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This fellow is a legend, won't let the law stop him opening his "cafe"... 'I'll still open my cannabis cafe' A man who plans to set up a cannabis cafe says a report warning of the serious health dangers of the drug will not stop him pressing ahead with his plans. Kevin Williamson, of the counter-culture activist group and publishing house Rebel Inc, plans to challenge the existing law by opening a cafe in Edinburgh where cannabis usage will be tolerated - and where eventually the drug will be put on sale. He said a British Lung Foundation report suggesting that cannabis is every bit as harmful as smoking tobacco does nothing to make him think twice. "This makes…

Drugged Driving Hopes Friday, November 22, 2002 By Steven Milloy Federal officials announced a new effort to target motorists driving under the influence of illegal drugs. This may sound like a good idea to some, but it's half-baked with a bizarre twist -- the feds have paid researchers to test "drugged drivers" in real traffic. White House Drug Czar John Walters and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief Jeffrey Runge announced the initiative at a Nov. 19 press conference. Runge glibly justified the initiative by claiming, "NHTSA estimates that up to 22 percent of drivers involved in fatal motor vehicle crashes have tested positive for illegal dr…

PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE 25 NOVEMBER 2002 The Nimbin HEMP Embassy is collecting data on how the police conduct themselves in their annual pre Christmas cannabis raids which begin today in the Tweed Valley. Residents are asked to call the Embassy at (02) 6689 1842 or email at hemp@nrg.com.au with information. For years we've had to put up with their Rambo tactics and now we are serious about monitoring their behaviour and anything untoward will be reported in the proper manner. "NSW police insist on valuing every plant, male or female, including seedlings, at $2000 each. It's the same situation every year" said Andrew Kavasilas, from…

A JUDGE has overturned a magistrate's decision to dismiss drug possession charges against a man who was detected carrying drugs by a police sniffer dog. Local Court Magistrate Mary Jerram dismissed the charges after deciding Rocky the dog had conducted an illegal search when it detected the odour of drugs from 21-year-old Glen Darby's trouser pocket outside a Sydney nightclub in February last year. Mr Darby was arrested and charged with two counts of drug possession after police searched him and found he was carrying methylamphetamine and cannabis leaf. The Director of Public Prosecutions appealed the magistrate's ruling, with NSW Supreme Court Justice Barry O'Keef…

Ottawa -- Criminals are getting off too easy as neighbourhoods across Canada are endangered by huge secret pot-growing operations, police groups charged yesterday. The Liberal government's possible decriminalization of marijuana will only make things worse, charged David Griffin, executive director of the Canadian Police Association. Griffin and others called on the federal government to beef up the Criminal Code and impose minimum jail time for those convicted of turning 50,000 Canadian homes into marijuana "grow houses," including what he said were an estimated 10,000 in the Toronto area. 'WALKING AWAY' The operations, which can generate up to $500,000 a year a…

What do these six folks have in common? They each contributed about $12,500 to reform efforts simply by having letters to the editor published in Time Magazine. A little more than two column inches of reform oriented letters. Time's rate card says that a two column inch ad would cost you $113,120. 3 more writers were mentioned without names. Time claims that each issue has over 20 million readers, and a 47% market share of all weekly news magazines. Of course all who sent letters to Time contributed to the amount of space our side got. The more letters on a subject received, the more space the issue tends to receive. Every letter sent counts, published or not. The T…

How many illegal marijuana grow operations would you estimate Vancouver police busted last week? Twenty? 30? Even 40? If you'll pardon the pun, the actual number is much higher. Last week -- in just a seven-day period -- officers uncovered more than 60 grow ops, part of a coordinated nationwide crackdown. The Vancouver raids were part of a massive operation targeting indoor marijuana cultivation. Across the country, 73,000 marijuana plants valued at $73 million were seized, and 163 people arrested. It's the third wave of Operation Greensweep, and police were touting the results Tuesday. But even the officers involved in the initiative wonder if such crackdowns are…

:angry: WE found this in the sunday mail (QLD)24/11/02 Sunshine coast man charged with setting "MANTRAP"after fuzz find nail studded boards around MJ crop.The traps were square boards with approx 50 nails in each,they also found mj,amphets and guns one was a loaded 9mm pistol. We do not condone these practises and would like to know how every one else feels about this???????

I dunno if this information useful.... but it will make me think again before I pack my herbs, as I often take average 4-6 domestic flights a year for the last couple of years, and never had a problem...... found this in ninemsn.com.au News. Domestic flight baggage to be x-rayed Moves were underway to ensure baggage on Qantas domestic flights were x-rayed, Prime Minister John Howard said. He said an announcement would soon be made on steps to remedy the lack of security checks on baggage stored in the hold of Qantas flights within Australia. "Some steps are underway at the present time to remedy that," Mr Howard told the Seven Network. "I can tell you that we'll…

i was smoking with some mates a couple of days ago and i smoked alot and got pretty bent but then we kept smoking and i managed to smoke myself straight!! i was completely straight after smoking than i ever have before. my friend mentioned that he also smoked himself sober once or twice.. has anyone here had had any experiences like this or are we jus strange!?!

By Steve Hager founder of the cannabis Cup. ----------------------------------------------------------- I first visited the Netherlands in 1987 to write an article on the founder of Holland’s first cannabis-seed company. Titled “The King of Cannabis,” the article described how an Australian named Nevil got access to some of the world’s greatest known strains of cannabis, and established a mail-order company in Holland that eventually made him rich. He lived in a mansion filled with growrooms that I dubbed “Cannabis Castle.” While working on the article, I met the founders of Cultivators Choice, an almost defunct American cannabis-seed company. They told me about the spe…