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Court acquits sick man with homegrown cannabis Wed Sep 17, 2008 AMSTERDAM (Reuters) http://in.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughN...LG1398720080916 The Dutch high court on Tuesday acquitted a man charged with illegally growing marijuana who said the drug helped ease pain from his multiple sclerosis. Growing marijuana is illegal in the Netherlands but sales of it and other cannabis-related soft drugs in coffee shops have been tolerated for decades, making them a major tourist attraction. Pharmacies are allowed to sell limited quantities of cannabis only if the buyer can provide a doctor's prescription. The man suffered some negative side-effects after taking pharmacy…
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CHRISTINE CUNNINGHAM 19 September 2008 edp24.com Copyright © 2008 Archant Regional A man had to help rescue his wife and two young children from a burning house after equipment he set up to secretly grow cannabis caught fire, a court heard today. Driving instructor James Cutting, 39, had been growing 24 plants in the loft of the family home in Sunderland Close in Norwich to feed his own habit. He even got a friend to tamper with the electricity meter to power the growing equipment, Norwich Crown Court heard. But his scheme all went wrong when a fire started at his home when the equipment caught fire. Cutting raised the alarm after hearing a crackling noise and got …
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Saturday, 20 September 2008 the southland times An Invercargill woman who tried to smuggle cannabis into the Invercargill Prison by stuffing it in her bra will be sentenced in November after she appeared in the Invercargill District Court yesterday. Tania Francis Irene Clark, 20, appeared on the cannabis charges, as well as a charge of driving while forbidden. Police prosecutor Senior Sergeant Steven Armitage said a phone call between a prisoner and someone called "Stacey" was intercepted on June 19. During that phone call, arrangements were made for someone called "Tanz" to take cannabis into the prison. The next day Clark was detained by prison authorities a…
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Sarah Harvey Sat, 20 Sep 2008 otago daily times © Allied Press Limited 2007 A 48-year-old Dunedin man was arrested yesterday and charged with cultivating almost 60 cannabis plants at a house in Calton Hill. Sergeant Chris McLellan, of the Dunedin police tactical section, said a search warrant was executed under the Misuse of Drugs Act at a house in Panmure Ave at 10am yesterday. Police found 18 plants, each up to 50cm in height, plus 40 seedlings and germinated plants growing in the basement, sleepout and garden of the house, he said. The man was charged with cultivating cannabis, a class C drug. He was refused bail when he appeared in the Dunedin District C…
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Positive cannabis test not enough, says judge 6 September 2008 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/irelan...0629535734.html CLANCYTHE ROAD Safety Medical Bureau was criticised yesterday by a judge for failing to test for the level of drug intoxication in a driver arrested by gardaí. Ballyshannon District Court, Co Donegal, was told that a breath-test for alcohol on a young driver, Peter Gillen, proved negative. But Garda Seán Flynn still had suspicions about the reason for Mr Gillen’s unusual driving at 4.10am when he turned at speed into a housing estate without using his indicator. Mr Gillen, who was “very shocked, unsteady and very agitated”, was arrested on sus…
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http://kalimna.blogspot.com/2008/05/drug-t...porters-of.html Drug treatment industry supporters of illicit drug decriminalisation I've posted before on the preposterious claims of Dr Alex Wodak that decriminalising cannabis use would decrease use. To the extent it provides an additional source of supply not subject to the user costs of relying on illegal markets I find it impossible to believe such claims*. The difficulty with these effoneous claims is that current policies to reduce cannabis use are working effectively. This is a beneficially especially because cannabis use itself is, in fact, increasingly seen as a dangerous illicit drug rather than something benig…
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Stressed husband turned to drugs Thursday, September 18, 2008, 15:00 Evening Post http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/news/Str...il/article.html A MAN whose wife fought cancer began growing cannabis to help him cope with the stress of her illness. But police discovered Mathew Stead’s 19 cannabis plants growing in the garage of his Fforestfach home, after acting on a tip-off. The 32-year-old was not at the property in Heol Iscoed when officers followed-up the anonymous lead on September 9. Stead said he had started to grow cannabis after his wife had battled her serious illness. But he pleaded guilty to the charge of cultivating cannabis when he appeared in court. Baker,…
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Mother of eight headed drug ring: Police BY ANDREW THOMSON 17/09/2008 12:00:00 AM A MAILORS Flat mother-of-eight was yesterday remanded in custody along with seven alleged co-offenders after police drug raids. Police allege that Leanne Elizabeth Walker, 39, of Russells Road, was the principal in a Warrnambool district ecstasy and amphetamines drug ring. Warrnambool Magistrates Court was told yesterday that Ms Walker used three daughters and two of their boyfriends as well as other associates to distribute drugs. Seven people have been charged with conspiracy to traffic in a commercial quantity of ecstasy and amphetamines. They include Ms Walker, Jamie Lee Hurle, 2…
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Question of honesty BY SEAN FORD 18/09/2008 12:00:00 AM The Advocate http://nwtasmania.yourguide.com.au/news/lo...ty/1275554.aspx PREMIER David Bartlett owned up to having smoked dope yesterday, eight days after The Advocate first asked the question. Mr Bartlett's simple "yes" admission followed his rival party leaders - Liberal Will Hodgman and Green Nick McKim - owning up to past cannabis use in a story in The Advocate yesterday. Tony McCall, from the UTAS School of Government, said yesterday's story showed Mr Bartlett's "zeal for reform and transparency doesn't appear to extend to his personal habits". "So be it, but Extending Trust in Democracy should include …
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Archer takes aim at Liberals on prostitution Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:00am AEST ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/18/2367805.htm Ms Archer says she'll only support new laws if they improve conditions for sex workers. (ABC) The new Liberal Government is facing its first potential policy challenge with Independent Upper House MP Shelley Archer vowing to block any moves to repeal laws which decriminalise prostitution in Western Australia. Ms Archer says she voted for laws to decriminalise prostitution and regulate brothels in April, and will only support new laws if they improve conditions for sex workers. "If they put together some legislation to impro…
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11kg of cannabis may have got past scans Robyn Ironside Jodie Munro O'Brien September 17, 2008 Courier Mail http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...5006786,00.html Dope ... a man allegedly flew into Brisbane airport with 11kg of cannabis which was only found when he was stopped for a roadside breath test. A MAN allegedly flew into Brisbane Airport with 11kg of cannabis in his suitcase but the drugs were not detected until he was picked up by police for a roadside breath test a short distance away. Police said the man's hire car was pulled over in Airport Drive at Eagle Farm for a random breath test on Monday night when officers noticed a "faint smell of can…
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September 16, 2008 THE AUSTRALIAN Copyright 2008 News Limited A NEW Zealand woman has been arrested and her young child taken into care after 300 cannabis plants were seized in a series of police raids in Melbourne's outer west. Police swooped on houses in Brampton Close, Delahey, about 10am (AEST) today following a two-month investigation, a Victoria Police spokeswoman said. They allegedly found 102 cannabis plants at one address, arrested a 41-year-old New Zealand woman and placed her two-year-old daughter in the care of the Department of Human Services. The woman was waiting to be interview by police and has not been charged. More plants were found at two…
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Teens raiding medicine cabinets CLAIR WEAVER September 14, 2008 12:00am news.com http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,228...435-921,00.html ALMOST one in four teenagers raid their parents' medicine cabinets for prescription drugs in a new trend dubbed "pharming". Australian youths aged 12 to 17 are most likely to take medications recreationally because they are cheaper, easier to obtain and mistakenly believed to be "safe", a new study has revealed. In a risky bid to maximise their "hit", they are crushing cocktails of pills and snorting the powder, mixing them with alcohol or even injecting. Drug experts warn most young people genuinely don't realise experimenta…
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Wednesday, 17 Sep 2008 04:25pm NSW Police Force Media Release Police have seized in excess of $4 million worth of illicit drugs and charged 29 people as part of an ongoing 10-month operation on the Mid North Coast. The latest arrest was yesterday when a 22-year-old North Haven man was arrested at Port Macquarie police station and charged with knowingly take part in the supply of a large commercial quantity of cannabis. He was bailed to appear at Port Macquarie Local Court on 20 October. Operation Panelling was established by police from the Mid North Coast Local Area Command in December 2007 to investigate the commercial cultivation and supply of cannabis in the…
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Police winning war on drugs: Govt Posted Thu Sep 11, 2008 6:40pm AEST ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2362315.htm The SA Government says new crime figures show that police are winning the war on illicit drugs. (ABC News) The State Government says new crime figures show that police are winning the war on illicit drugs in South Australia. Police Minister Michael Wright says the Crime Commission report highlights big reductions in seizures of amphetamines, cannabis, heroin and cocaine. He has told Parliament the numbers of seizures are down because police are disrupting the trafficking, cultivation and manufacture of illicit drugs. "In parti…
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