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channel 10 news a 39 yr old hurstville women was arrested at her home after a raid on her premises. approx 180 plants of different sizes were found, along with growing equipment and approx 10 kgs of drying buds

High Times magazine at 30 PRO-POT MAGAZINE'S EDITOR BUMS OUT SOME READERS WITH NEW EDITORIAL POLICY By Peter Carlson Washington Post Man, the news from Iraq is, like, a major bummer. Read the mainstream press and all you get is bombings, murders, uprisings, riots and hostages. Fortunately, one publication dares to print the news that won't kill your buzz. That publication is High Times, the marijuana magazine now celebrating its 30th anniversary. And the news is this: There's plenty of weed in the new liberated Iraq. Bombed in Baghdad ``There are few laws in Iraq right now,'' writes Dave Enders, High Times' man in Baghdad, ``so although drug possession was…

The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously that drug charges against four San Diego medical marijuana activists were properly dismissed by a Superior Court judge in 2001, it was reported Friday. Source. KFMB.COM -- Channel 8 San Diego, April 23, 2004 -- "SUPREME COURT SUPPORTS JUDGE ON DISMISSED MARIJUANA CHARGES" (04-23-2004) Thursday's ruling ends the case against clinic owner Carolyn Konow and her son, Steve Rohr, and workers Amy Toosley and Daniel O'Neal, The San Diego Union Tribune. They had faced drug possession and drug sales charges. While the case centered on the activities of a now-defunct Hillcrest medical marijuana clinic, the justices wrestled more …

There is a new e-book called "Cataplexy 2004 My personal Cannabis Odyssey" available now. Cataplexy is a neurological problem that is being kept in check by Cannabis use. It not only covers Cataplexy, but other neurological problems and also the history of Cannabis, and what it can do as a medicine. It is very informative and very eyeopening. If you would like information on this book, please send an email to: wakeupaustralia2003@yahoo.com.au

Leave Medical Marijuana Group Alone, Judge Tells Government By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 22, 2004 AN FRANCISCO, April 21 (AP) — A judge ordered the federal government on Wednesday not to raid or prosecute a California group that grows and distributes marijuana for its sick members. The decision, by Judge Jeremy Fogel of Federal District Court in San Jose, was the first interpretation of an appeals court's ruling in December that federal prosecutions of medical marijuana users were unconstitutional if the marijuana was not sold, transported across state lines or used for nonmedicinal purposes. Advertisement Nine states, including California, allo…

1PM Sharp outside McDonalds, Myers Center entrance (cnr Elizabeth & Albert st). There will be a few giant chickens hobbling around on crutches and we're hoping for some makeshift (or real???) KFC uniforms for the event! Posters, pamphlets will be provided. Make your own banner if you're keen! Visit http://www.kfccruelty.com for some inspiration! Our numbers are growing, but we need more people to show that Brisbane along with the rest of Australia and the world, will not tollerate unspeakable cruelty to chickens in the name of fast food! Please spread the word! Contact me or Debbie Morris with any questions. I hope to see you there! Karen Nilsen e: karen…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It was a case of being in the wrong pants at the wrong time. Kendrick Gibson, 26, was arrested by police Thursday after failing to surrender himself for booking on a misdemeanor citation for a suspended license charge. Authorities went to Gibson's residence to arrest him. With police inside his residence, Gibson began getting dressed, putting on a pair of blue jeans. He then suddenly took them off for another pair. The officers became suspicious and found plastic bags containing crack cocaine and a small amount of marijuana in the pockets of the first pair. Gibson also now faces charges of felony possession of crack for resale and misdemeanor m…

Jump in legal-drug overdoses By Carol Nader April 23, 2004 Page Tools Email to a friend Printer format The number of people being treated by ambulance for overdosing on legal drugs has jumped by almost 30 per cent, figures show. Ambulances were called for more than 11,000 incidents of non-fatal overdoses of prescription or over-the-counter drugs in Melbourne in the two years to September 2003, up almost 2500 on the previous two years. The numbers are much greater than overdoses of illicit drugs - 1530, excluding heroin - which ambulances attended. Ambulances went to about 1400 heroin overdoses, and 6035 incidents of alcohol-related harm. Women accounted for alm…