Cannabis Hemp News

Dutch drug policy shaken by coffeeshop closures -------------------------------------------------------- Author: Robert Chesal Date: 24-10-2008 Source: Radio Netherlands Worldwide Copyright: Radio Netherlands Worldwide 2008 Two southern Dutch town mayors have taken the dramatic step of shutting down all local businesses currently legally selling cannabis. It's the first time a blanket stop has been introduced in a Dutch town. The two towns, Bergen op Zoom and Roosendaal, claim they are suffering from the nuisance caused by foreign tourists in search of soft drugs banned in their own countries. In total eight coffeeshops, the name used f…

NSW farmers urged to grow hemp November 20, 2008 - 10:17AM Source: ABC New South Wales farmers are being encouraged to start growing industrial hemp. The Government recently passed legislation allowing the plant to be grown for use in products ranging from bio-fuel to dog food. The Primary Industries Minister, Ian Macdonald, says measures have been put in place to prevent hemp crops being used to camouflage marijuana plantations. "The licensing scheme is authorised by our Act of Parliament," he said. "It'll require farmers who wish to grow industrial hemp to register to get a licence. "That'll mean that their properties will be then audited and inspected regul…

Earlier this year I kicked out a housemate for failing to pay her rent (we also have 2 kids together but have been seperated for years). Knowing this person to be a low life narc I took the measure of keeping my herbs on the windowsill in the toilet in the hope I could flush it before entry could be made to my home. Well some dickhead left the door unlocked and I was lucky enough to see three blokes (looked like mormons) walking up my drive, I dashed for the toilet and dumped and flushed. All I could here was "mate come here, come here". FLUSH, TACKLE, SLAMMED INTO THE WALL. The mormon lookalikes let themselves in and did not like the fact I was flushing the toilet. I c…

An Open Letter [i know this is from June, 08, but it still remains very relevant . . . and I did search and couldn't find it here ] An Open Letter to Ms Miranda Devine from Dr Alex Wodak: A shorter version of this letter (without references) was offered to the Sydney Morning Herald but declined. This commentary is a response to arguments made in an article by Ms Devine published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 15 May 2008. This response was posted on the Update Listserver of the ADCA in Canberra on Monday 2nd June 2008. REDUCING THE HARMS OF CANNABIS AND CANNABIS POLICIES In her recent article on cannabis in the Sydney Morning Herald [1], Ms. Miranda Devine exp…

Stop The Drug War Chronicle Blog Scott Morgan 18/11/2008 Here’s a substance abuse counselor describing a new diversion program for marijuana offenders: "We've had two groups go through the program now, and we are just thrilled with the results we've seen," she said. "Individuals are coming in with no real perception of how marijuana is impacting their lives." [Toledo Blade] Could it be that marijuana wasn’t impacting their lives? If you forced a bunch of people into treatment for enjoying poetry, they’d be confused too. But after 48 hours of court-mandated therapy, I bet they’d tell you whatever you wanted to hear just to get the hell out of there. People can be ter…

DEA UK [a very looooooong read, but very interesting none-the-less] A Statement from the Drug Equality Alliance (DEA) We believe the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 c.38 (“the Act”) is being administered in an arbitrary and discriminatory manner based on historical and cultural factors that lack a consistent and objective basis contrary to Article 14 and within the ambit of other convention rights. This denies equal protection to persons engaged in property activities with “controlled drugs”, s2(1)[a], with respect to persons engaged in identical property activities with the drugs alcohol and tobacco. At the outset, it is vital to bear in mind these facts about the Act: ·…

The first time I read this I thought the journalist was taking the piss, then I scroll down to see the comments and read that the journalist was not being sarcastic at all. http://newmatilda.com/2008/04/04/innocent-...tial-smackheads There has been some comment lately about the rights and wrongs of drug testing in schools. A new report has found that it would be a rather costly and pointless exercise, but this has not ended the argument. Miranda Devine is one who comes down firmly on the pro-testing side. Devine says some of our "most powerful tools" in the fight against drugs are "judgmental and intolerant adults", and she should be commended for sticking to her area…

This is a few days old, I meant to post it sooner. In the weekend Toowoomba newspaper, full page, on the front page was a story about a 12 million dollar drug bust. I wont go into details in the story, but the bust was all marijuana, no other drugs, there were more than 700 immature plants and 15kg of marijuana as well as seeds. They say this is one of the biggest drug busts in Toowoomba history and will put a major dent it the supply of cannabis to the streets in Toowoomba. The artical didn't say how long he might get, but that he would definetly be imprisoned. Ok, no lets flip to page 5, we have a half page artical about how convicted pedophile rapist Rodney Wade…

Thursday November 20th, 2008 http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/city/article/486711 © 2008 CanadaEast Interactive, Brunswick News Inc. All rights reserved HAMMONDVALE - Even the RCMP officers responsible for catching local drug dealers were stumped by a find they made in Hammondvale last month. No longer are high-inducing baked goods limited to hash brownies. The District 3 RCMP plain clothes unit executed a warrant at a residence in the rural community outside Sussex on Oct. 22, and in an earlier press release revealed the significant seizure. The bust netted about five pounds of marijuana, hash oil, the painkiller OxyContin, scales and marijuana growing e…

The Northern Star Helen Jack 19 November 2008 Banana grower Garry Ronald Howard, 63, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years' jail yesterday after pleading guilty to growing nearly 3000 cannabis plants, a large commercial quantity, on his family's farm at Burringbar. Lismore District Court heard Howard nurtured the crop in six plots along a creek bed running through the property. Howard said he had no intention of growing so much of the prohibited drug. He said the seeds had washed down from upstream and had taken root on his property. In sentencing Howard, Judge Colin Charteris said the evidence showed he did intend to sell some of the crop and had admitted to bein…