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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

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…

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…

http://www.sunshinec...rug-boy-parade/ THE 14-year-old boy facing drug charges in Bali spent last night with asylum seekers in an immigration detention centre after being suddenly shifted from his police cell following the intervention of Indonesia's Justice Minister. Shielding his face from the cameras, the teenager wore a half balaclava, sunglasses and hat as he arrived at the facility at Jimbaran Bay, which has recently been rebuilt after asylum seekers burnt much of it down last year. In bizarre scenes, the teenager from Morisset Park on Lake Macquarie was even required to attend a press conference where the move was explained, although he did not say anything…

I originally thought it might have a chance of succeeding in the border towns, but even Maastricht has come out to oppose the legislation. Dutch marijuana advocates face off with Cabinet AMSTERDAM — Dutch coffee shop owners went to court Wednesday in a last ditch bid to block a government plan to stop foreigners from buying marijuana in the Netherlands. Lawyers representing the coffee shops oppose what would be the most significant change in decades to the country's famed soft drug tolerance: turning marijuana cafes into "members only" clubs open solely to Dutch residents. Members would only be able to get into the coffee shops by registering for a "weed pass" and…

Check this out: www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/01/28/296095_todays-news.html Does anyone else find this completely unacceptable? I'm not sure if the drugs were cannabis or not, that has not been disclosed, but I don't think that's important. It has become clear to me that the war on drugs is on some shaky legs when this is what's necessary. Maybe this is the perfect ammo to issue a wake up call to the powers to be? Help to stand up for this girl. Yes it appears she comes from a family of drug dealers but how is that her fault? The consensus down here seems to be that she comes from a bogan family so it's O.K. I'd love to read some thoughts

A number of California winemakers are secretly producing wines laced with cannabis, with Cabernet Sauvignon the grape variety of choice for the blend. http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Marijuana1-350x350.jpg “Pot wine is increasingly fashionable in wine country – much of the marijuana used for the wine comes from California’s weed capital Humboldt County,” Crane Carter, president of the Napa Valley Marijuana Growers said. “Cabernet Sauvignon from the Stag’s Leap district is thought to pair particularly well with pot,” Carter added. According to Carter, pot wine delivers a quicker high than pot brownies, and the combination of alcoho…