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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…

High Court challenge 9th October 2008 By Carl Brown [Guardian UK]

Northern Rivers Echo by Terra Sword 9 October 2008

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

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…

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…

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!

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…

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 …

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…