Cannabis Hemp News

Tropical trial for hemp crop turns heads 8th September 2008, 6:00 WST The West Australian http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?Men...ContentID=96620 The Ord irrigation region has produced a variety of crops in its 45-year history, but few have attracted as much interest from passers-by, and the occasional police officer, as current trials of Chinese hemp. Reaching 2m, the industrial crop was planted in June by Perth-based Hemp Resources to test its performance in the tropical region. Though similar in appearance to illegal cannabis crops, industrial hemp’s drug-like qualities ended there, managing director Kim Hough said. Under State legislation, licences ar…

Friday, 14 Nov 2008 05:37am http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/latest_r...CZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D Two men will face court on numerous drug charges after police seized an estimated $100,000 worth of cannabis on the State’s Mid North Coast yesterday morning. About 8am, following extensive inquiries, officers attached to Mid North Coast Local Area Command conducted a search warrant at a property on the Pacific Highway at Valla. After speaking with the owner and searching the premises, police will allege they located a large sum of money and numerous bags of cannabis hidden in various locations both inside and outside houses on the property. Police also seized two firearms…

The Washington Times Jacob Sullum Saturday, November 15, 2008 Last week, voters in Massachusetts approved a ballot initiative that eliminates criminal penalties for possessing up to an ounce of marijuana, replacing them with a $100 civil fine. Michigan, meanwhile, became the 13th state to allow the medical use of cannabis. As Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project noted, the percentage of voters approving those initiatives (65 and 63, respectively) exceeded Barack Obama's share of the vote in each state. Furthermore, the results in Massachusetts and Michigan seem to reflect national opinion. For years polls have indicated that a large majority of Americans t…

Vancouver Sun Ian Mulgrew Vancouver Sun columnist Friday, November 14, 2008Eric Nash can barely contain his excitement waiting to hear from Health Canada whether he can start growing marijuana for 250 patients. That would be just the start. There are tens of thousands more who are ailing across the country clamouring for his organic B.C. bud. "There is a great opportunity here for the government to collect significant tax revenue currently being lost to the street market," Nash, one of the best-known legal cannabis producers, enthused. "With the current global financial crisis, this court ruling is certainly a bright light in dark economic times. We're just wait…

Sorry I thought it desreved its own thread MAPS News - November 2008: Chicago gets MDMA research - Washington gets Vaporized Marijuana Protocol Dear MAPS Members, Supporters, and Friends, It’s the dawn of a new era. We have a lot to celebrate as we welcome President Obama and the tolerant, visionary, and empathetic leadership he represents, and say good-bye to the narrow-minded, unilateral, arrogance that has carried the American banner for the last eight years. I want to publicly congratulate supporters of the Marijuana Policy Project, including Executive Director Rob Kampia and MAPS Alumnus Troy Dayton, for their huge victories for marijuana decriminal…

ABC Rural 11/11/2008 Western Australia's Ord Valley region has just wrapped up its first hemp harvest in nearly a decade, and the company involved in the trial says it will now look to plant 500 hectares next year. Hemp hasn't been grown in the Kimberley since an unsuccessful trial in 2000, and growers have mixed feelings about the crop's value. Chief executive of Hemp Resources, Kim Hough, believes current legislation, which stops hemp seed from being sold as a food product in Australia, will soon be changed and will make hemp a very viable crop in the Ord. "We're confident that laws will be changed," he says. "But no, it wouldn't turn us away (from growing in …

Arjun Ramachandran November 11, 2008 - 5:20PM http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/suburb...6318640419.html Copyright © 2008. The Sydney Morning Herald Tip-offs triggered police raids on houses in Sydney's south-west, with cannabis plants worth more than $1.5 million seized. Police forced their way into two houses at 11.15am today - at Thurlow Street, Riverwood, and at Broad Arrow Road, Narwee. No one was in either house, which contained almost 300 plants, from seedlings to mature-sized plants. Police said rooms had been converted to grow cannabis. They are investigating who occupied the houses. Today's operation follows raids at three houses in Kingsgrove …

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Aaron Falk Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705262156,00.html GREEN RIVER — More than 100 pounds of marijuana were shrink-wrapped, layered with alcohol-soaked paper towels, placed in plastic bags, covered with axle grease and drenched with Febreze. But it wasn't enough to throw off the dog. A Utah Highway Patrol K9 officer found the 28 bundles of marijuana Sunday inside three suitcases on a Greyhound bus traveling from California to New York. A 57-year-old Jamaican woman on the bus was arrested in connection with the incident. Police are still trying to identify the woman, who was using a fake name to travel because she was an illegal …

Monday 10 November 2008 http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2008..._soft_drugs.php © DutchNews.nl The Dutch policy of turning a blind eye to the sale of small amounts of cannabis came under further pressure on Sunday when the leader of the Christian Democrats in parliament called for an outright ban. Speaking at the CDA party congress, Pieter van Geel said the current policy had failed and that all the cafes where soft drugs are sold, known as coffee shops, should be shut down. The CDA’s minority coalition partner ChristenUnie also supports the closure of coffee shops. Labour, the third party in the government, is opposed. Van Geel’s call comes just weeks …

Northern Territory News PHOEBE STEWART, November 6th, 2008 A DEAF mute ruled unfit to plead to two serious Territory stabbings has become addicted to cannabis while under 24-hour government supervision, the Supreme Court heard yesterday. Roland Ebatarintja, 30, has spent most of a five-year non-custodial supervision order under the care of the NT Health Department after being found unfit to plead in 2004. He is profoundly deaf after contracting meningitis as a toddler, and the location of his care is suppressed. But Justice Trevor Riley was shocked to be told by a Health Department lawyer yesterday that Mr Ebatarintja had become addicted to cannabis in care. "…

Boston Globe David Abel, Globe Staff 8 November 2008 Boston, MA -- Advocates for the decriminalization of marijuana, savoring their success this week in Massachusetts, said they look forward to a day under an Obama administration and a Democrat-led Congress when it's no longer a federal crime to possess small amounts of the drug. They cited a bill introduced in the spring by Representative Barney Frank, which would decriminalize possession of marijuana in amounts of 3.5 ounces or less anywhere in the United States. The bill, if it became law, would end federal prosecution of such crimes, but it would not supersede state laws. The advocates said they hope the bill w…