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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…
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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…
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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 …
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Europe: At Cannabis Summit, Dutch Mayors Try to Address "Backdoor Problem" of Coffee Shop Supply Drug War Chronicle StoptheDrugWar.org Issue #562, 11/28/08 http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/562/du...ackdoor_problem Under existing Dutch policy, licensed marijuana coffee shops can sell their wares to consumers, but have no legal means of obtaining those wares. That snag in the cannabis supply system is known as the "backdoor problem:" Marijuana can legally exit the coffee houses via the front door, but must enter illegally through the backdoor. The backdoor problem has existed for years, but now things seem to be coming to a head. Dutch mayors meeting at a weekend "Ca…
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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…
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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.…
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Here is a little add I found which sort of sums up the 'war on drugs'. http://www.blackmustache.com/work/incarcer...exCanada01.html cheers
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28/11/08 http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianp...MSItURlmnGXpuvw Copyright © 2008 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved OTTAWA — Researchers say they have located the world's oldest stash of marijuana, in a tomb in a remote part of China. The cache of cannabis is about 2,700 years old and was clearly "cultivated for psychoactive purposes," rather than as fibre for clothing or as food, says a research paper in the Journal of Experimental Botany. The 789 grams of dried cannabis was buried alongside a light-haired, blue-eyed Caucasian man, likely a shaman of the Gushi culture, near Turpan in northwestern China. The extremely dry conditions and alkaline soi…
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By Graham Tibbetts Last Updated: 7:21AM GMT 27 Nov 2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...is-factory.html © Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2008 Police raided a 79-year-old widow's Highland cottage after mistaking her tomato plants for a cannabis factory, it was reported. The officers burst in with sniffer dogs and took samples of the plants for analysis. Lulu Matheson, who has lived in the property in Shieldaig for 53 years, said she was shaken up by the encounter. Mrs Matheson told the Daily Mail: "I got a terrible fright and I couldn't understand what they were doing here because I knew we had nothing more than tomatoes in the window. I…
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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?
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THE Federal Government has urged every state and territory government to get tough on cannabis in a bid to reduce mental health problems. Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Christopher Pyne yesterday called for cannabis use and possession to be recriminalised. Cannabis possession is criminal in all states but with varying leniency. In Victoria, the maximum penalty for cannabis use or possession is a $500 fine. First or second-time offenders with up to 50g may be cautioned. Mr Pyne said it was time to make cannabis possession criminal no matter how small the amount. Advertisement: "We must do more to tackle the perception that cannabis is a harmless drug,"…
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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…
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Some excerpts of the transcripts. Lightning is accused M.P. Littlbit is Accused E.P. Persecutor is Mr C. It is a real eye opener to the state of law in Australia. HER HONOUR: I am obliged at the end of the trial to instruct the jury as to the law which it must apply to its deliberations. If I feel, or if my decision is, that what you have to say about the constitution, international covenants and treaties and human rights legislation is not correct at law, I will not instruct the jury to consider it. I will in fact tell the jury that that is not a matter that they should consider. The jury is not here to decide the law. The jury here is h…
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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…
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ENCOD DUTCH MP VISITS COFFEESHOP published Thursday 20 November 2008 Dutch MP Boris van der Ham buys a bag of weed of the "regulated market" - A glance of the future after the ban on cannabis has been abolished! On Thursday 27 November, at 09.15 hs, Dutch Member of Parliament of left liberal party D66 will buy a bag of cannabis at coffeeshop "Cremers", Prinsestraat 84 in The Hague. The owner of this coffeeshop, Gerard Smit, will provide him with this bag and inform him extensively on the origin of this cannabis, the methods of cultivation, the effects of it and the way in which the price has been determined. In this way it becomes clear how the cannabis market c…
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