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Two Canadian researchers hope their work - mapping the cannabis sativa genome - will get rid of the stigma they say surrounds the cultivation of hemp and marijuana in Canada. The University of Saskatchewan's Jon Page and the University of Toronto's Tim Hughes hope other scientists will use their work to develop marijuana as a legitimate medical ingredient, and hemp as a high-quality, fastgrowing crop. "It's a useful plant," Page told Postmedia News on the phone from Saskatoon. "You can eat it, you can build with it, you can use it as medicine ... but, because of its reputation, it's hard to get funding to work with it." Using genome sequencing technology, Page and…

ACT police will begin roadside drug testing across Canberra from today. Legislation giving police powers to conduct random roadside tests for drugs came into effect in December. Police will now detain drivers to take saliva swabs to test for drugs like cannabis, methamphetamine and ecstasy. "The test is administered through a saliva test and it does take longer than drink driving test. Drivers can expect to be detained on the roadside for up to ten minutes and that's because the technology is not as advanced as technology for random breath testing for alcohol," said Attorney General Simon Corbell. Unlike alcohol testing, there is no legal level or limit on drug co…

The Dutch government will move to classify high-potency marijuana alongside hard drugs such as cocaine. View the full article

Cannabis-related crime exposé: Murdochritude Now it seems that merely wearing a tee shirt with a cannabis leaf on it has driven a man to insane criminal acts, because the burgers are better when you don't have to pay for them. My Mother warned me that wearing tee-shirts was a slippery slope to chewing gum, learning the guitar and choking to death on your own vomit.

Adelaide police have raided premises belonging to or linked with the Commancheros motorcycle gang, seizing drugs, firearms and cash. View the full article

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/griffith-mafia-returns-to-its-grass-roots-20110402-1csdc.html ORGANISED crime is back in business in Griffith as the mafia returns to its traditional ''grass-roots'' operation in the Riverina district. More than 30 years after the contract killing of Griffith anti-drugs campaigner Donald Mackay, police have finished a two-week swoop on the area, netting $23 million worth of marijuana hidden in three vineyards and an orange orchard. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/griffith-mafia-returns-to-its-grass-roots-20110402-1csdc.html#ixzz1YwGQoxa0 Not silly, why would the police check an area that has allready once been used to grow we…

Police say they're baffled by the discovery of 40 bags of marijuana, initially thought to be grass clippings, by the side of the road north of Brisbane. A member of the public made the find on Lipscombe Road at Narangba yesterday morning. The drug had been ... View the full article

http://www.latimes.c...obref=obnetwork Organic marijuana can't exist, which troubles growers …

Interesting read I thought I would pass on, as both a proud Canadian and bear lover! Two different articles, there's tonnes more out there if you'd like to read more about the incident http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.c6b7a7c8f2c3660aa232f7c0fc600cd8.1051 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1384843/Canadian-black-bears-guarding-marijuana-plants-British-Columbia.html with my experience with bears back home I'm surprised the officers approached, regardless of the mannerisms they were showing! You see a bear back home, you run. perfect guards, regardless of docility just for fun, this is a picture of the first bear I ever 'met'