Cannabis Hemp News

Author Miranda Devine May 15, 2008 http://www.smh.com.au/news/miranda-devine/...0444525877.html The photograph of Mercedes Corby apparently pulling on a pipe, which was put to her in court and appeared in newspapers all week courtesy of her defamation case against Channel Seven, must delight her sister Schapelle, locked up in a Bali jail until 2024 for cannabis importation. Mercedes said she had only been "posing" in the picture and had not smoked marijuana since she was "young and silly" in her teens. But the image can't help Schapelle's pleas of innocence in Indonesia, where anti-drugs campaigners picketed her trial to demand the death penalty. Diverting though …

Monday, May 12, 2008 Harry Clarke http://kalimna.blogspot.com/ (please feel free to post a comment to Harry - at comment 7) This most recent report by the British Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs provides a careful evaluation of cannabis. It recommends retaining the classification of cannabis as a Class C drug (along with valium, GHB and steroids) rather than upgrading it into Class B of more dangerous drugs such as amphetamines and barbiturates. Nevertheless it does describe cannabis use as a significant public health issue. With a few exceptions the report’s views coincide with my views on cannabis. As a Class C drug a maximum prison sentence of 2 years is…

denverpost.com The government's sorta-kinda-maybe logic By David Harsanyi It could be argued that the most useless job in Washington, D.C., is held by John Walters, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. He's otherwise known as the country's Drug Czar. And when you consider the spectacular number of useless jobs in Washington, that's quite an accomplishment. No one is saying, of course, that it's easy being a figurehead of a cost-inefficient organization charged with implementing the biggest domestic policy disaster since Prohibition. After all, it means advocating that thousands of non-violent offenders be sent to prison — quite often after…

The Dominion Post | Friday, 16 May 2008 KENT BLECHYNDEN/The Dominion Post http://www.stuff.co.nz/4550176a10.html DRUG TOUR: Ken Morgan, coordinator of "Mary Jane the Cannabus" tour, celebrates the conclusion of a national tour promoting cannabis use with a cheeky smoke at Parliament. The long blue arm of the law watches over the red eyes of Ken Morgan as he celebrates the conclusion of a national tour promoting cannabis use with a cheeky smoke at Parliament. Mr Morgan, coordinator of "Mary Jane the Cannabus" tour, said the restored bus that acts as a mobile "legalise cannabis" office visited 44 towns and cities around New Zealand. "We invited locals to join us …

I stumbled onto this video a week or two back, 'n showed a few in chat. Thought i betta post it for others to see, if they haven't come across it yet. Too much weed for me, but you have to admire one's efforts. Huge Pot Field Found in Afghanistan

Scipione wants proof of drugs corruption May 6, 2008 - 5:28PM The head of a Sydney drug and alcohol clinic must back up his claims that corrupt police are selling cannabis, NSW's police chief says. St Vincent's Hospital drug and alcohol service director Alex Wodak says criminals and corrupt police control the cannabis market. Dr Wodak argues cannabis should be legalised and distributed by the government, which would then be able to reap the resulting tax revenue. "What's so good about criminals and corrupt police that you'd want them to have a virtual monopoly of cannabis distribution," he said on ABC Radio on Tuesday. NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione…