Cannabis Hemp News

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…

16 October 2008 http://www.expatica.com/nl/articles/news/D...tober-2008.html © Copyright 2000-2008 Expatica Communications BV Rotterdam has decided that it will no longer be soft on people smoking joints in public. Trouw reports, anyone caught smoking marijuana in public will be fined EUR 50 as of November. Rotterdam Mayor Ivo Opstelten says: "Smoking joints in public was always forbidden, but up to now it has always been tolerated." Since it has emerged how damaging marijuana can be, political tolerance for the habit has evaporated. Just under a year ago, the city council established that a large number of adolescents were "smoking away their teenage years". …

lies and decieti am tired ofbeing told what i can and cant put in my own body for pain relief the government and court swears a oath to the queen of england(a forien power handsard hughes prime minster 1919 page 12167 government has not been legal or lawful since 1919 so they can not make laws for the soverien people of australia king and prime minster of england gave the people their soverinty back to the people because all the people who died in ww1 peace b with u lv rock Statutory_Declaration_Under_International_Law__mark_.doc Read_this_affidavit_that_a_retired_high_court_judge_wrote.doc Australia_revealed.rtf To_the_supreme_court_judge.doc High_Court____Applicat…

Prehistoric human 'took hallucinogenic drugs' 13:00 AEST Mon Oct 20 2008 By ninemsn staff Humans were indulging in mind-expanding drugs in prehistoric times, new archaeological evidence suggests. Scientists have unearthed ceramic bowls and inhaling tubes used by ancient South American tribes to prepare and consume hallucinogenic drugs. The findings, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, confirm long-held suspicions that our ancestors used drugs. But much of that evidence has been indirect, ranging from images found in prehistoric cave art to the discovery of hemp seeds in excavations. Archaeologists Quetta Kaye, of University College London, and …

New British Report: Cannabis Less Harmful Than Drinking, Smoking Tobacco http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijdsMM...B501n16OjSGnXbw

The Chronicle-Telegram Staff 20/10/08 http://www.chroniclet.com/2008/10/20/man-t...ld-my-weed_122/ © 2008 Chronicle-Telegram LORAIN — Asking a stranger to hold your weed when you spot a police car is never a good idea. Asking a stranger, who happens to be an off-duty police officer, is probably the definition of a bad idea. Yet Saturday night outside the Broadway bar Dimacchia’s on the Corner, that’s what police say 35-year-old David LaViena of Lorain did, which resulted in his arrest for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. LaViena, who police say was highly intoxicated at the time, was outside the bar when he spotted a police cruiser …

Author: Alan Mozes Date: 13th October, 2006 Source: Forbes.com Copyright: © 2005 Forbes.com Inc. All Rights Reserved Marijuana Compound Spurs Brain Cell Growth ...by Alan MozesHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to the controversy surrounding medical marijuana, an international team of researchers is busy stirring the pot by releasing findings that suggest the drug helps promote brain cell growth while treating mood disorders. According to the study in rats, a super-potent synthetic version of the cannabinoid compound found in marijuana can reduce depression and anxiety when taken over an extended period of time. This mo…