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Sorry to make my first posting here one of bad news, it's not my usual style, I promise! Some of you know me, but you don't KNOW that you know me yet. Should be fun seeing who twigs first! This is 'as is' from the UK members mailing about an hour ago. > It doesn't really make any difference, but for what it's worth: > > Derek ------------- Forwarded message follows ------------- Legalise cannabis Alliance Information bullitin: Information from the Drug Legislation and Enforcement office says that changes to the Criminal Justice Bill planned to give police the power of arrest for simple possession of a class C drug will not be brought before Parliament…

CANNABIS LUNG CLEANER AND EXPECTORANT Cannabis is the best natural expectorant to clear the human lungs of smog, dust and the phlegm associated with tobacco use. Marijuana smoke effectively dilates the airways of the lungs, the bronchi, opening them to allow more oxygen into the lungs. It is also the best natural dilator of the tiny airways of the lungs, the bronchial tubes - making cannabis the best overall bronchial dilator for 80% of the population (the remaining 20% sometimes show minor negative reactions). (See section on asthma - a disease that closes these passages in spasms - UCLA Tashkin studies, 1969-97; U.S. Costa Rican, 1980-82; Jamaican studies 1969-74, 76…

Hi all just a quickie, I have full Version evidence eliminator, and a few others I would like to offer fellow ozstoners, These are on a magazine I brought, from UK, PC utilities www.livepublishing.com but where can I put them so yous can DL if you want em?? WP

I jsut herd a snippet of news about some sheep stuck out at see an noone is claiming them or wants them , so Mr howard wants them to aussie , under strick quirentean... anyone herd anythin more then that in soild form? man woudnt we all be fucked if that some crazzy barsted has put somethin into the sheep an when they get here Fuck up all our meat or even spread a virus , Freaky shit for a early Thursday morn hehe

Potheads told to butt out But court aids medicinal use By SAM PAZZANO, COURTS BUREAU Ontario's highest court has ended the province's reefer madness. In a landmark decision released yesterday, the Court of Appeal ended a two-year period where it was legal to possess personal amounts of weed. But medicinal pot users won freer access to marijuana, lawyer Alan Young said. Young, Paul Burstein, Leora Shemesh and other lawyers represented ill people who successfully challenged Canada's medicinal marijuana regulations because they were forced to buy pot on the black market. FIX REGULATIONS In January, a Superior Court judge struck down the regulations as…

International Press Release PRESS RELEASE OCTOBER 6, 2003 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDICAL MARIJUANA -- ONTARIO COURT OF APPEAL TO RULE ON PRECEDENT SETTING CASES AFFECTING CRITICALLY AND CHRONICALLY ILL CANADIANS For more information, please contact: Counsel: Alan Young -- 416-964-1999 -- alany@yorku.ca Paul Burstein -- 416-204-1825 -- paul@127john.com Joseph Neuberger -- 416-364-3111 -- joseph@nrlawyers.com Leora Shemesh -- 416-364-9020 -- leora@nrlawyers.com Litigants: Alison Myrden - (905) 681-8287 - myalison@cogeco.ca - www.themarijuanamission.com Marylynne Chamney Catherine Devries ari Dvorak Warren Hitzig/The Toronto Compa…

Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:14:31 -0700 From: "D. Paul Stanford" <stanford@crrh.org> Subject: 008 Australia: WA Passes New Cannabis Bill Newshawk: Niall Young Pubdate: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Australia Web) Copyright: 2003 Australian Broadcasting Corporation Contact: comments@your.abc.net.au Website: http://www.abc.net.au/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/34 WA PASSES NEW CANNABIS BILL Minor possession of cannabis in Western Australia is set to be decriminalised after legislation finally cleared state Parliament last night. Labor's Cannabis Control Bill was passed on the Government's numbers, with amendments approved b…

States have taken sweeping action in recent years to roll back "get-tough" approaches on drug policy, turning toward prevention, treatment and other alternatives to fight addiction, a new report from an advocacy group found. The survey of new laws between 1996 and 2001 found that states were adopting anti-drug approaches that treat addiction more like an illness than a crime, according to the Drug Policy Alliance, a group that supports such an approach. The report was released Tuesday. "Our key hope for this report is that legislators around the country will increasingly appreciate that it's possible to introduce and support and enact sensible drug policy reforms wi…

I saw on the news that some states(including victoria) will trail a new breath test device that detects alcohol and also cannabis. trail will start sometimes next year!

Further evidence has emerged that an ingredient of cannabis could help prevent epileptic seizures. Some experts are now calling for fresh research into the potential of cannabis-like compounds to help alleviate the condition. Researchers from Germany found that natural brain chemicals which resemble cannabis extracts can interrupt a process which can trigger a seizure. There have been trials of cannabis compounds in MS and cancer patients. There are reports dating from the 15th century talking about the use of cannabis to ease the symptoms of epilepsy. However, there have been few organised trials in humans in recent years, even though cannabis or its extrac…