Cannabis Law and Politics

I was just watching the news on channel 7 and one of the reports they were doing was that police are asking for more powers when it comes to tapping phones calls reading peoples sms and emails and if you are doing nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about thay say ( i dont trust anything coppers say on this type of thing), as if things wernt hard enough for stoners and there safty with the way things are now if this gets passed it will make it even harder againe, it makes you think what sort of powers are the coppers going to ask for next...

In light of possible new laws regarding hydro grown weed, i've been wondering what is and isn't hydro. If someone was using Coco and hand watering with hydro nutes with no aparent hydro system ie: res tanks, pumps and pipes etc. Would that be hydro in the eyes of the law? After all the plants are in what looks to be soil. Coco maybe a safer option for our NSW members before too long.

Dutch get first cannabis pharmacy From correspondents in Amsterdam February 02, 2006 THE Dutch city of Groningen looks set to open the Netherlands' first pharmacy totally dedicated to providing high quality cannabis for pain relief at affordable prices, it was reported today. Although cannabis is readily available in Dutch coffee shops, the foundation for Medicinal Cannabis Netherlands, a support group for patients, intends launching a pharmacy in the northern Dutch city so people can have access to high-grade cannabis for medical use, the NRC Handelsblad newspaper said. Groningen city council member Fleur Woudstra, who supports the cannabis pharmacy, told the paper…

Can someone please tell me the CURRENT laws in western australia?

Perhaps the most compelling reason so many Australians believe Schapelle Corby is innocent is the "selling sand to the arabs" argument: why would anyone smuggle marijuana to Bali when everyone knows it's so easy to get there? While drugs might seem freely available on the streets, the foreigners who live in Bali, including those serving time in Kerobokan jail, say that buying them is a very risky business because you never know if the seller is an undercover police officer or a police informer. For that reason, westerners in Bali are prepared to pay premium prices for marijuana if they can get it from other Westerners, as that's the best way to ensure they are not goi…

Its amusing (and disappointing) to listen to people reasoning as to why weed should be illegal. The usual argument is either: a ) "Its illegal!" or b ) "Its bad for you!" Both of which i think are pretty weak. Being illegal isn't cause for something to be illegal, and there are a lot of things worse for you than a bit of weed (ciggarettes to take the obvious example). Those arguments are usually countered by: "Its different!", "ok...how?" at which point they usually freeze and change subject What reasons have you heard while talkin to people about the legality of cannabis?

I just am about to go home (Queenland) from a holiday and I bought this really good cheap as water pipe(7.95) from some asain store and I was wondering if I would get into any trouble if I put it in my suitcase for when I go home. It will just be a domestic flight and I was wondering if I could get into any trouble at all if some x-ray dude saw it. It hasn't been used at all and is clean as a whistle. I was also wondering if the laws are different in Qld than in any other places. Any help would be most apreciated Wez

Media Alert 15th December 2005 Stuart Highway refuses prison drug-test A Darwin activist may have to ride out the remainder of his sentence in a "punishment cell" at the infamous Berrimah Prison. Berrimah Prison inmate Stuart Highway has been labelled an “identified drug user” (IDU) for refusing to provide a urine sample to prison officers earlier this week. Stuart, presently serving a three-month sentence for charges arising from his involvement in an October 2002 drug law-reform rally, refused to give the required 60mil sample on Monday during a random drug-test. He said he could face 28 days’ in the "punishment cells". "They haven’t issued me with any pap…

Hey guys I've been busted. I'll let you all know how it goes in this thread, but heres the down low.. Couple days ago 3 young men, one armed with a shotgun, attempted to break into my house, around 2am. I was roused by the sound of the front door window breaking and when i confronted them at the front door, they ran (I was holding a samurai sword and a filthy look). Since i wasnt dressed I didn't purse them past the front of the house, however one of them shot a small caliber shotgun shell at the house (probably a 4/10). This of course attracted the attention of the police.....called by my neighbours, naturally.. The police came, searched the house with my consent (…

Recorded this doco off SBS a while, its pretty interesting, shows how the laws came to be, and which assholes were responsible. From the info page: "Grass is a documentary which argues for the decriminalisation of marijuana while telling a history of the weed - from a strictly North American viewpoint. Director Ron Mann argues that government opposition to pot was originally racist in origin (it was smoked by Mexican labourers) and that billions have been spent trying to stop the unstoppable." SBS Page EDIT: heres the Producers Page Leech the torrent from here. Ive only got 64Kb up, but hopefully some international peers should be finished soon. ps. I know its…