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2008/10/08 http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wed...icle/index_html Copyright © 2008 NST Online IPOH, WED: The High Court here today sentenced two men to death by hanging after they were found guilty of trafficking in nearly 1kg of cannabis six years ago. Judicial Commissioner Ridwan Ibrahim, in making the decision, said the court had no choice but to pass the death sentence on Khairil Anuar Abdul Rahman, 34, and Afendi Adam, 28, after the prosecution had proven their case against the two men beyond reasonable doubt. Ridwan, however, did not provide the grounds for his judgment. Khairil Anuar, a restaurant worker, and Afendi, a painter, were charged in th…
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BY ZARA DAWTREY COURT REPORTER 9/10/2008 1:00:00 AM http://northerntasmania.yourguide.com.au/n...gs/1328865.aspx Copyright © 2008. Fairfax Media. A BEACONSFIELD man who admitted smoking 100 cones of marijuana a day to police was yesterday found not guilty of trafficking in the drug. Police searched the property of Peter Gerard Adams, 41, in April last year. They discovered 90 cannabis seedlings growing in his sunroom, and another five plants drying in an outside shed. But Adams denied any intention to sell the drug once the plants reached maturity. Asked by police what he intended to do with them, he answered "smoke them". "I just smoke and smoke and sm…
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High Court challenge 9th October 2008 By Carl Brown [Guardian UK]
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Northern Rivers Echo by Terra Sword 9 October 2008
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What About The Average Dope Smoker? PR Cannazine 2 October 2008 http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/content/view/700/27/ The National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC) are really starting to gain a reputation as another bunch of quacks pushing their own brand of junk science onto the community. And according to one Ozzie blogger "The Australian" is the perfect vehicle to publish their crap. As usual, these organisations rely on a tiny fraction of the group they target and somehow make them the representatives of the whole group. Why can’t some organisation come out with a rational, evidence based report that states the upside to cannabis use? Why the doom…
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The Big Question: Is it time the world forgot about cannabis in its war against drugs? By Michael McCarthy Friday, 3 October 2008 THE INDEPENDENT UK http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00058/bigQ031008_58124t.jpg
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THE HAGUE, 08/10/08 - www.nisnews.nl Over half the magistrates in the Netherlands consider cannabis should be legalised. So reports Vrij Nederland weekly, following a survey among the judiciary. The leftwing weekly interviewed 489 judges, 140 prosecutors and 22 judges in training. Over half (52 percent) were in favour of decriminalising 'soft drugs' (cannabis, hash). Over one in ten (12 percent) even want possession, dealing in or use of 'hard drugs' (cocaine, heroin, XTC) no longer to lead to criminal prosecution. Nearly half the respondents (48 percent) consider that anti-terrorism measures have been tightened up too much. Judges in particular are also concerne…
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7 October 2008 Cannabis and Politics
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How Come "Joe Sixpack" is an American Hero, While "Joe Stoner" Gets Arrested? Posted in Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan Mon, 10/06/2008 - 7:34pm StoptheDrugWar.org http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2...ack_is_an_ameri Paul Armentano at NORML points to Sarah Palin's glorification of "Joe Sixpack" in the vice presidential debate. Indeed, one could scarcely overstate the naked hypocrisy of portraying daily drinkers as American heroes, while our nation continues to arrest nearly a million Americans each year for using marijuana. I usually leave the alcohol analogy alone, assuming that it often speaks for itself, and when it doesn’t, the guys at SAFER can be counte…
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Oct 5 2008 by Matt Aplin, Wales On Sunday WalesOnline.co.uk What bothers me the most about THIS article is the atypical rolling out of the usual propaganda . . . s'pose it ain't gonna go away in a hurry huh? Wonder how these 'journalists' [to use the term disparagingly] sleep at night knowing they're peddling lies in the guise of quoted statistics [we all know 90% of statistics are made up, don't we?] and regurgitated clap-trap!
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Harvest Fest participants march for smoking rights Julie Strupp Monday, October 6, 2008 http://badgerherald.com/news/2008/10/06/ha...est_partici.php An enthusiastic crowd gathered under “Smoke ‘em Bucky” banners for the 38th annual Great Midwest Marijuana Harvest Festival in downtown Madison last weekend to protest the prohibition of marijuana and foster solidarity among fellow dissenters. The three-day-long festival began Friday night with a benefit concert at the Cardinal Bar and continued through the weekend. Speakers and bands vocalized their support Saturday in Library Mall to “end the war on drugs” and urged listeners to vote for change. Madison Police Lt. Jo…
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October 06, 2008 http://www.themorningbulletin.com.au © APN News & Media Ltd 2008 A DRUG addict and small-time dealer used cannabis to cope with the strain of having 15 chidren, Rockhampton Magistrates Court heard. Jody Brian Richardson, 39, pleaded guilty to 13 drug-related charges, including supply, drug production, possession of cannabis and ecstasy and owning instructions on how to produce drugs. His solicitor, Lance Rundle, said jobless Richardson and his partner had 15 children between them and Richardson had been smoking marijuana for 20 years. "He smokes to ease the stress of having so many kids," said Mr Rundle, who claimed Richardson had made a …
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5/10/08 AFP Copyright © 2008 AFP. All rights reserved KNAYSSEH, Lebanon (AFP) — With his pony tail, long sideburns, tight jeans and cowboy boots, Noah Zaayter cuts an odd figure as he struts through this tiny Lebanese village trailed by his own militiamen. The 37-year-old is one of about 50 drug barons who operate with near total impunity in the Bekaa, a lawless region controlled mainly by Hezbollah and for years synonymous with drug trafficking and militancy. Zaayter sports a baseball cap, worn back-to-front, and a chrome-plated pistol on his waistband, but his men -- nicknamed "tiger", "scorpion" or "bin Laden" -- are armed with machine-guns, some equipped wi…
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For all who missed q and a last night. Here's his stance on cannabis Go to about 22min in vid. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/video.htm?p...925&story=1 body language is interesting.. perhaps.. he anxiously plays with his hands, each time he fibs
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Police Discover World’s Largest Marijuana Plants Scott Morgan Wed, 10/01/2008 - 8:39pm StoptheDrugWar.org http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle_blog/2...orld_s_largest_ Drug enforcement officers never tire of their overpowering compulsion to exaggerate marijuana seizures to the point of absurdity. Again and again, we’ve caught police making ludicrous claims that contradict basic math and science. The latest example comes from California, where local narcotics officers found some large marijuana plants and tried to frame it as some sort of unbelievable shocker: Marijuana plants seized Monday in Browns Valley and Live Oak "are the largest I've seen," a drug enforce…
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