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Interesting article that was in the Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/tide-turns-i...90826-ezph.html

Sgt. Northcutt's Post-Iraq Nightmare: Getting Arrested for Growing Pot By Fred Gardner, O'Shaughnessy's Posted on September 1, 2009, Printed on September 1, 2009 http://www.alternet.org/story/142337/ Phil Northcutt saw the map of Iraq on the wall and started recalling his time there. He’d been stationed in Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, in 2004. Phil Northcutt: There was this main street, ‘Route Michigan,’ like a 4-lane highway going through town with a 12-inch tall median painted yellow and black. When we first got there you could see big holes in the median. By the time we left, there was no median. It had been blown up along six or seven miles of roadway... There wer…

Landmark B.C. study lets trauma sufferers find relief with ecstasy Vancouver therapists get green light to use drug in trial to treat post-traumatic stress By Frances Bula Vancouver — From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Tuesday, Sep. 01, 2009 03:34AM EDT Two Vancouver therapists have become the first Canadians to be permitted to give ecstasy to patients in a scientific trial aimed at finding new ways to help people with post-traumatic stress disorder. Psychologist Andrew Feldmar and psychiatrist Ingrid Pacey, with the help of the Boston-based organization Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, also known as MAPS, are recruiting 12 peo…

New Mexico’s one medical marijuana producer is all sold out By Marjorie Childress 8/31/09 3:39 PM Medical marijuana signAccording to a medical marijuana patient who has access to the secure Web site of the one nonprofit in the state producing marijuana for patients, the nonprofit has run out of its product and won’t have more available until October. From the Santa Fe Institute for Natural Medicine (SFINM) Web site: 8/28/09 PRODUCT UPDATE We are currently sold out of our inventory. Not knowing what members would like, our first crop was 50/50 indica dominant/sativa dominant. And although we are so sorry to run out, we now know that members prefer sat…

Schizophrenia link to cannabis denied A STUDY by North Staffordshire academics has rejected a link between smoking cannabis and an increase in mental illness. The research found there were no rises in cases of schizophrenia or psychoses diagnosed in the UK over nine years, during which the use of the drug had grown substantially. Pro-cannabis campaigners seized on the results as supporting the legalising of cannabis, and claimed the report had been suppressed. But the leading expert behind the study said it could be too low-key to re-ignite the debate on whether restrictions should be removed from soft drugs. From their base at the Harplands Psychiatric Hospital in Hart…

By Andy Ivens The Province Diabetic double-leg amputee Marilyn Holsten may have lost her life while fighting eviction for smoking medical marijuana at home, but her struggle survives. Supporters of medical-marijuana patients' rights reacted with sadness and anger at the news of her death Aug. 7. They are organizing a rally next Wednesday, from noon to 6 p.m., in front of the Anavets Senior Citizens Housing Society building in the 900-block East 8th Avenue in Vancouver, where Holsten lived for eight years before being told she had to leave. "We're counting on quite a crowd," pot activist Marc Emery said Thursday. "A lot of people who are similarly disabled will be there. "…

Marijuana's new high life In June, an estimated 25,000 people attended the inaugural THC Expo hemp and art show in downtown Los Angeles, an event that pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into the local economy -- including a $22,400 payment directly to the city of Los Angeles for use of its convention center. Barneys New York in Beverly Hills is celebrating the Woodstock spirit by selling $78 "Hashish" candles in Jonathan Adler pots with bas-relief marijuana leaves; Hickey offers $75 linen pocket squares or $120 custom polo shirts bearing the five-part leaf; and French designer Lucien Pellat-Finet is serving up white-gold and diamond custom pot-leaf-emblazoned wri…

Pot-battle double-amputee Marilyn Holsten loses her last fight Heart attack fells woman who contested eviction for smoking pot by Andy Ivens, The Province Marilyn Holsten's last days on Earth were a living hell, according to her sister, Moira O'Neill. In frail health, the almost-blind, diabetic double-amputee was ordered evicted from her apartment because of her need to smoke marijuana to control her pain. Holsten, 48, died earlier this month from a heart attack. "For a whole year, it went on. It was an unbelievable way to treat someone in her health," said O'Neill. Holsten lived in a building operated by Anavets Senior Citizens Housing Society in the 900-block East 8th A…

Herd this on the radio today Thought i might post it up Brothers charged with growing $600,000 crop Kieran Campbell | 29th July 2009 Print larger | smaller THREE brothers, armed with 18 weapons, are alleged to have grown a major cannabis crop worth $600,000 at Mount Morgan, south of Rockhampton. Two properties were raided and the three brothers charged on Monday afternoon. As well as the weapons and drugs, the brothers allegedly had 2½ tonnes of stolen cement powder and a stolen trailer generator worth $40,000. Most of the 206 plants seized have been burned. A few have been kept at the police station as a sample. haha The bust was a result of detectives from…

In the wacky world of Republicans who love liberty almost as much as they love prisons, an Illinois congressman named Mark Kirk has proposed a competing law to make selling “this new potent marijuana” punishable by $1 million in fines and 25 years in prison. Apparently Kirk is talking about something called “kush,” which I cannot personally evaluate since I am A) not currently a pot-smoker, and too crippled by college bills to afford anything that costs $600 an ounce. But for those old-fashioned reality-based types who care about scientific evidence, here’s what the guys in white lab coats say. http://blog.norml.org/ 15 - 7 - 09

Argentina court ruling would allow personal use of pot (CNN) -- Argentina's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday it is unconstitutional to punish an adult for private use of marijuana as long as it doesn't harm anyone else. The unanimous ruling makes Argentina the second Latin American country in the past four days to allow personal use of a formerly illegal drug. The case in question involved five young men who were arrested for having a few marijuana cigarettes in their pockets. Supreme Court Justice Carlos Fayt, who at one time supported laws that make personal use of marijuana illegal, told the state-run Telam news agency that "reality" changed his mind. Argentina's …

Author: Adelaide Advertiser Date: August 22nd Source: Adelaide Advertiser Copyright: News Limited A Mallala man, 32, suffered life threatening burns to 30% of his body after an explosion in a clandestine drug lab........ ....... The force of the blast blew out most of the windows and buckled the outer walls of the rented transportable style home. Drug investigation officers later collected 16kg of cannabis leaf they suspect was being converted into hashish oil. An unknown quantity of what is believed to be hashish oil was also removed from the house. A word to the wise::::: Highly flammable pure alcohol and heat are not a good mix people. Unless you know what you…

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...13-2862,00.html Now this is one of my pet peeves Really sick of journo's calling hydro gear "drug making equiptment", just shows how ignorant these people are, and how they are just quoting from the vicpigs media releases. also Cannabis in caps?? this guy needs some drug re-education.

August 19, 2009 11:00am http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,27...09-2761,00.html Copyright 2009 The Sunday Times. TWO Broome women are facing drug charges after police intercepted packages allegedly containing cannabis which were sent to a post office box in the Kimberley town. It will be alleged the packages, seized on August 14, contained 910 grams of high quality cannabis. The find led police to search a house in Broome were similar packages, a smaller amount of the drug and $33,000 in cash were allegedly discovered. A 60-year-old woman from Cable Beach was yesterday charged with possessing cannabis, attempting to possessing cannabis with intent to …