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Disabled man grew cannabis for pain relief Andrew Pugh Jan 1 2009 Port Talbot Guardian http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wa...91466-22568976/ A WHEELCHAIR- BOUND Sandfields man grew 17 cannabis plants at his home to use as pain relief for his chronic back pain. Desmond Humphrey, 43, admitted cultivating the plants when he appeared before Port Talbot Magistrates on Tuesday, December 23. The court heard that at 9.42am on December 16, police executed a search warrant at his home in Sandpiper Court, Seaward Avenue. On their arrival Humphrey indicated where the drugs were, directing them to a wardrobe. There, police found three stashes of the plants. In total,…

Author : Samantha DeWitt Posted: January 2, 2009 http://www.inquisitr.com/14068/your-breath...arijuana-fresh/ All content and source © 2008 The Inquisitr Would you buy marijuana flavored Listerine breath freshener? Fancy a hit of THC or marijuana goodness with your breath freshner? Then Med-Strips is for you. This herbal, keep fresh and smiling past the sniffer dogs treat, are like the Listerine breath strips you buy at the supermarket, except that each one of strips comes loaded with 625mg of mind altering, munchie inducing THC. The label claims the strips will be “like totally effective, discreet and convenient, man.” Results may vary. You can get them in …

Farm has high hopes for homes made with hemp By Alexandra Wood 31 December 2008 Yorkshire Post http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Farm-h...-for.4833626.jp ONCE farmers had to grow it by Royal decree to ensure Britain ruled the waves. Hemp, the plant said to have 25,000 uses, including making ropes and sails, has long since fallen out of fashion. But a Yorkshire family farming business is now not only cultivating hemp but are turning it into modern-day eco-building materials. Martin and Nick Voase, who farm near Leven, started growing hemp six years ago to supply a Suffolk-based company called Hemcore. But the contract fell through because of prohibitive haulage …

(Reporting by Lamine Ghanmi; editing by Sami Aboudi) Wed 31 Dec 2008, 14:49 GMT http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnLV543831.html © Reuters 2008. All Rights Reserved RABAT, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Morocco, the world's top cannabis grower after Afghanistan, has managed to halve the cultivation area of the illicit crop, slashing production by 65 percent, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. Cannabis is the most widely consumed illicit drug globally. Security officials in Morocco and other Maghreb countries fear militants linked to al Qaeda could join hands with drug traffickers to carry out more violence in North Africa. "The target is to bring the cannabis cultiva…

Nigeria: Pharmacists Advocate Capital Punishment for Drug Traffickers Yemi Bamidele 28 December 2008 http://allafrica.com/stories/200812290904.html As the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) staged a five-kilometre walk round Oyo State capital in support of its anti-drug awareness campaign, the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has advocated capital punishment for hard drug traffickers and peddlers in the country. PSN specifically wants drastic measures to be taken against the cultivators of cannabis sativa otherwise known as Indian hemp and their barons saying they were murderers and silent killers. Speaking at the awareness rally organised by the ND…

Army seizes cars, drugs, weapons, suspects in Bekaa Daily Star staff Wednesday, December 31, 2008 The Daily Star http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?ed...rticle_id=98766 BEIRUT: The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) made a series of arrests on Monday evening, cracking down on wanted criminals such as car thieves, as well as arms and drug smugglers in the Bekaa Valley. "The army arrested wanted criminals, seized 22 stolen cars and unlicensed medium-size weapons, as well as mines and hand grenades," according to a statement issued by the Lebanese Army Command. "The army also seized huge quantities of cannabis, enough to fill 10 trucks, and 100 kilograms of cocaine," it …

December 20, 2008 - 9:54AM http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/cannab...9189924853.html Copyright © 2008. The Sydney Morning Herald An elaborate hydroponic cannabis set-up has been uncovered in an inner-Sydney house, with drugs worth an estimated $200,000. Police raided the house in Ripon Way, Rosebery, about 3.30pm (AEDT) on Friday and arrested a 41-year-old woman who was hiding in a cupboard. Officers found an indoor cannabis plantation with 68 plants and a quantity of cannabis head being prepared for distribution. They also seized chemicals, filters, fans and heating lamps. Three first floor rooms were dedicated to cannabis cultivation, a fourth was used as…

Hey, im a total novice in Melbourne, used to smoke and consume in England and the UK. Was wondering what the average prices are here in Melbourne at the moment and are there any cons that i should look out for??

