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http://static.stuff.co.nz/1335933429/178/6847178.jpg Reuters BAN THE BAN: Protesters march against a ban on selling cannabis to foreigners, in front of the town hall in Maastricht. Tourists puffed on spliffs in the streets of southern Dutch cities and defiant coffee-shops sold joints to visitors in protest against a ban on selling cannabis to foreigners which took effect overnight. In Maastricht, a short drive from both the German and the Belgian borders, protesters waved banners decorated with marijuana leaves and slogans such as "Dealers Wanted" and "Stop discrimination for Belgium". In the main square, a few hundred demonstrators staged a sit-in and about 50 op…

Cannabis Use Associated with Lower Mortality Risk in Patients with Psychotic Disorders By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director May 29, 2012 The use of cannabis is associated with lower mortality risk in patients with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, according to a forthcoming study to be published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research. An international team of investigators from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Inje University in South Korea assessed the impact of a lifetime history substance use on mortality in 762 subjects with schizophrenia or related disorders. Researchers reported, ‘[W]e observed a lower mortality risk-adju…

May 22, 2012 MORE than half of Australians support reduced legal penalties for use of drugs such as cannabis and ecstasy, an analysis of a federal government survey shows. The findings contrast with the Herald/Nielsen poll released yesterday, which showed that two-thirds of people opposed decriminalisation. But that is explained by the different way the poll questions were structured, said Alison Ritter, who heads a drug policy modelling program at the national drug and alcohol research centre at the University of NSW. She said it reflected the different responses likely when people were asked about specific approaches rather than the broader decriminalisation que…

DEA Can’t Enter 150 Pounds of Pot Into Evidence, Because It Illegally GPS-Tracked This Dude Posted by Easy Rider on May 25, 2012 http://disinfo.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DEA.jpgGuess the system works at times. Reports the AP Via ABC News: When Kentucky State Troopers stopped 49-year-old Robert Dale Lee on Interstate 75 in September 2011, they knew he would be coming their way and what to look for in his truck. The Drug Enforcement Administration had been following Lee’s truck from Chicago using a GPS — a tracking device placed on the vehicle as part of a multi-state drug probe — and troopers found 150 pounds of marijuana in the vehicle. Now, a federal j…

Presenters from the hit BBC children's show Play School often went on air stoned a new BBC documentary has revealed. Rick Jones and Lionel Morton were able to go in front of the camera stoned after smoking "the biggest joint you've ever seen" because bosses at the BBC turned a blind eye in the 70's, Johnny Ball claims in the tell-all documentary. http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/middle/2012/05/03/270078-lionel-morton.jpg BBC Former BBC Play School presenters have revealed that they often went on-air stoned The disclosures are made in Tales of Television Centre due, to air on May 17 on BBC Four, which uncovers just how drugs and sex were able to spill onto …

Saturday, 19 May 2012, 2:50 pm Press Release: NORML NORML - Police cuts harming community The National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws says police cuts are putting more New Zealanders at risk of becoming victims of crime. The National-led government requires police to slash $360 million dollars from their Budget over the next three years. NORML president Julian Crawford said the only way police can save this money without harming the community is to legalise and regulate cannabis. "Over $300 million could be saved if cannabis was made the lowest enforcement priority," Mr Crawford said. "While the exact cost of enforcing cannabis laws is u…

May 08, 201212:47PM http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/05/10/1225864/645732-karen-hodgson.jpg Karen Hodgson was shot in the back and killed during a botched attempt to steal four cannabis plants from her garage, a court has heard. Source: AdelaideNow MOTHER-of-three Karen Hodgson was killed by an "inadvertent" shotgun blast fired by a man who only wanted to steal cannabis plants, a court has heard. Scott Mundy, 31, of no fixed address, is standing trial in the Supreme Court accused of murdering Ms Hodgson in April 2010. Yesterday, Jim Pearce QC, prosecuting, said it was not alleged the murder was intentional but a "botched attempt" by Mundy and two other men…