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Monday, December 01, 2008 01:02 IST http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1210629 © 2005-2008 Diligent Media Corporation Ltd JODHPUR: In Rajasthan, use of opium-based narcotics to welcome guests on special occasions like marriage and child birth is part of local tradition. However, with the campaigning for assembly polls in full swing, use of narcotics has become indispensable for politicians and their campaign managers to lure voters. While the choice of drugs offered by political parties may vary from region to region, the aim is one — to solicit their support. Campaigners of a national party candidate in Sekhawat region were seen handing out marijuana-fi…

UK scientists decry moves to toughen cannabis laws 25 November 2008 International Herald Tribune http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/25/...in-Cannabis.php LONDON: A group of senior British scientists has condemned the government's push to toughen the penalties for possessing marijuana, saying in a letter published Tuesday the move ignores scientific evidence. Britain's House of Lords voted to reclassifying the drug Tuesday, and the House of Commons, Britain's powerful lower house, already approved the measure earlier this month and the Lords' vote is seen as a formality. The Home Office said it expected the change to come into effect in January. In Britain, dru…

Slavery on Britain's cannabis farms Samira Shackle 26 November 2008 New Statesman http://www.newstatesman.com/law-and-reform...-farms-children Cannabis farms are being run in suburban houses by organised crime gangs, and staffed by illegally smuggled children, generally aged between 14 and 16 Children - particularly from Vietnam and China - are being trafficked to the UK to work as slaves in illegal cannabis farms. These 'farms', run by organised crime gangs, are often situated in suburban houses. The children, generally aged between 14 and 16, are smuggled into the country before being locked in the houses to water cannabis plants. They have been found sleeping in…

Secret police files expose schools' shame with children selling drugs Karen Collier and Jane Metlikovec November 21, 2008 12:00am Herald Sun http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...189-661,00.html CHILDREN as young as 11 are being caught dealing, using or hiding drugs at schools, with marijuana and ecstasy being sold for as little as $5. Marijuana, ecstasy and prescription pills are being swapped for as little as $5 in secret meetings on school ovals, in corridors and behind buildings. One student a week on average is quizzed by police over drugs found in government and private schools. Secret police records reveal 87 students were nabbed from July 2005 to …

Net may widen for drug drivers Nicole Cox 29 November 2008 perth now http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21...5008620,00.html DRUGGED drivers could come under much greater scrutiny if an imminent review recommends roadside drug testing be rolled out to police statewide. The review will assess whether country police and general duties officers should be able to conduct the tests, as well as traffic police. Only Traffic Enforcement Group officers give the tests. Experts from Adelaide University's Centre for Automotive Safety Research will travel to Perth this week to do the first stage of the assessment. The centre is internationally recognised as a leading re…

Bangor, Maine, USA Temple of Advanced Enlightenment seeks religious exemption from DEA Judy Harrison BDN Staff Every Tuesday and Sunday afternoon the living room in the Rev. Kevin Loring’s apartment becomes a tiny house of worship. The head of the 3-year-old Temple of Advanced Enlightenment earlier this week stood next to a round table as five others sat on sofas and chairs pushed back against the walls. They formed an uneven circle in the second-floor walk-up. “We use music as a form of prayer,” Loring, 28, told them as the service began. “It helps us to see a little bit more clearly.” He played Ben Harper’s “I’ll Rise” as the worshippers bowed their heads.…

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...2-12377,00.html "Ms Roxon said an average of four under-25s died each week from alcohol, not counting the hospitalisations and the Government, communities and parents were trying to convey a message about responsible drinking." How is it they can continue to sell and tax this lethal poison?

The Canberra Times Noel Towell and Michele Tydd 24/11/2008 The double life of a public servant with ACT Health's alcohol and drug services has been exposed after he admitted growing $160,000 worth of illegal drugs on his NSW property using a sophisticated hydroponic system. Mark Vincent Blattman, who was caught in June with a crop of 75 marijuana plants and 720g of cannabis in a shed on his Sutton property, has also pleaded guilty to storing illegally held firearms and ammunition. Blattman's wife, Lyndal, a nurse with the alcohol and drug services, is facing less serious charges over the June 25 raid but has yet to enter a plea. Queanbeyan District Court heard…

ENCOD MORE THAN HALF OF DUTCH LORD MAYORS WANT TO LEGALISE CANNABIS published Wednesday 19 November 2008 by encod Lord mayors in favour of legalising soft drugs chain - Source: Binnenlands Bestuur, 19 November 2008 More than half of all Dutch lord mayors with one or more coffeeshops on their territory, want to legalise the entire soft drugs-chain. The lord mayors want to get rid of the "frontdoor - backdoor problem, created by a policy that tolerates the sale of weed, but not the production and delivery. That is the result of a telephone survey of weekly magazine Binnenlands Bestuur (Domestic Administration) among the 106 municipalities that have one or more coff…