Cannabis Hemp News

Last Updated: Friday, December 4, 2009 | 5:51 PM PT CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/...-club-raid.html I certainly hope this heads in the right direction and is not used to further tighten cannabis control, BC still has some of the best breeders around it would be a pity to see them fall off the map.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/making-a-hash-...91205-kc0f.html hell yeah I'd study there wonder if they take international students?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/07/2763617.htm How typical that the ACT is the last to get it

10:11 AM Saturday Dec 5, 2009 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article....jectid=10613641 Copyright 2009, APN Holdings NZ Limited A West Coast man whose house was awash with nearly 4kg of cannabis had simply had "a good year" rather than being a drug dealer, a judge has ruled. Timothy Owen Harris, from Dunollie, appeared in Greymouth District Court yesterday charged with cultivation and cultivation for supply after police found 3942g of cannabis in various forms drying around his house in a raid in May. Offenders caught with 28g or more of cannabis can be charged with possession for supply. Harris said he planted 15 seedlings each year in the Notown forest, but…

source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125962987284870595.html

Robert J. Lopez November 19, 2009 | 7:26 am http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009...pd-station.html Copyright LA Times In the end, despite a sophisticated filtration system, it was the smell that smoked out the marijuana-growing operation located just 25 feet from the Los Angeles Police Department's Topanga station in Canoga Park. LAPD officials said officers began noticing the smell of pot Tuesday morning, investigated, got warrants and closed down the indoor farm within eight hours. Three men were taken into custody earlier Wednesday after officers served a search warrant on the warehouse in the 8400 block of Canoga Avenue. Growers had built three roo…

The first weed cafe to open in USA, in Portland, Maine - theres some great resposes and other stories included in the forum following the story. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/13/c...a_n_357722.html

source: http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/alcohol-...91119-io3t.html

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/976627...is-plants-found Hmm, I wonder if the attached pic is of this bust? because it doesnt look like "dense bushland" to me anyways, I'm sure it was just for personal use Edit, this article has more details... http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/story...as-police-blit/

On The Punch today (online Oz news/media site) they feature an article on the UK scientist sacking, the best bit is the forum, great to see so many responses: http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/only-a...orse-than-grog/

I don't usually read crap from msn news, but cannabis and bashing to death caught my eye.. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/975884/te...eacher-to-death In the msn article it says " The court heard the girls' "main objective" for breaking into Mr Rowe's home was to find cannabis or to find things to steal so they could buy the drug, stuff.co.nz reports. " Went and looked on the website stuff.co.nz and it mentions nothing about cannabis in their article??? " They said they only wanted to knock the man out, so they could rob him. " http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3096...Opotiki-killing I am not really surprised by this, but if cannabis isn't mentioned in t…

Fascinating story about the use of weed to help autism - other stories and forum responses feature on the same link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/23/m...u_n_368246.html From a personal perpesctive - Ive recently been diagnosed with lower end spectrum Aspergerers and Ive been using weed for 30 years. My GP refers to my weed habit as self-medicating, when Im stoned Ive discovered it lowers my OCD problems and other related issues, and allows me to function in a more "normal"manner!

Placing "high potency" plants into the community could be viewed by the court as being more serious than the selling of dried cannabis.