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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…

VIENNA (AFP) - Austria’s parliament has adopted a new bill allowing the cultivation of cannabis for medical and scientific purposes, under the Health Ministry’s control.The bill, approved by parliament during a late-night session Wednesday, will give the health and food safety agency AGES the exclusive right in Austria to grow the plant, which is otherwise categorised as a drug. Michael Bach, president of the Austrian pain studies association OeSG, welcomed the new legislation, saying: “Any initiative that makes it possible to develop and provide new drugs for pain therapy is welcome.” “Substances drawn from cannabis have been used for medical purposes more an…

Rastas can use cannabis, Italian court rules The Independent Author: Peter Popham in Rome Saturday, 12 July 2008 <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/rastas-can-use-cannabis-italian-court-rules-865829.html> Rastafarians have always regarded Ethiopia as the promised land, but Italy could rank a close second after its Supreme Court ruled that smoking or possessing cannabis is not a criminal offence but a religious act when the person doing it is a Rastafarian. Last year, the same court declared that cultivating even a single cannabis plant was a punishable offence. But now Italy's Court of Cassation has said Rastafarians use marijuana "not only as …