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http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-na...90419-ab1u.html $18 million wasted.

I was bout to check my bigpond email but saw this under their news grabs. Inhaling cocktail craze hits the UK Tuesday, April 21, 2009 » 12:46pm » more Most Popular News The English are embracing a new way to drink their cocktails. Forget shaking, or stirring - in one Soho bar, inhaling is the latest craze. The Soho bar provides mist to its customers containing gin and tonic. Patrons are allowed to spend up to an hour breathing it in, before the alcohol levels become a health risk. Patrons are advised to 'breathe responsibly' and are warned it could be a little tricky to work out exactly how many drinks they have had. damn reading this pissed me…

Sydney Morning Herald Paul Bibby Urban Affairs Reporter May 15, 2009 SPANISH scientists have detected something in the air and it is even more heady than the aroma of fried chorizo. Using a new technique capable of detecting and measuring organic substances to the trillionth of a gram, the scientists found traces of cocaine in the air in Madrid and Barcelona. Madrid's air also contained traces of heroin. Tourists need not worry: the quantities were far too low to inspire even the faintest high, according to experts. The new technique, employed by researchers from Spain's Institute of General Organic Chemistry, can test for 17 components including cocaine, amphetam…

Hey Guys, I read this in New Scientist this week, It was BRIEFLY mentioned in their Soundbites section. I came on here looking for more information and was suprised to find no mention of it on here. I hit up Google to find a couple of links for us all. Arnold Schwarzenegger marijuana If this isn't one of the best developments in the legalisation battle, I'm not sure what is...

Same thing will happen in all pending non-violent cannabis cases through-out Australia when we get "removal" to the High court and before anyone asks we are still waiting for the bureaucratic process to complete itself. What is "green tape"? "Red tape" that moves so slow it goes mouldy

Source: Herald Sun Sounds similar to how Qld cops hounded Rodney Rude, all those years back. Congrats to NSW Cops, you've taken the crown, out of of hands of stupid policing of an event.

Andrew MacDonald May 14th, 2009 http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2009/0...coast-news.html Gold Coast Publications Pty Ltd Copyright © July 2007 A SOUTHPORT man allegedly grabbed a cannabis stash and ran from police yesterday, leaving a woman in a house containing a Taser, baton and slingshot during a series of drug raids. Police taking part in Operation Mamba, which targets drug and property offences on the northern Gold Coast, arrested the pair as eight search warrants were executed. Sergeant Laurie Shevlin said the man allegedly was caught in the back garden of a Southport house with a bag containing 112g of cannabis. "Police had to force entry into the …

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We finally have the bastards on the run, it seems threats of having them charged as war criminals has made them back off.

The RSA Drug Commission U.K. says Drug laws 'need major overhaul' Drug laws in Britain have been criticised as being "not fit for purpose" in a major report. An investigation by the RSA says illicit substances can be "harmless", while drinking and smoking can cause as many problems. It says the law has been "driven by moral panic", and suggests policy-making should be left to drug teams and local authorities. The Home Office says it does not accept all of the report's recommendations.[ Jess,surprise surprise !] Level of crime Anthony King, professor of government at Essex University, who chaired the Commission on Illegal Drugs, said the "great majority" of dru…

Would be better as a "skill tester" machine though Drug vending machine I want one in the cafeteria

Last updated 14:35 12/05/2009 http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/24...d-gas-explosion © 2009 Fairfax New Zealand Limited A Nelson man almost blew the door off the room of a Nelson house after accidentally filling the room with gas from an LPG burner he intended to use to consume cannabis, a court was told. Stephen Frost, 36, who was badly burned in the explosion and spent a month in hospital, was sentenced on one charge of possessing cannabis when he appeared in the Nelson District Court yesterday. Police prosecutor Sergeant Graeme Eden said that at 9pm on February 9, Frost was in a downstairs room of the Mount St house. He turned on the tap on his LPG burne…