinetiq, which is part-owned by the Government. The scanners, expected to be deployed within a year as part of Britain's armoury against terror, capture the naked image of a traveller even if he or she is wearing several …
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Which side is winning war on drugs? By Doug Bandow May 13, 2004 The war on drugs is going badly. A D V E R T I S E M E N T The current and previous presidents of the United States used marijuana. So has presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has admitted to drug use. Radio host Rush Limbaugh, who once beat the drums for jailing white junkies, has been through drug treatment. Some 75,000 Californians now use marijuana under a doctor's care. The U.S. Supreme Court let stand a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling barring Uncle Sam from punishing doctors who prescribe medical ma…
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Nepali Caught With Cannabis A women who hid cannabis worth US $ 1.45 million in the heels of her shoes was arrested as she attempted to shuffle past customs officers at Hong Kong’s international airport. The Nepali woman, who had 9.1 kg of cannabis resin stashed in her footwear and luggage, was apprehended on Friday (May 7) on arrival from Kathmandu after high-tech scanners pinpointed the contraband. She was scheduled to appear before magistrates on Monday on charges of trafficking dangerous drugs. If convicted, the woman faces a possible life prison sentence. The Himalayan Times daily reports. Source
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Customs seize £3.5m of cannabis The seized resin has an estimated street value of £3.5m Customs officers have seized cannabis with an estimated street value of £3.5m from a freight lorry entering the UK at Poole ferry port. The vehicle was stopped and searched on Thursday evening after arriving on a ferry from Cherbourg, France. Officers found about 1.3 tonnes of cannabis resin concealed in two commercial air conditioning units. The driver, a 52-year-old UK national living in France, was questioned and later released. Customs spokesman, Bob Gaiger, said: "Poole ferry port should not be seen as a soft touch by smugglers." Inquiries were continuing, he sai…
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The Howard Government's drug taskforce is launching a new offensive against marijuana, with a booklet that the taskforce's head says will "tell the truth" and combat the "trivialisation" of the drug's dangers. Australian National Council on Drugs chairman Brian Watters yesterday said a "pro-marijuana lobby" had successfully promoted the idea that cannabis was no more dangerous than alcohol and should be legalised. "I think there has been a really concerted effort in some quarters to trivialise its effects," he said. "The pro-marijuana lobby have done very well. They are very, very active." Major Watters said the booklet would counter these perceptions by bringing t…
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More than 25 people have been arrested after a two-day multi-agency sweep marking the second anniversary of police Operation Vikings. The campaign, conducted in inner, northern and western Sydney, the Tweed and Byron Bay in northern NSW and in Albury, in the state's south, targeted drugs, concealed weapons, anti-social behaviour, street crime and violence. The Vikings unit, highway patrol, dog squad, mounted police and local area commands were joined by officers from the Roads and Traffic Authority, Environmental Protection Agency, the adolescent unit of the Community Services department, Naval police and Sydney City Council parking rangers. NSW officers were also a…
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Greens back pedal on drugs policy The Australian Greens have backpedalled on their policy to decriminalise all types of drugs. Greens policy documents on the party's website state that illegal drugs should be decriminalised and regulated to improve health and well-being. When questioned about the policy on the Nine Network's Sunday program, Greens senator Bob Brown said despite criminalisation of drugs having failed tough controls were needed on those who peddled drugs. "As far as I'm concerned where criminals are involved in peddling drugs they should go to jail," Senator Brown said. Senator Brown, a qualified GP, also said he did not believe drugs should be pr…
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The current and previous presidents of the United States used marijuana. So has presumptive Democratic nominee John Kerry. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has admitted to drug use. Conservative radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, who once beat the drums for jailing white junkies, has been through drug treatment. Some 75,000 Californians now use marijuana under a doctor's care. The U.S. Supreme Court let stand an appellate court ruling barring Uncle Sam from punishing doctors who prescribe medical marijuana under state law. A federal district court in California has allowed defendants to introduce evidence that they were growing marijuana for medical purposes. Sa…
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THE LIBERALS' BILL TO DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA WAS BAD POLICY AND DESERVES TO DIE ON THE ORDER PAPER. Barring unforeseen plot twists, a federal election will soon be called and a bill decriminalizing marijuana will go up in flames. As a supporter of marijuana reform, I say, goodbye and good riddance. Decriminalization was not only bad public policy, the bill's production and presentation were deceptive, even fraudulent -- as demonstrated by documents obtained under the Access to Information Act. From the beginning, Martin Cauchon, the justice minister who promoted decriminalization, promised an open discussion, a theme repeated by the throne speech of Sept. 30, …
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Marijuana briefing for select committee 13.05.2004 Experts and officials from Government-sanctioned medical marijuana programmes in the Netherlands, Canada and the United States will visit New Zealand this month. Governments around the world have begun legalising the use of marijuana by patients with chronic pain and other forms of suffering. A parliamentary health select committee has recommended New Zealand consider making cannabis-based medicines available to suffering patients, and the Drug Policy Forum Trust has invited the overseas experts to brief it on their programmes. Source.
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Pot bill goes ashes to ashes Janice Tibbetts CanWest News Service Friday, May 14, 2004 OTTAWA -- A bill to decriminalize marijuana has gone up in smoke, failing for the second time in six months and prompting criticism that the Martin government deliberately killed the proposal. "As we speak, it doesn't look too good," Mario Lague, a spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office, said as the House of Commons wrapped up its last voting day before an anticipated election call this month. Critics contend the Liberals lacked the political will to pass the controversial legislation proposing to decriminalize possession of less than 15 grams of pot, making it …
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REFUGEES PLANT NEW AND RISKY CASH CROP Marijuana Found Among Tomatoes FRESNO, Calif. - On the edge of suburbia, the magnificent gardens of Southeast Asian refugees rise and fall. On leased ground no bigger than five or 10 acres - small potatoes to the giant industrial growers - the refugees plant their own long-shot dreams: Chinese bitter melon, Chinese broccoli, Thai chili, ong choy, su choy, daikon and kohlrabi. The best strawberries in the San Joaquin Valley are grown by a tribe of CIA-trained commandos who fled the highlands of Laos after the Vietnam War. Thai eggplant, slightly spicier than its Armenian cousin, is the specialty of the lowland Lao. Th…
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