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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…

Source:www.news.com.au sure pot can make your eye lids droopy which makes things harder to see and focus on, but how much of a fool do you have to be to offer pot instead of cash with cops all around you?

Found: Sat May 03 07:18:12 2008 PDT Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) Copyright: 2008 The Sydney Morning Herald Contact: letters@smh.com.au Website: http://www.smh.com.au/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/441 Webpage: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/dope-f... Author: Amphetamine And Alcohol Use Newshawk: http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/ Simon Webster May 4, 2008 A POLICE clampdown on cannabis smokers at Nimbin's annual Mardi Grass festival was allowing it to be taken over by amphetamine and alcohol use, an organiser said. "The crowd are complaining there's not enough pot," Mardi Grass parade marshall Graeme Dunstan said of this weekend's festiv…

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