Cannabis Hemp News

"CANNABIS is kidstakes when it comes to the overall health damage drugs do" according to Wayne Hall, a substance abuse specialist at the University of Queensland's Centre for Clinical Research. Professor Hall’s new paper on the global pattern of drug consumption written with Louisa Degenhardt from the Burnet Institute, attracted media attention during the week for its finding that cannabis is the world’s most widely used illicit drug. On the basis of UN figures they argue between 125 and 203 million people across the planet used cannabis in 2009. This compared to a maximum of 21 million injecting drug users. The reason for its popularity, they argue in the new editi…

An interesting article about a book called The New Jim Crow. Has anyone read this book? The argument that drug laws are about racial division has been punted around for a long time, but apparently this book actually gathers the statistics to back the claim. After giving a speech on it the author received a 2min standing ovation and reading the book inspired on state representative to write legislation addressing the issue. While it may not be so much a race as a class issue here in oz, as the tide turns against the reasons for prohibition and exposes the underlying discrimination, books like this give me hope that more people will join the cause. The question I ask is …

Dutch move to ban sale of strong hashish cannabis The Netherlands moved to ban the sale of potent hashish cannabis on Thursday, eroding 40 years of liberal drug policy, over fears that the proceeds were flowing to organised crime gangs. A parliamentary proposal to prohibit the sale of hashish resin in the Netherlands' famous coffee shops had the backing of both parties in the Liberal-Christian Democrat coalition. The sale of marijuana, the dried bud and leaves of the cannabis plant, will not be affected. "Almost all of the hash that is sold in Dutch coffee shops is smuggled into the Netherlands by international criminal gangs from countries like Afghanistan, Morocco…

A movement is afoot in the Bluegrass State of Kentucky to bring medical marijuana to patients who desperately need it. The Marijuana Policy Projectrecently sent an email to all of their Kentucky supporters – of which I am one – alerting them to these new developments and urging action. Kentucky is the newest entry in the growing list of states considering medical marijuana legislation. Sen. Perry Clark (D-Louisville) has introduced SB 129, a bill that would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients with debilitating illnesses and reschedule marijuana under state law. There are some technical problems with the language in the bill vis-à-vis federal law, but those is…

http://www.huffingto...&comm_ref=false Fresh off a third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses on Tuesday, a weary-looking Ron Paul spoke with CNN Wednesday morning but managed to summon his usual enthusiasm while railing against the U.S. war on drugs. "This war on drugs has been a detriment to personal liberty and it's been a real abuse of liberty," Paul said. "Our prisons are full with people who have used drugs who should be treated as patients -- and they're non-violent. Someday we're gonna awake and find out that the prohibition we are following right now with drugs is no more successful, maybe a lot less successful, than the prohibition of alcohol was in the '20s.…

The New Zealand Police are calling on farmers to keep an eye out for the tell-tale signs of cannabis plots as the latest growing season gets into full swing. With the warm wet conditions over the summer, police say the 2012 cannabis crop will be a bumper one and they're determined to find as much of it as they can. But not everybody agrees that their efforts are worthwhile. Reporter Benedict Collins has more.

The UK should resist jailing drug users and treat the issue as a health problem, Richard Branson says as judges are given new sentencing guidelines. The Virgin boss told Sky News he believed drugs should come under the remit of the Department of Health, not the Home Office. Mr Branson, who sits on the Global Commission on Drug Policy, made the remarks as details emerged of the legal advice set to come into force on February 27. Friends socially sharing drugs and those using cannabis for medicinal purposes may escape jail under the revised rules. Drug runners and small-time dealers caught with heroin, cocaine or thousands of pounds worth of cannabis could also avoid prison…

Date: 13/04/2011 Author: Michelle Hammond Source: StartUpSmart Copyright: © 2011 Private Media Pty Ltd

i heard we have over 600 hemp growers in oz now-not in south oz where i live though. Has anyone built a hemp house here? i've seen them in france and will soon need to rebuild my shack of a house as the kids get bigger. i wanna use hemp.