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It's federal election time this year and I thought I would post the policy of the Australian Greens on drugs as they seem to have the best policy for mj users out of all the federal parties in the arena. It can be viewed with better formatting via the link to the source at the end of the post, you will need to click on the "policies" tab, just under Bob's picture at the top of the page. 6. Drugs and Addiction THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT'S ROLE 6.1 Principles The regulation of currently illegal drugs should be moved outside the criminal framework. In a democratic society in which diversity is accepted, each person has the opportunity to achieve personal fulfilment. It …

OldmanMozz When this opens could you find out what i get for a $1000 high class whore, im not getting any younger and dont want to die wondering?. $1m sex club plan By RAJIV MAHARAJ January 25, 2004 A TERRITORY businesswoman plans to open a $1 million exclusive "gentlemen's club" in Darwin before the end of the year. Therese Miller, 30, said the club would not be a brothel but a "licensed retreat where men can come after work, relax and have a few drinks in the company of beautiful women". She said sex workers from Sydney would be available for $170 an hour or $150 for 30 minutes. Locations at Winnellie have been earmarked for the new venue which by law has t…

ONE of 16 men charged over a $45 million cannabis seizure was allegedly caught on phone taps giving advice about cultivating the drug, a court was told yesterday. Demitrios Hantzis, a 38-year-old Sydney building contractor, appeared in Parramatta Bail Court after he was charged on Thursday with several drug offences. Prosecutors allege he was caught on phone taps offering advice on harvesting, cultivating and caring for the cannabis at the property at Narrabri, western NSW, where most of the 3.2 tonnes of the drug was found. The court also was told his parents lived on the property. Hantzis was arrested at his home in Connells Point, Sydney, after police …

Cannabis contradictions in Holland, the never-ending story. Dutch Justice Minister Donner and Health Minister Hoogervorst want to ban Nederweed from coffeeshops, high THC marihuana threatens the health of smokers, they state. The Amsterdam City Council wants to legalise the production of Nederweed, in order to get a transparent situation, and to get the production out of the hands of criminals. Who will win, The Hague or Amsterdam? Translation: “Smoking Nederweed can have very damaging physical and mental effects. The number of reports of psychosis amongst the youth, after smoking Dutch hash has increased enormously, according to the Ministry of Health.” Source: De…

Heres the article which has beena round for a while and is well documented...so the rule of thumb is always watch what you say on the phone and if you need to talk about currently illegal things ring froma payphone http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/16/1032054714938.html

By EDITH BEVIN April 2, 2004 A court may decide if a five-year-old girl allowed to smoke cannabis by her mother is removed from her family. The Northern Territory News yesterday revealed how the girl was witnessed by neighbours lighting a packed bong and breathing in the cannabis smoke. Neighbours said two other girls, sisters aged nine and 13, also smoked cannabis and that all three regularly drank alcohol and smoked tobacco. Assistant Secretary Community Services Carol Peltola said last night Family and Children's Service had not yet decided about the fate of the three children. ``Making a decision about what we're going to do depends on a whole range of …

Advertising Slogans Gone Wrong... Pepsi's "Come alive with the Pepsi Generation" translated into "Pepsi brings your ancestors back from the grave," in Chinese. An American T-shirt maker in Miami printed shirts for the Spanish market which promoted the Pope's visit. Instead of "I saw the Pope" (el Papa), the shirts read "I saw the potato" (la papa). The American slogan for Salem cigarettes, "Salem-Feeling Free", was translated into the Japanese market as "When smoking Salem, you will feel so refreshed that your mind seems to be free and empty." When Parker Pen marketed a ball-point pen in Mexico, its ads were supposed to have read, "it won't leak in your pocket a…

The day went pretty well. It started badly with unease in the guts, just feeling it was going to be a bad day somehow, as it turned out, I was wrong. I had what was the first smoke off the white rhino, a small bud taken early and left to dry as a sample, a taster, nice, then pills. A coffee, meet Martin (a fellow patient) get tinctured up and head down to Parliament for a day at the hustings. Arrived late after a hard slog through town dropping into various offices/shops along the way. Got to Parliament about 12:30pm and started leafleting. Very Hot day, saw Hans (a staffer) from the Greens who told me that Lee Rhiannon would be asking a question of Minister Della Bosca…

By EDITH BEVIN April 1, 2004 A nine-year-old and a 13-year-old also smoke drugs and drink alcohol. A five-year-old Territory girl has been smoking cannabis, it was learned last night. The case is being investigated by Family and Children's Services. epartment last night refused to confirm an inquiry was under way. But a former FACS officer said: ``The child's case has been referred to an assessment team to follow up. ``There have been no reports of physical violence towards the child _ just drug abuse.'' The Northern Territory News has obtained photographs that show the five-year-old girl preparing to light a bong in a house in Palmerston. A 13-year-o…

450 pounds of marijuana delivered to youth center March 17, 2004 — A surprising delivery to a Chicago youth center Wednesday-- 450 pounds of marijuana. The deliveryman found the drugs in a box marked "auto parts" at the El Centro De La Causa School in city's Pilsen community. He couldn't lift it, so opened the box to see if he could carry the various pieces. That's when police say he found the drugs. Investigators aren't sure if the delivery was sent to the wrong address or if the school was expecting a package and got the wrong one. dont know the source for this. found it on another site.

Police have seized 600 kilograms of cannabis plants worth an estimated $8.6 million in a western New South Wales town. The plants were discovered at a property at Capertee, north of Lithgow, during a raid by the drug squad and state protection officers this morning. Seven men aged between 20- and 51-years-old have been charged with drug offences and are due to appear in Lithgow local court tomorrow. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1081575.htm