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From an article published on cnbc.com on Jun 23 - http://www.cnbc.com/id/43508025 Some economists believe that there would be substantial economic benefits to legalizing drugs such as cocaine and heroin. “There is a strong case for legalizing drugs,†Jeffrey Miron, senior lecturer in economics at Harvard University and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, told CNBC.com. “This is based on economic reasoning, but it is broader than just ‘economic effects’,†he said. Miron estimates that the US would be around $88 billion a year better off if drugs were legalized, with $41.3 billion saved on enforcement of drug-related laws and $46.7 billion garnered i…

West Australians will have four days to destroy their supply of fake cannabis products before it is outlawed. View the full article

Manufactures use chemicals to mimic the effects of THC, the substance which produces a "high" in cannabis users. South Australia is also investigating options for preventing the sale and use of the products. Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu said the ... View the full article

SOUTH Australia is joining the move to ban the possession and sale of synthetic marijuana, being sold under names including Kronic, Spice and Northern Lights. View the full article

US POLITICIANS have introduced a bill that would legalise marijuana nationwide but allow each state to regulate, tax and control the drug itself. View the full article

Bolivia is pushing to legalise Coca Leaf after 40 odd years of being misled by the US and UN. Finally, some logic. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=es&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2011/06/22/966318/bolivia-denuncia-convencion-de.html#ixzz1Q6oZJUSo (Translation below)

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Former President Jimmy Carter adds his voice to many other police chiefs, health professionals, military analysts, and an international Blue Ribbon Commission urging the United States to Call Off the Global Drug War. The so called "war on drugs" is really a 'war on drug users", which is not only destroying the lives of those needing medical and mental health care, but is also corrupting foreign police forces, and governments, as well, as creating and funding, a vast criminal infrastructure that represents a growing threat to US national security. In a message to Congress in 1977, I said the country should decriminalize the possession of less than an ounce of marijuana,…

Police seize 50 cannabis plants from 'bedroom gardens'. Police seize 50 cannabis plants from 'bedroom gardens' From: AAP June 04, 2011 10:10AM http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2010/03/25/1225845/470518-marijuana.gif More than 50 cannabis plants were seized, including many of them mature and ready for harvest / AP Over 50 plants seized from Sydney house Police find cannabis gardens in four bedrooms Cannabis in house worth more than $200,000 …

MURDERERS were likely after man's two cannabis plants when they shot and killed the victim in his own backyard, police say. The 37-year-old's body was found yesterday and police are looking for a small red car and four men seen near the victim's Paralowie ... View the full article

A desperate US father gave his son cannabis oil to ease the pain of a life-threatening tumour, and now credits the drug with helping save his son's life, reports the Daily Mail. Shortly before his second birthday, Cash Hyde was diagnosed with a serious brain tumour. For six weeks Cash was regularly misdiagnosed with glandular fever, but looking at his ill son, his father Mike Hyde knew it was worse. "It feels like he's dying in my arms," said Mr Hyde. "We need to take him somewhere else." Doctors did a CAT scan and found a 4.5cm tumour wrapped around Cash's optic nerve. They were able to remove just ten per cent of the growth in surgery and the toddler had to un…