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By HEATHER RIVERS, SUN MEDIA Sat, September 26, 2009 http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/200...128741-sun.html Copyright © 2008, Canoe Inc WOODSTOCK -- It may look and smell just like marijuana, but there's a good chance it's not. Police say several hemp plants stolen from a Stratford-area research plot have been recovered in Woodstock. Gordon Scheifele, a plant breeder and retired University of Guelph researcher, said thieves this week raided his legal 0.8 hectare (two-acre) plot licensed by Health Canada. Although it was labelled hemp, Scheifele, a former president of the Ontario Hemp Alliance, said thieves still stole about half a garbage bag of hemp …

(AP) – 4 hours ago http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/articl...NmWYEAD9APR9S00 Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece — A man has been arrested in northern Greece for allegedly growing marijuana in the median strip of the country's main, um, highway. The pot plants weren't little seedlings, either, nor were they well-concealed. Police say the 35-year-old was caught Thursday in the middle of a six-lane highway linking Athens with Thessaloniki, harvesting 42 marijuana plants up to 5.9 feet (1.8 meters) tall. A small quantity of dried pot was found in his home, as well. Police said the marijuana had been planted in a 1-meter-wide wide median …

Drug bus will swoop 'anytime, anywhere' http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26098774-29277,00.html TWO new drug buses will hit NSW roads next month as part of a blitz aimed at high-risk parolees. The buses will be used to conduct 30,000 random urine tests across the state each year, randomly turning up at workplaces, parolees' homes or parole offices to make sure offenders are meeting the conditions of their release. Each bus will be staffed by a team of 10 Corrective Services officers, who will test up to 40 high-risk offenders each day for drug or alcohol use. The initiative will boost testing capacity tenfold, with just 3000 tests undertaken last year…

http://www.altmedia.net.au/the-global-tide...-on-drugs/10869 Author: Michael Gormly Posted: Thursday, 3 September 2009 OPINION Except for the occasional glimmer of light, consumers of Australian media can be forgiven for thinking the dark age of drug prohibition is not only justified but securely incumbent. While our media, most politicians and even some health experts continue to regurgitate an evolving panoply of drug myths usually traceable to ultra-conservative US elements, truth will out and the international tide is on the turn against prohibition. One of these myths is the one about cannabis and psychosis. New strains of ‘skunk’ are X times strong…

Matthew Schulz September 01, 2009 02:33pm http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...39-2862,00.html © Herald and Weekly Times POLICE have seized nearly 1500 marijuana plants hidden in factories in Melbourne's west following raids on four properties yesterday. Sunshine detectives raided the first factory in Sunshine North about 1.45pm on Monday, uncovering 129 plants. That discovery led to further raids on two more Sunshine North factories and a house at Kings Park - uncovering another 1282 plants and $55,000 cash. Police said a 50-year-old Sunshine woman, 47-year-old St Albans woman, and 57-year-old Sydney man have been charged with various offences, in…

Jack Herer Suffers Heart Attack Sunday, 13 September 2009 10:57 The much beloved "Emperor of Hemp" Jack Herer collapsed backstage yesterday at Hempstalk 2009 in Portland after giving a speech. He was rushed to the hospital and underwent heart surgery. Herer, the author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes, suffered a stroke and heart attack in 2000 at another Oregon event. He has recovered over the years, though the 70-year-old activist speaks with a stutter and walks with a limp. Just minutes before his speech, Herer looked fit and said, "I'm getting better and better and better. I'm healthier than I've been..." Herer's currently at Emanuel Trauma Center in Port…

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