Cannabis Hemp News

Oh shit. Looks like were following the good 'ol fascist state of U.S. down the track of private prisons, I suppose the useless govt. here can't organise a root in a brothel even with the ludicrous amounts of tax they steal from us so foisting out incarceration services is the next money-saving, responsibility dodging scam from the NSW gov. "The former Unions NSW boss John Robertson will be sworn in as Minister for Corrective Services today at a time when the Government is moving to privatise prisons. Mr Robertson will also be Minister for Public Sector Reform and Special Minister of State. Monaro MP Steve Whan will be Minister for Emergency Services and Small Busi…

February 26, 2009 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...34-2702,00.html Copyright 2009 News Limited FOUR men believed to be high ranking members of a Sydney cannabis syndicate have been arrested in raids across the city. Police also seized drugs with an estimated street value of $1 million. On Wednesday night police from Strike Force Morvan raided houses in Bexley, Woodbine and Marrickville. Police arrested the four men in Wolseley St, Bexley, after finding an what they called an "elaborate hydroponic set-up", which included a tunnel in and out of the house. The three raids netted 347 hydroponically enhanced plants, an estimated 30 kilograms of ca…

15:21 AEST Tue Feb 24 2009 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/756523...l-of-pot-plants © 1997-2009 ninemsn Pty Ltd Northern Territory police have stumbled on a caravan in the bush that has quite literally gone to pot. More than 200 cannabis plants were allegedly growing inside the vehicle parked near the Northern Territory-Queensland border. Police believed although it was totally unroadworthy, the caravan was going to be towed to the remote Aboriginal community of Wunarra, about 100 kilometres west of Avon Downs. Officers on a traffic campaign came across the caravan parked in a rest area close to the border on Monday afternoon. The vehicle had no brakes, …

Author: Chris Peterson Date: 23 Febraury 2009 Source: Bloomberg Press http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...r=latin_america

Police have seized more than $107,000 worth of cannabis following the execution of a number of search warrants in Alice Spring s on Friday. Police from the Drug Intelligence Unit, the Dog Operations Unit and the Substance Abuse Intelligence Desk were involved in the operation which resulted in the arrest of a 46-year-old man and seizure of almost 4.3 kilograms of cannabis and $16,000 in cash. Police pulled over the driver of a Ford Falcon sedan which was travelling outbound along Larapinta Drive just after 2pm on Friday. A search of the vehicle located 336.5 grams of cannabis in 12 bags along with $3,750 in cash. The driver of the vehicle was arrested and two subs…

Author: ? Date: 7 February 2009 Souce: Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...pensioners.html

THE free-wheeling days of buying cannabis and pot smoking at Nimbin's Hemp Bar and the Nimbin Museum are over – or so it would seem. The Nimbin Hemp Bar has been revamped and reopened as part of the Hemp Embassy and will not tolerate drug deals and smoking on the premises. The Nimbin Museum has installed cameras to help stomp out drug dealing. A fence is being built beside the notorious Rainbow Lane. Museum founder and operator Michael Balderstone confirmed his associate Elspeth Jones had applied to take over the museum. Lease negotiations are still being finalised. Mr Balderstone said two of the four museum security cameras have been stolen. Hemp activist Gar…

Cheech & Chong will 'Light up Australia' in a national tour this April. Andrew McManus Presents the legendary cult comedy heroes, who will be joined by special guest Shelby Chong. This hysterical show is not to be missed! Tour Dates Wednesday 15 April - Enmore Theatre, Sydney Sunday 26 April - Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, Riverside Theatre http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=CHEECHCH09

Author: AKIKO KOGA Date: 19 February 2009 Source: Kyodo News Copyright: The Japan Times http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090219f2.html

Author: Matthew Burrows Date: February 2009 Source: Straight.com Copyright: © 2009 Vancouver Free Press http://www.straight.com/article-201902/gre...-prohibitionist

Author: Haider Rizvi Date: 19 February 19 2009 Source: IPS Copyright: 2009 IPS-Inter Press Service. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45824

Author: Eamonn McCann Date: 19 February 2009 Source: Belfast Telegraph Copyright: belfasttelegraph.co.uk http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/...s-14195552.html

Author: Georgina Dickinson Date: 1 Febraury 2009 Source: New York Post Copyright: 2009 NYP Holdings, Inc. http://www.nypost.com/seven/01312009/news/...bong_152949.htm

Taking the fun out of pot By Connie Littlefield Ottawa Citizen http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Taking/1143884/story.html Low rates of use in the Netherlands demonstrate that the best way to assure teens will try marijuana is to tell them it's illegal Teens smoking marijuana.Photograph by: Getty Images, Getty ImagesIt's official: the Dutch have managed to make pot smoking uncool. The Dutch don't smoke nearly as much cannabis as Canadians, which is surprising because cannabis use is legal in the Netherlands. What can we learn from this? Cannabis is not taboo, as it is in North America, under prohibition. That could be why there is no real attraction for Dutch youth to ta…