Cannabis Hemp News

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To long to put in here but check it out http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1441

Willits, CA -- Voters in this rugged stretch of Northern California took marijuana laws to new heights in 2000, allowing residents to grow up to 25 marijuana plants for medical, recreational or personal use. But eight years later, some are campaigning to scale back the law, saying it's time to weed out pot profiteers. "We want to take that welcome mat away," said Ross Liberty, spokesman for Measure B, which goes before Mendocino County voters Tuesday. Opponents say they, too, want to evict large-scale, criminal operators. But they say Measure B won't address that issue and will instead go after the people who need medical marijuana. "What (Measure) B does is redefin…

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Pity its not the real thing but at least its some sort of acknowledgement that cannabis works for these symptoms. edit: forgot the link http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/doctor...0765250875.html

S.A. will be just like QLD in no time. http://news.smh.com.au/new-laws-set-to-ban...80214-1s8r.html

The West Australian WA cannabis laws must be toughened, say doctors 24th May 2008, 10:45 WST The Australian Medical Association has called for the State Government to introduce tougher cannabis laws following the release of a study which found cannabis users have a 40 per cent increased risk of developing schizophrenia. In a review of new international research, Australian psychiatrists discovered a direct link between cannabis use and mental illness with the risk 200 per cent higher for those who smoked daily and over long periods of time. AMA president Dr Rosanna Capolingua called on Health Minister Jim McGinty to introduce promised cannabis law changes so…

Author: AFP Date: 26/05/08 Source: SMH Copyright: 2008. The Sydney Morning Herald.

Medical Cannabis: Police Recommend 3 ounces of "Skunk" per month, per patient 22 May 2008 http://pr.cannazine.co.uk/content/view/300/1/ A row has broken out over in the United States, between the law enforcement community and the medical marijuana community. "No change there then" I hear you shout. But this argument comes from a different angle to that by which the UK government agreed they would unilaterally reclassify cannabis, and in doing so go against the advice of its own advisory board of experts. In Washington State, the issue of how much marijuana a patient needs remains one of the most contentious parts of the law voters passed in 1998, which allows pat…

this is a cut n pate i found today MACCLESFIELD police have discovered what is believed to be one of Britain’s largest ever cannabis factories – housing EIGHT THOUSAND plants worth about £½m – in a weaver’s cottage in the town centre. Officers routinely attending a blaze on Saturday lunchtime at the Georgian three-storey rented semi on sleepy Bridge Street – just 400 yards away from Brunswick Street Police Station – were stunned by the enormity of the operation and are still reeling from their find. They were confronted by a triple-tiered indoor drug farm stuffed to the walls and ceilings with cannabis bushes – placed in methodical order from saplings to fully fle…

(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Adults in Canada believe the consumption of cannabis should be allowed in their country, according to a poll by Angus Reid Strategies. 53 per cent of respondents support the legalization of marijuana. Less than 10 per cent of respondents believe other drugs—such as ecstasy, powder cocaine, heroin, crack cocaine and crystal meth—should be legalized. In July 2002, Canada became the first nation in the world to regulate the consumption of cannabis for medical reasons. In the 2004 federal election, the Marijuana party—which seeks the outright legalization of the substance—received 0.3 per cent of the popular vote. In November 2004, the C…