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This afternoon at 5.30pm NSW time Triple J's Hack program will be discussing the fact that the majority of drug users are functional members of society. They are asking people to call in to comment on this and also to give their views on current policy and what they think future policy should be, decrim etc. This is your chance to be heard, this is a national radio station with an open mind so please contribute and show people that cannabis users are educated and harmless to society. In fact if Cannabis were legalised and taxed it would greatly benefit the greater community with the taxes generated far exceeding those generated by the wine industry for example. Please…
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http://www.perthnow....u-1226102858694 WA called Australia's 'cannabis capital' From: AAP July 27, 2011 2:11PM WESTERN Australia has become the "cannabis capital of Australia" thanks to weak laws put in place by the previous Labor government, the state's police minister says. Rob Johnson today responded to results from the 2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey that showed WA's rate of cannabis use was 13.4 per cent, 30 per cent higher than the national average. The figures released today come the week before …
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http://cannabisnews.com/news/24/thread24946.shtml CA -- California voters may soon get a chance to weigh in on whether marijuana should be legalized and taxed by the state. If enacted, this may help the state's budget by providing revenue from a brand new source, while also freeing up money that previously went to enforcement efforts against marijuana growing. Of course, marijuana would still be illegal under federal law, but this may be a turning point in the legalization movement -- the point where politicians desperate for tax revenues see dollar signs instead of prison bars when looking at the cannabis plant. And make no mistake -- this is not medical marijuana we…
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The 23 June episode of Catalyst (copyright ABC TV Aus), it had a really hilarious segment about agricultural hemp (video only available in Aus or by proxy): http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3251949.htm The gist is in the introductory transcript anyway. I tried alerting ABC to their error, but they were insistent that they never said C. sativa wasn't psychoactive (see transcript - it's exactly what they said) and that a botanist in Sydney had provided the information [which they persisted in doggedly misinterpreting]. I thought again before getting too locked in. I now realise the researchers at ABC were quite correct and I was horribly wrong. Any psychoac…
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greetnz the war on drugs was started by racism and and continues to be supported by racism as we speak heres the proof hail Joseph Collum want more a bit earlier Jan 2008 LEAP are sending two speakers to mardigrass this year to talk to the local and federal cops cant wait to meet and greet them.,.,.,,.,. they came to oz once before but missed mardigrass due to bad timming., but they did speak to the qld law society, ABC tv, the nsw cops union, and some pollies in cambera forward ever free all drugs free the people free the land
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Good Day OZStoners The other day I did a search on the legality of cannabis around the world, and came across this wiki page. I was surprised to see that it claimed that cannabis is decriminalized in every state and territory in Australia, barring New South Wales, and Tasmania. Until now, ive only heard of it being decriminalized in the ACT. I wont put the outside link here, for fear of retribution from our excellent forum moderators. Just do a google search for "Legality of Cannabis" and it should be the first wikipedia article that pops up. Check out the map. Is it true?
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Good Day OZStoners! I am Hashy. No, despite the name, I have never actually tried hash before. I plan to take a trip to amsterdam later next year, and hopefully experience this for myself, yippie =) I have not participated in a Cannabis forum for many years. I used to post on overgrow.com, however I left the forum due to corrupt power mad admins. 2 months later, overgrow was shutdown. Karma is a b!tch. Because of my interests in Cannabis, I studied some basic level horticulture. I may not be an expert on the subject, but I know a thing or two. =) The reason for this post, besides introducing myself, is a query in regards to bringing seeds in from overseas, namely …
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I am absolutely gobsmacked, but proud of our Indo cousins....This is AMAZING! There is a Global Marijuana March today in Jakarta. Just incredible. Check out their site, it's all in Indo but you can use Google translate to translate whole paragraphs of text. http://www.legalisasiganja.com/ http://translate.google.com/# Will it ever happen in Indonesia? doubtful! But wow, so impressed by these guys! Morgz
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JULIA: Times have changed Our Country's getting worse. Our helicopter parenting Is not a blessing, it's a curse. JILLIAN: Should we blame abusive Governing, NICOLA: Or blame abuse in society? TONY, IAN, PATRICK, etc: Or should we blame the abuse that's on TV? JULIA: No, BLAME CANNABIS! EVERYONE: BLAME CANNABIS! JULIA: With all our statements full of lies, While we ignore the sufferer's cries. EVERYONE: BLAME CANNABIS! BLAME CANNABIS! JULIA: We need to form a No Tolerance assault. EVERYONE: Hell yeah, It's Cannabis' fault. JILLIAN: Don't blame our abusive drug policies For their miserable failure. Instead, let's blame a natural herb For being th…
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How long do you think it will be until cannabis is legally available in Australia's states and territories? there are a few sub legalities i suppose i have to describe. 1. Available for medical use, and supported my doctors. 2. Available from designated/approved shops / cafe's 3. Available from your local, same as alcohol and tobacco (with the proper 18+ ID of course - don't want kiddies having it) 4. Being able to smoke where ever you like (within reason i suppose - same as tobacco smoking, smoke free zones etc) 5. Being able to Grow and Posses your own without fear of the law. what do you guys think? personally i think that 1yr - not a chance, 5yrs - maybe medic…
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Well I was doing a bit of reading today on the NSW elections that are coming up. It's been known for a while that Labor is gone, but wait, there's more! Barry O'farrel wants to introduce "the peoples parliment" and has stated that any matter brought to him with a minimum of 10,000 signatures would be taken to parliment. This is meant to show people the govt. will concentrate on subjects that matter to the community, as opposed to concentrating on things that work for the govt. (I'm not holding my breath but was pleased to read this). So, although I strongly believe Cannabis should be 100% legalised, I would like to present the medical argument if this election promise g…
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Not sure if you guys have seen this or not. But a very rewarding read. Link***: http://www.aic.gov.au/documents/A/D/5/%7BAD592CF2-21C6-45A9-AC71-0CF4445CF355%7Dti48.pdf Just a teaser quote from the article: "Policy positions on the legislative status of cannabis are related to some extent to public attitudes. The legislative options debate has gathered momentum in Australia in recent times, reflecting a shift in public opinion. Recent Australian survey research conducted under the National Drug Strategy indicates that a little over half of the general community now supports cannabis possession and use becoming legal. Moreover, a substantial majority is in favour of…
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I believe it comes into force next month. I've heard that Optus, Telstra and someone else (?) will be using the Senators Web filter. Does this mean that this Site will not be available/BANNED to folk using these ISP's? If so, can someone maybe suggest an ISP that will NOT implement this ban?
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Tommy Chong weed quotes debating on the issue of medical use marijuana: "Do you know Montel Williams ? Montel Williams has M.S. It's a debilitating disease that he keeps under control by using marijuana. Melissa etheridge suffers from cancer and she survived thru the use of marijuana, so it has medical use, so that lie you've just said it has no medical use what so ever it's a lie...and the reason you tell that lie it's because you're being payed to tell that lie, like the rest of the liers..."
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look at a few news sites here in Perth, were there banning kronic synthetic cannabis. I read this comment on perthnow.com.au Helen from WA Posted at 6:34 PM June 14, 2011 I just heard on the news that there is going to be a protest at Parliament House. I wonder if there will be any high flying corporate people or others who hold a steady job, have a house,family with kids who actually smoke the stuff and find nothing wrong with it at all and find this ban coming into effect an INFRINGEMENT ON THEIR RIGHTS? I hope its not only a bunch of young pot-heads who turn up.I hope there will be someone from EROS ASSOCIATION there to speak on behalf of the people? The problem…
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