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Police praise behaviour of Splendour revellers 4 August 2008 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/04/2322854.htm New South Wales Police have praised the behaviour of the crowd at Byron Bay's Splendour In The Grass music festival, despite making a number of arrests. Seven people were charged with supplying prohibited drugs, 73 were cautioned for cannabis use and 71 people were charged with other offences. Cannabis and ecstasy were also confiscated from some of the 17,500 people who attended the two-day festival. The Living End, Wolfmother, Pnau and The Presets were among the acts to perform. At last year's festival, 31 ambulances were needed to transport r…

Positive local buzz from marijuana bill surprises Clay By Mike Soraghan Posted: 08/04/08 01:01 PM [ET] The Hill http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/positi...2008-08-04.html Rep. Lacy Clay didn’t intend to sign on to a bill legalizing marijuana, but he’s happy so far with the buzz from constituents. The Missouri Democrat was flying with Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) on a congressional trip to Africa earlier this year when Frank asked Clay to co-sponsor his “marijuana bill.” It seemed like a simple request to Clay, who for years has signed on to bills to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. So his answer was “No problem.” He called his staff and told them to …

San Bernardino, San Diego Counties Lose Challenge to Medical Marijuana Law Steven Cuevas August 01, 2008 89.3 KPCC Southern California Public Radio http://www.scpr.org/news/stories/2008/08/0...held_08010.html Proposition 215, California's medical marijuana law, passed nearly twelve years ago. Despite conflicts with federal law, many counties have okayed medical marijuana dispensaries and issued ID cards to patients. But San Diego and San Bernardino counties went a different way. They challenged the law in court. KPCC's Steven Cuevas says they lost that challenge yesterday. Steven Cuevas: The two counties argued the medical marijuana law set up a conflict for deputie…

Georgina Robinson | July 3, 2008 - 1:37PM http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/articles/2...4950920869.html Police say further investigations into a drug plantation in Queensland's Southern Downs have uncovered up to $500 million worth of cannabis product. Chief Superintendent Ross Barnett said the massive haul, which included 20,000 planted trees, eight tonnes of dried cannabis and several kilometres of irrigation piping, made the discovery one of the largest in the country. Officers initially estimated the seizure at $42 million - less than 10 per cent of its revised worth. The plants were found on a remote, 4000 acre property at Warroo, near Inglewood, yesterday …

Cannabis factory three spared jail By staff reporter News & Star News Last updated 19:00, Monday, 21 July 2008 <http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/1.206944> Three men who ran a small cannabis factory from a Cumbrian haulage yard were spared a jail sentence after a judge accepted that they were not running a large-scale commercial operation. The men, all from the Shap area, appeared before a judge at Carlisle Crown Court. Michael Murphy, 41, Edward Sanderson, 23, and his father Duncan Sanderson, 55, who owns the haulage yard involved near Shap, all admitted cultivating cannabis plants and possessing the drug with intent to supply. Gareth Shires, prosecu…

Appeal court quashes hydroponic cannabis convictions: No proof that equipment was used to cultivate drug Relief for firms operating in legal grey area Duncan Campbell Monday July 14, 2008 The Guardian UK <http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jul/14/drugsandalcohol.law> A court of appeal decision has shone a light on the homegrown cannabis industry. The quashing of the convictions of three men involved in hydroponics comes at a time when cultivation of cannabis in the UK is at record levels. In January, three men who worked for a hydroponics company in Derby were convicted at Derby crown court of conspiracy to aid and abet the production of cannabis. Dav…