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Who the hell would EVER think this is safe????? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34742035

At one time he was one of the world's most wanted men. Howard Marks spent years in a tough American prison, but these days a one-bedroom flat in Leeds houses the drug-smuggling author and campaigner. When I visited him the heat was stifling. Marks explained that the thermostat was set high to take away the chill that he feels as a side-effect of his treatment for cancer. "It's a terminal disease. Obviously a medical miracle can happen at any time, so fingers crossed for one of those," he said. "I do tolerate chemotherapeutic drugs very well, the tumours are decreasing. But there's no chance of them going away." With a characteristic grin and with his deep Welsh drawl, M…

The Federal Government has announced it will legalise the growing of cannabis for medicinal purposes. Health Minister Sussan Ley said the Government wants to give people suffering from debilitating illnesses access to the most effective medical treatments. She said she had been moved by stories of people who got some relief from medicinal cannabis, sometimes legally imported but not always. "I have heard stories of patients who have resorted to illegal methods of obtaining cannabis and I have felt for them, because with a terminal condition, the most important thing is quality of life and relief of pain," she told AM. "And we know that many people are calling out for me…

http://party.cannabis.org.nz/node/85 "The Druglawed documentary will officially premiere in Australia at the Entheogenesis Australis Conference in Melbourne on 5th December 2015. A sneakpeak screening in Sydney on 4th December will allow a Sydney audience to view the film too. Druglawed director Arik Reiss will be present for a Q&A. He is taking the opportunity to film segments of the sequel while he is there, in light of the recent announcement by the Australian Government that cannabis will be legalised for medicinal use on a federal scale. Support for the production of Druglawed 2 can be made by downloading Druglawed from www.druglawed.com for $4.20…

https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCEQtwIwAmoVChMI2JmR2_vwyAIVij8-Ch2gugyP&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJfuP_cat6zQ&usg=AFQjCNFx8MK_HvFY5qMzu8nXl14eYPynww&sig2=thZYDuIWxP3giemTdHdP_A&bvm=bv.106379543,d.dmo About 36 minutes in to Hash Church LVIII 58 Greg de Hoedt talks all about the UK Cannabis Social Clubs movement and how their local events taking place all over the country are undersweeping prohibition. Brighton Cannabis Club held a killer Halloweed party that really upped the game with people coming from all over the country even from as far as Car…

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/cannabis-oils-1.3258528 A number of Canada's medical marijuana growers are poised to release cannabis oils for authorized patients who don't want to smoke or vaporize the dried herb to relieve their symptoms. In July, Health Canada gave growers the green light to begin producing the plant-based extracts, which are expected to be approved for sale in the coming months. About a dozen of the country's 25 medicinal pot producers have sought expanded licences to produce and market cannabis oils and/or fresh marijuana buds and leaves under the updated federal regulations. Among them are Ontario companies Tweed and Bedrocan Canada Inc., and B.…

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/lady-cilento-hospital-likely-site-for-cannabis-trial-20151020-gke4yb.html Lady Cilento Children's Hospital would likely host Queensland's first medicinal cannabis trial, Health Minister Cameron Dick has announced in a letter tabled in state Parliament. The letter, in response to a petitioner calling for Queensland to allow the use of medicinal cannabis, also revealed Queensland chief health officer Jeannette Young attended the first meeting of a steering committee for the clinical trial last Thursday. "Queensland will be partnering on an interstate clinical trial of a cannabis derived product to treat children with severe dru…

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/un-to-call-on-governments-around-the-world-to-decriminalise Originally linked by Jagged here... https://cannabis.community.forums.ozstoners.com/topic/75655-lucy-haslam-dans-story-australian-story/?do=findComment&comment=469426

You go mumma http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-19/campaigners-plan-to-supply-medical-cannabis-unchanged/6863816

http://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/cairns-cannabis-campaigner-says-politicians-plans-have-gone-to-pot/story-fnjpusyw-1227573498949

http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20151009/pdf/431yh8cv21qncw.pdf Will be on the Discovery Channel in 2016