Cannabis Hemp News

10/28/08 06:39 AM http://www.buffalonews.com/437/story/476336.html © 2008 The Buffalo News LOCKPORT — Danny Chapman, of Goodrich Road, Clarence, says he has been smoking marijuana for 30 years and doesn’t plan to stop now — even if it means going to jail. That’s where City Judge William J. Watson sent him Monday, sentencing Chapman, 52, to 30 days for violating his conditional discharge for attempted seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. He was arrested in May in Lockport with crack cocaine in his possession. Chapman said he’s not going back to crack, but in a lengthy argument with Watson, he defended his use of marijuana and his drinking…

By MINDELLE JACOBS Wed, October 29, 2008 http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/2008/10...236716-sun.html Copyright © 2008, Canoe Inc. All rights reserved Ottawa must have a heck of a pot headache after losing its latest medical marijuana case in the Federal Court of Appeal. Remember years ago when sick people who needed cannabis to relieve their symptoms had to get special permission from the federal health minister to smoke pot? Since then, it's been one legal fight after another to bring in common-sense reforms on the issue. On Monday, the Federal Court of Appeal upheld a January ruling that quashed Ottawa's pot monopoly. Under Health Canada's insane regulations, l…

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/new...censor-internet Take a read of that when i saw it, it really couldn't believe it i mean with this censorship epically of the internet is taking it to far in my opinion. When this is in full swing this website could very well be put on the "blacklist".

For the second time in as many months a person has been charged and fined for possesion of scissors used in connection with a dangerous drug. This is pathetic, the Qld police continue to label harmless stoners as criminals and to seize and charge someone for possesing scissors is further proof that the QPS are nothing but a bunch of wankers. What next? The bowl? the table the bowl was on? All these corrupt smurfs will be patting each other on the back thinking they are some type of fucking heroes. Yet they can't stop violent drunken assualts, They can't keep drink drivers off the road and they can't put a dent in the supply of hard drugs. Fuck this state I'm mo…

27/10/08 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10...tm?site=idx-qld A 48-year-old Innisfail man has been sentenced to two years jail for growing more than 2,000 cannabis plants in far north Queensland. The Supreme Court in Cairns has heard that in July last year drugs squad detectives raided the Mena Creek property of Russell Gordon Holt and found marijuana crops in five locations. Holt told police he grew the drugs for his own use. However, justice Stanley Jones rejected that, telling the court he grew too much for own use. Holt was convicted of drug cultivation, possession and possession of drug production equipment. After taking into consideration …

US ABC News Health Kate Barrett and Joanna Schaffhausen 15 October 2008

News.com.au from correspondents in The Hague October 24, 2008 09:11am

Four to face court over 'drug-trafficking ring' http://www.theage.com.au/national/four-to-...81023-575m.html Another 4 prisoners of war who will be denied their rights....maybe they should involke their rights under the geneva protocols

Police vow to end 'cannabis capital' By Doug Robertson October 04, 2008 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24445012-421,00.html POLICE are vowing to end South Australia's reputation as the nation's cannabis capital by unleashing a series of raids on hydroponic stores and "grow houses". Seizing on laws to come into force this month, police will target hydroponic stores they believe may be smuggling cannabis interstate. The laws ban the possession of about 30 types of hydroponic equipment - including industrial-strength lights, exhaust fans, plant bud strippers and carbon filters - unless the owners can prove they are being used to grow vegetables. In an inter…

10/20/2008 http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe...,585240,00.html © SPIEGEL ONLINE 2008 A marijuana joint smoulders in an ashtray in a coffee shop in Rotterdam. The Netherlands' marijuana tolerance policy was meant to prevent use of harder drugs. But Max Daniel, who heads up the Netherlands police unit charged with combatting the organized crime behind the cannabis trade, says a violent industry has developed with exports of €2 billion. NRC Handelsblad: Officer Daniel, what is so wrong about growing cannabis? Daniel: For a long time, we've had the image of people growing a few plants in the attic. It began in the 1970s, when idealistic young people w…

Queensland police accused of using illegal search warrants October 20, 2008 The Australian http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...4-26103,00.html QUEENSLAND police officers have been accused of regularly using illegal search warrants to raid the homes of innocent people. Channel 7 tonight aired the claims of whistleblower detectives who said officers on the Gold Coast regularly made up evidence to obtain warrants. The subsequent raids were used to further the careers of senior management, Seven said. The detectives, who asked for their identities to remain secret, also claimed corruption watchdog the Crime and Misconduct Commission had failed to investigat…