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Report urges regulated market for cannabis to replace prohibition Duncan Campbell Thursday October 2 2008 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/oct...hol.drugspolicy A report on cannabis prepared for next year's UN drug policy review will suggest that a "regulated market" would cause less harm than the current international prohibition. The report, which is likely to reopen the debate about cannabis laws, suggests that controls such as taxation, minimum age requirements and labelling could be explored. The Global Cannabis Commission report, which will be launched today at a conference in the House of Lords, has reached conclusions which its authors sugg…

2/10/08 http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk © News Group Newspapers Ltd, 2008 A German artist today claimed to have obtained Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain's ashes and revealed she plans to SMOKE them in a cannabis joint. Barmy Natascha Stellmach won't reveal how she came by the remains of the iconic singer - saying only that it's "kind of magic". We revealed earlier this year that they had been stolen from wife Courtney Love's home. There has been no confirmation that the ashes are genuinely those of the dead rock legend. Kurt, DAVE GROHL and KRIST NOVOSELIC mesmerised the music world in the 90s with hits like In Bloom and Smells Like Teen Spirit. The band has…

Thursday, 02 October 2008 http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles © Macquarie Radio Network Limited 2007 A British research group has called for a "serious rethink" of drug policy after finding that cannabis is less harmful than alcohol or tobacco, and that banning the drug has no impact on supply. The Beckley Foundation, a charity group featuring senior British and international academics as its advisors, said outlawing cannabis only acted to turn users into criminals. "Although cannabis can have a negative impact on health, including mental health, in terms of relative harms it is considerably less harmful than alcohol or tobacco," the report by the Foundation's Gl…

Enough cannabis for `48 years' Brothers plead guilty to $700,000 drug charge BY RACHEL WILLIAMS 2/10/2008 12:00:00 AM The Examiner http://northerntasmania.yourguide.com.au/n...ge/1323053.aspx TWO Nabowla brothers have pleaded guilty to a series of drug-related charges after they were found with enough cannabis to last them a lifetime. Craig Andrew Bennett, 42 and Wayne Rex Bennett, 52, both pleaded guilty in the Launceston Supreme Court yesterday to charges including trafficking, cultivating, possession and using a controlled substance. The men admitted to growing more than $700,000 worth of cannabis on their co-owned bush property in the State's North-East. Crown…

By ninemsn staff 19:00 AEST Wed Oct 1 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=640197 © 1997-2008 ninemsn Pty Ltd - All rights reserved A Catholic priest and a drug counsellor have been charged with possessing and dealing marijuana after the scent of the joint they were smoking wafted into a nearby police vehicle. A patrolman in the US state of West Virginia was on patrol in the town of Charleston over the weekend when he became aware of the smell and pulled over the silver minivan in front as it was the only vehicle in sight, the Charleston Daily Mail reports. He claimed Father James O'Connor and Michael Deegan were found to be smoking a hand-rolled joint and…

October 01, 2008 06:21am Herald Sun © Herald and Weekly Times A MAN will face court today after police raided a hydroponic cannabis operation in Sydney's south west. Police found 21 cannabis plants worth $63,000 and a hydroponic set-up inside the roof cavity of the home in Cabramatta during the raid at 6.15am (AEST) yesterday. A small amount of white powder believed by police to be heroin as well as methadone and other restricted substances were also found in the Levuka Street house. A 39-year-old man arrested in the swoop faces a number of charges, including cultivating cannabis and possessing a prohibited drug. He has been refused bail to appear at Liverpo…

Cannabis Culture by Mike Adams, Natural News (24 Sept, 2008) If you like using natural, raw, organic products, you will find this story quite bizarre and distressing This story is just insane! Noted that Cannabis Culture comment that this story is indeed another example of insane Drug War nonsense . . . no apologies from the Police either for their interrogation of these innocent people [not once but twice!?!?!] And yet law enforcement the world over it seems insists on using 'testing' devices that are proven to be totally unreliable over and over again . . . I'm just gob-smacked that the powers that be continue to sink SO LOW . . . sad, sad state of aff…

Dustin Walker September 30, 2008 http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonis...7e-bc76885bdfb9 © Times Colonist (Victoria) 2008 NANAIMO -- After a couple years of dismal outdoor marijuana harvests due to rainy weather, Vancouver Island could see a bumper crop this fall. Some growers have already harvested their pot plants, often hidden deep in the woods. But the optimal time to harvest marijuana is normally the first week of October, said Ted Smith, who teaches a free course about hemp and cannabis -- called Hempology 101 -- at the University of Victoria. He thinks if current weather holds for the next few weeks, this season will mark the start of the crop's recovery o…

Karen Matthews September 30th, 2008 http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/articl...20151_news.html The Geelong Advertiser Pty. Ltd. Copyright © January 2006 A POLICE raid on a Norlane home has uncovered 374 grams of cannabis and a quantity of cash. Robert Golightly, 22, of Camelia Cres, appeared in Geelong Magistrates' Court late yesterday charged with trafficking, possessing and using cannabis and possessing the proceeds of crime. Senior Constable Matthew Sims said that about 9.55am yesterday Geelong Regional Response officers executed a drugs search warrant at Mr Golightly's home in Camelia Cres. He said that during the search police found a bag containin…

Green Party plan for marijuana reform unworkable: Libertarian Party 26 September 2008 Western Standard http://westernstandard.blogs.com/shotgun/2...-party-pla.html Libertarian Party candidate Krista Zoobkoff today launched her campaign in the federal riding of Wild Rose with a press conference with party leader Dennis Young. Zoobkoff and Young released the party’s strategy for marijuana policy reform at a Canmore hemp store owned by 29-year-old entrepreneur Zoobkoff, who also owns businesses in Banff and Airdrie. The party’s three-part strategy for reforming Canada’s approach to marijuana policy includes: Legalize the cultivation, sale and use of marijuana by adul…

Author: Date: September 26, 2008 01:11pm Source: News.com.au Copyright: © 2008 Davies Brothers Pty Limited. ACTING Prime Minister Julia Gillard has admitted she smoked dope while at university, but didn't like it. After federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull last night admitted he had smoked marijuana in the past, Ms Gillard admitted she too had tried it. "At university, tried it, didn't like it," she said on the Fairfax Radio Network. "I think probably many Australian adults would be able to make the same statement so I don't think it matters one way or the other." Ms Gillard said she did not think it mattered that Mr Turnbull had confessed to smoking d…