Mexico’s Unsuccessful Drug War, Painfully Preserved and Hidden By MARC LACEY New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/world/am...tml?_r=1&em MEXICO CITY — At their best, museums are glorious cultural repositories, reflecting the highest flowering of human creativity, ingenuity and art. But not everything in every culture is glorious, and there are museums for those aspects, too, which is why, hidden from the public, there is an institution here devoted to Mexico’s dark side, the Museum of Drugs. At the Museum of Drugs, a farmworker mannequin was propped up under a tree with a rifle in his hands, guarding a field of poppies and marijuana. Samples of dru…

Pressure to reform Dutch drug laws as gang violence grows By Nick Meo in Amsterdam Last Updated: 11:55AM GMT 28 Dec 2008 Telegraph.co.uk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3997943/Pr...ence-grows.html By the time the shooting ended, the A73 south of Nijmegan was littered with bullet casings, and one man lay dead in his car with another sprawled wounded in the passenger seat. Joints containing different types of cannabis are seen in sugar jars at a coffee shop in the southern Dutch city of Bergen op Zoom Photo: REUTERS The survivor refused to talk to police, even though a hired assassin had pursued his vehicle shooting at it without hitting for several miles before f…

Salem-News.com Dr. Phillip Leveque Salem-News.com Phillip Leveque has spent his life as a Combat Infantryman, Pharmacologist, Toxicologist and Physician. http://www.salem-news.com/stimg/december272008/leveque_herer350.jpg Jack Herer, author of "The Emperor Wears No Clothes", with Dr. Phil Leveque at HempStalk 2008 in Portland, Oregon. Jack Herer is possibly the biggest icon in the cultural movement to legalize and legitimize marijuana use. Some may dislike and shudder at such a name. Marijuana Leveque. I don’t. I have been called much worse – Quack, snake oil salesman. In Italy I’m Dr. Pot, here I'm "most dangerous man in Oregon", etc. After I saw “REEFER MADNESS…

A new high: NSW drug arrests Dec 10, 2008 ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/10/2442346.htm Ecstasy arrests in NSW have jumped by more than 50 per cent in two years. (ABC) The latest crime statistics from New South Wales show arrests for drug use have jumped by more than 50 per cent in some cases over the last two years. The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research says the number of people caught with ecstasy has jumped by 55 per cent since September 2008. Cocaine arrests since then have increased by almost 40 per cent, while arrests for cannabis are up by almost 20 per cent. The bureau's director Dr Don Weatherburn says it may be a case of an…

One in 10 teens hallucinate - study 6 December 2008 http://www.skynews.com.au/health/article.aspx?id=284468 Almost one in 10 Australian teens say they have hallucinations, and those from broken homes are among the hardest hit. Young cannabis users also dominate the 8.4 per cent of teens who say they either see or hear 'things that other people think aren't there'. But the findings do not mean the same teenagers will go on to suffer a mental illness in adulthood, the Queensland-based researchers behind the study say. 'Clearly, most adolescents in this study who experience hallucinations will not subsequently develop a psychotic disorder,' the authors write in the…

CelebStoner's Top 10 Stories of 2008 27 December 2008 CelebStoner, New York http://www.celebstoner.com/news/celebstone...es-of-2008.html 1. Barack Obama elected President Without a doubt the biggest story of the year, Obama tantalized stoners with his quips ("I inhaled frequently") and statements ("we need to rethink and decriminalize the marijuana laws"). The question remains if and how he will address the nation’s misguided Prohibition of marijuana and other illegal drugs. 2. Cheech & Chong reunite Twenty-seven years after the dopey duo split up, they finally got back together for the Light Up America comedy tour, which continues through March. Another C…

Schapelle Corby misses jail term reduction 25 December 2008 Courier Mail http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0...73-3102,00.html CONVICTED drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, of the Gold Coast, has missed being handed a Christmas Day sentence reduction from Indonesian authorities. Indonesian authorities used the day to announce the freeing of 221 prisoners for good behaviour and a reduction in sentences for more than 7000 other prisoners. Corby and fellow Australian drug trafficker Renae Lawrence were among 59 prisoners at Bali's Kerobokan prison in line for Christmas sentence cuts on Thursday. Neither of the women were granted a reduction, but prison official Y…