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After being the centre of attention at London Fashion week, making her face into a small garden with a flower-headpiece that had to be seen to be believed, Lady Gaga has found herself on the front pages again after puffing on a spliff onstage in Amsterdam Gaga told the audience she was in the “appropriate place” to talk about her belief that cannabis should be legalised. 

 “I want you to know it has totally changed my life,” the New York pop superstar told her audience at the Ziggo Dome Amsterdam. “It has been a totally spiritual experience for me with my music.”

 Gaga picked up the ready-rolled marijuana joint off the stage where a generous fan has thrown it. She…

Home used as cannabis plantation 4th June 2012 5:00 AM POLICE have located more than 55 cannabis plants and hydroponic equipment at a Banora Point home. On Friday morning Tweed police charged a 61-year-old woman with a string of offences after finding the drug set-up while executing a search warrant. The woman was issued with court attendance notices for cultivation of a prohibited plant, possession of a prohibited plant, stealing of electricity and other offences. She will appear in Tweed Heads Local Court on June 18. http://www.mydailynews.com.au/story/2012/06/04/home-used-cannabis-plantation/

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Medical marijuana patients in Los Angeles can exhale a sigh of relief. At least for now. LA's marijuana dispensary ban, which was set to go into effect in one week, has been temporarily suspended after patients and supporters delivered 50,000 signatures to force a referendum on the ban, the city clerk's office told The Huffington Post Thursday. The ban, which has the approval of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Police Chief Charlie Beck, intends to shut down about 1,000 marijuana dispensaries in the city, including those that have complied with the law. Instead of using dispensaries, groups of three or fewer marijuana patients would be allowed to grow marijuana in their hom…

http://www.bbc.co.uk...0005?print=true 14 August 2012 Last updated at 18:03 GMT Italy police discover cannabis factory in Rome tunnel Police in Rome have sniffed out a cannabis factory in an abandoned metro tunnel built during the rule of Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, in the 1930s. Officers reportedly stumbled across the factory after smelling the pungent crop near an entrance, not far from the Italian central bank. The tunnel, just over half a mile (1km) long, was also being used to cultivate mushrooms. But behind a makeshift wall, police discovered rows of marijuana plants. Video released by Italy's financial police showed an underground greenhouse with thriving m…

Mark Metherell, Lisa Davies May 21, 2012 AUSTRALIANS remain firmly against relaxing illicit drug laws despite declarations by a group of eminent Australians and a global commission that the war on drugs has failed. A Herald/Nielsen poll has found two-thirds of Australians oppose decriminalisation. The finding shows little change in attitudes from a similar poll taken 13 years ago. The latest poll finds 27 per cent of voters support decriminalisation, although that figure rises to 50 per cent of Greens and 34 per cent of Labor voters. Support among Liberal and National party voters is much lower, at 18 per cent. Attitudes on the issue appear to be entrenched, wit…

Mum learns rental was home to drug lab Jessica Elder | 12:01am May 7, 2012 AN UPPER Coomera mother is battling to break a rental lease after discovering the house was once home to a drug den. Alison Palmer's nightmare began in December, a month after the family moved into a rented Upper Coomera home. Her seven-year-old son Isaach began breaking out in rashes, complaining of persistent headaches, leg aches and an eye problem which resulted in broken blood vessels and bulging. Doctors told the family it appeared Isaach had been exposed to chemicals and he was having negative reactions. Ms Palmer spent months trying to work out where the chemical exposure was co…