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Police happy with 'orderly' MardiGrass AAP | 08:40am May 7, 2012 POLICE have congratulated organisers of an annual cannabis reform rally in northern NSW, saying it was well run and orderly. The 2012 Nimbin MardiGrass protest was "very well-managed", says officer in charge, Inspector Nicole Bruce. "We're very pleased with the co-operation received from the MardiGrass organising body," she said on on Sunday. "There has been a very low incidence of violence and crime." Insp Bruce was unable to give final numbers of arrests due to ongoing operations but said they were low compared with previous years. Police estimate the protest crowd of about 5000 was also down d…
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Police on a high after drug busts Tanya Westthorp | 12:01am May 5, 2012 MAGIC mushrooms and more than $160,000 worth of cannabis potentially bound for this weekend's Nimbin MardiGrass festival has been seized by Tweed police in a three-week operation smashing six hydroponic drug labs. A 48-year-old Ewingsdale man will face Byron Bay Court this month after police found $135,000 worth of cannabis being grown in a hydroponic lab at a Bay Vista Drive home on Thursday. Some of the 70 plants were up to 1m tall, with police also discovering several magic mushrooms and some cannabis resin. It was one of six drug busts in the past three weeks as Tweed police act on intelligenc…
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The NSW Greens have called for the legalisation of medical cannabis, while NSW Police have raided the only producer of a cannabis-derived health product in Australia. Greens MLC David Shoebridge made the call at a recent rally in Martin Place. “If a doctor believes that the prescription of cannabis is the best, sometimes even the only, way of dealing with your chronic pain, why do we prohibit that and make it unlawful here in NSW?” Greens MLC John Kaye told the Star Observer he would move a motion during Parliament’s spring sitting which would outline a plan for a one-year medical marijuana trial under which GPs and treating specialists would be able to prescribe medical …
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It's every stoner’s dream – a marijuana vending machine, preferably placed right next to another one dispensing crisps and chocolate bars. http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/03/article-1336067393303-12E5315A000005DC-523277_636x450.jpg Machines will be housed in cages, and can only be accessed via a valid registration card and finger-print identification. (Picture: Splashnews) But this ‘Autospense’ machine lets registered users of the drug pick up their prescriptions, 24 hours a day. Sixteen US states – as well as Washington DC – allow patients with certain medical conditions to buy small quantities of cannabis. Hundreds of dispensaries have popped up across th…
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http://www.opposingviews.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/top_of_piece_275x200/marijuana_3.gif Submitted by NORML on May 3, 2012 http://www.opposingv...ihuana%E2%80%9D © 2008-2012 Opposing Views, Inc. All Rights Reserved A fascinating new book is out entitled Home Grown: Marijuana and the Origins of Mexico’s War on Drugs by Isaac Campos. In it, he traces the history of cannabis in Mexico as the Spanish Conquistadors brought the useful fiber crop to the New World in the 16th century. East Bay Express reviews the book and touches on a subject I’ve written about – the word “marijuana”: But let’s start with the word “marijuana.” Marijuana came to the New World as…
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http://www.smh.com.a...0503-1y00e.html Sounds good. Probably the DEA was having a tug of war with the Nimbin crowd??
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http://www.bbc.co.uk...gazine-17896081 Police say cannabis growers are moving away from commercial and industrial sites towards ordinary houses. But how can you spot a cannabis farm in your street? Cannabis growing in the suburbs is soaring, with about 21 farms or factories being discovered every day, a new report by the Association of Chief Police Officers says. The problem has persisted for a while, with insurer Aviva reporting a 30% year-on-year increase in cannabis damage claims last year as criminals turned to rented houses to cultivate plants. Now the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) says most of the cannabis consumed in Britain is homegrown and is ur…
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A controversial law that will make it harder for foreign tourists to buy cannabis at the Netherlands' famous coffee shops has been upheld by a Dutch court. The law, which reverses 40 years of liberal drugs policy in the Netherlands, is targeted at the many foreigners who have come to see the country as a soft drugs paradise and to tackle a rise in crime related to the drug trade. ... Fourteen coffee shop owners and several pressure groups challenged the law in the courts, saying they should not be asked to discriminate between locals and non-locals. A lawyer for the coffee shop owners said they would appeal. ... Full Story Date: April 27, 2012 23:27:16 Source: http://ww…
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http://www.thelocal....0430-42253.html Article out of a German news in English website..Poor unlucky soul. from the local.de
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Cannabis production booming in Britain, say police More than twice as many secret cannabis factories were found in past year as four years ago, chief constables' report reveals Alan Travis, home affairs editor The Guardian, Monday 30 April 2012 Article history http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/4/29/1335710365792/Cannabis-plant-008.jpg Police uncovered 7,800 cannabis factories in the past year. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Clandestine cannabis factories are booming in Britain, with the police detecting more than 7,800 in the past year – more than double the number found four years ago. Chief constables say the rise in illicit cannabis pro…
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an old story (August 2011) but a good one... http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/08/does-marijuana-make-you-stupid/
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http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/story/2012/03/19/another-drug-bust-nets-279m-crop/ ------------------------- source THE drug busts have kept rolling on across the Coffs Coast with another multi-million dollar cannabis seizure near Coffs Harbour announced. Coffs Harbour Target Action Group officers have made the significant haul in the Bongil Bongil National Park. Police say detectives acted on public information, and with the assistance of the Dog Unit, to locate 1395 mature cannabis plans, with an estimated street value of $2.79 million. The haul came after an extensive ground search of the forest to the west of the National Park, near Slarkes Rd, on Friday. …
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A man put cannabis in a washing machine in an attempt to extract THC during the spin cycle, a court has been told. Kevin Michael Penrose, 29, of Hokitika was sentenced to 120 hours of community work after he admitted charges of cultivating cannabis, possessing cannabis and possessing cannabis utensils when he appeared in Greymouth District Court on Tuesday. Police who searched Penrose's house on March 17 found several buckets of green residue from his washing machine. Penrose said that he had been told it was possible to extract THC, the active ingredient in cannabis, from the water once it had settled. Lawyer Eymard Bradley said Penrose had embarked on an "unfortunate ex…
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A landowner didn't notice cannabis plants growing on his north-western NSW property for at least six months. Officers from Castlereagh Local Area Command visited the rural property of 25,000 hectares at Lightning Ridge shortly after 11am (AEST) on Thursday. When they arrived, the owner told police he had found a marijuana crop on an isolated section of his land. "It's a very vast expanse of land and it's heavily watered with pine trees and the crop was in amongst the pine trees," Detective inspector Scott Russell told AAP. "It was a well set-up, elaborate system. "It's been there for some time, possibly up to six months. Police seized and destroyed a total 136 plants, wit…
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