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Drug Offences in NSW Drug Legislation Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act: -In NSW drug use is regulated by state and federal laws. Most drug charges are laid under the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW). -There are offences in the act for use, possession, supply and trafficking (amount of drug determines seriousness of offence), aiding and abetting, and possession of drug-using implements. -The drugs covered by this legislation are listed in schedule 1to the ACT. They include most street drugs-mj, heroin, speed, ecstasy, LSD, cocaine, and many others. Customs Act: -The customs Act 1901 is a federal law that is meant to prevent the import/export of prohibit…

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Man tries, fails new approach to drug test Thu Dec 11, 6:03 PM ET Add Crimes and Trials - Court TV to My Yahoo! By Steve Irsay, Court TV CAMDEN, N.J. (Court TV) — Undetectable! Foolproof! Re-usable! That is how the "Whizzinator," a prosthetic urination device for sale on the Internet, is described by its manufacturer. It was none of those things for one New Jersey man. Adam J. Aronson, 18, was arrested last week for allegedly trying to use the device to artificially ace a mandatory drug test. To comply with his probation for a juvenile offense, Aronson was on his way to the county probation office for the drug test when Cherry Hill police pull…

Just saw this.... made me laugh SYDNEY (Reuters) - An absent-minded bank robber dressed as Santa Claus will spend Christmas in an Australian jail after he forgot about his trousers. Gregory Harland-White, 40, planned to rob a bank in a small town on Australia`s island state Tasmania dressed as Santa Claus, dump the suit in a horse trailer and get away on a bicycle, The Mercury newspaper in Tasmania reported on Wednesday. Harland-White bought his Santa suit from a chicken feed shop near the bank and armed himself with two pieces of pipe taped together to look like a gun. After robbing the bank of A$13,451 (5,700 pounds), Harland-White ran into a nearby horse tra…

He must have used the wrong HERB :: Man dies after anti-bullet charm fails From correspondents in Lagos December 18, 2003 A TRADITIONAL doctor in central Nigeria has been shot dead by a patient who was testing the potency of an anti-bullet charm the herbalist had prepared for him, police have said. Ashi Terfa died when patient Umaa Akor fired a gun at his head two weeks ago in south-central Benue state, police spokesman Bode Fakeye said. "Akor went for an insurance against bullets and contacted Terfa to prepare it for him," he said. "To confirm its efficacy, the herbalist tied the charm around his neck and insisted that Akor should fire a gun at him. The ex…

Son of Al Gore Charged with Marijuana Possession Sun December 21, 2003 11:05 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The son of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore has been charged with possession of marijuana after being stopped by police while driving a car in a Maryland suburb of Washington. Montgomery County police said Albert Gore III, 21, was arrested Friday night along with two passengers after police officers observed a Cadillac being driven without its headlights on. As officers approached the car they observed the sun roof was open despite freezing temperatures, county police said. The officers searched the car and found what appeared to be a partial marijuana cigaret…

Hydroponic drugs found AN ELABORATE hydroponic cannabis set-up has been discovered at a property south of Toowoomba. Acting on a tip-off, Toowoomba CIB detectives executed a search warrant at a house on Gatton-Clifton Road in Hirstvale, about 45km south of Toowoomba, yesterday morning. Toowoomba CIB officer-in-charge Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Marc Hogan said a system for growing hydroponic cannabis plants was allegedly found. “The facility had been established for quite some time and it appears the property was specifically set up for producing cannabis,’’ he said. The drug system allegedly included areas set aside for mature plants and a nursing area for less matu…

thechronicle see i wasnt been parnoid when i said there was lots of choppers, Thats when i told a fairy to turn off.. i think it was ment to happen so that , that fairy didnt get caught for somethin so small Seventy charged in police crime sweep SEVENTY people have been charged with a total of 205 offences in a drug and property operation conducted by the Toowoomba District Tactical Crime Squad. Police seized 177 cannabis plants, ecstasy tablets and the methylamphetamine ICE during the two-weeklong Operation Dysania, which ended yesterday. The operation involved the investigation of property offences and their link to drug supply in the Toowoomba district. Tactical…

I've been knocked of the Oz stoners and the net about 10 times tonight and i have to reconnect again, sometimes it does this when people are trying to call through on the phone, but that's not the case this time. Does anyone have any ideas on what could cause this all of a sudden?

I have a big problem with media generalizing so much on Tv News & Papers, "Study links Amphetamines and Crime" is what that should have been intitled as that is the only types of drug mentioned.I read half the artical before i realized it that was what it was about! STUDY LINK DRUGS AND CRIME WHAT A BULLSHIT TITLE NEWS > STORY Get News by Email Print This Article Email This Article Study links drugs and crime December 19, 2003 RESEARCH has confirmed what police have long suspected - most people who are arrested have mental problems and are active drug users. A study of 288 people arrested and brought to the Brisbane police watchhouse over a fiv…

This was received at the NAP office tonight from our comrades in Moscow. With this statement, this Russian Federal Government committee has declared needle and syringe programs, harm reduction activities and possibly even drug law reform activities as illegal. Users worldwide need to work together to stop these backwards steps from occurring. The user activists and harm reduction people in Russia need all of our support at the moment. Stay posted on this issue. This is a very dangerous situation for Russian drug users right now. Following the statement is an explanation from one of our comrades in Russia, Dis, a user activist and owner of www.drugusers.ru Gary M Dar…

December 16, 2003 AN Adelaide man called police when he found intruders breaking into his home to steal his cannabis crop, and ended up being charged himself, police said. Police called to a house at Torrensville shortly after midnight caught four men allegedly stealing cannabis that was being grown in two rooms. Two Torrensville men, aged 22 and 23 years, a 25-year-old man from Findon in Adelaide's west, and a 26-year-old man from North Dandenong in Victoria were arrested and charged with aggravated serious criminal trespass. However, also arrested was the 23-year-old homeowner who had called police. He was later charged with cultivating 16 cannabis plants. All…

Over many years conversating with people in the USA and having been there myself i realise that the war on drugs in many ways is a War On Citizens where neighbours are encouraged by Government Advertising to "dob in a grower,a personal use grower even)"The Us Government often hound innocent people and investigate totally legal sales of Hydroponic equipment in the hope of capturing a "grower".