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Found: Thu May 01 22:46:32 2008 PDT Webpage: http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/latest_r... Newshawk: http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/ Court grants application to close alleged drug premises -- NimbinFriday, 02 May 2008 03:28pm An application by police to temporarily close two businesses in the Northern NSW township of Nimbin has been successful following an order made in the Lismore Local Court this morning. Richmond Local Area Command Police applied for the temporary closure of the Nimbin Hemp Bar and Nimbin Museum, from midday today (Friday 2 May) to midday Monday (5 May). Police applied for the order, under Section 15C of the Restricted Premises Act (1943),…

Toronto, Ontario, Canada 30,000 people Queen's Park NO ARRESTS 12noon to 8pm Check us out... http://www.themarijuanamission.com/images/mmm_2008/index.htm Marc Emery and I spent hours in the Media Tent doing Interviews for everyone from our National Newspaper the National Post, to the Nation's leading Music station MTV Canada. My Interview with MTV should be out this week so stay tuned... Hope your Global Marijuana March turned out well in Australia... Happy Monday guys and thanx again for all of your support.... Love and a squish, Alison xx

Some members of Minnesota's law enforcement community are lying in order to kill MPP’s medical marijuana bill in the state — in other words, in order to keep patients in pain. This small but vocal contingent is claiming that marijuana has no medical value, that “every prosecutor in every medical marijuana state” opposes its use, that you can “overdose” on marijuana, and more than a dozen other outrageous lies. We’re fighting back. Yesterday, MPP held a news conference at the Minnesota statehouse to refute the outright false testimony that law enforcement officials have been providing the legislature and the news media. And we distributed to reporters and legislators an …

http://forums.cannabisculture.com/forums/u...;gonew=1#UNREAD Canadian Rights and Freedoms are at Risk An Important Notice Regarding Bill C-51 On April 8th, 2008, the Canadian Minister of Health introduced Bill C-51 into the House of Commons. This Bill proposes significant changes to the current Food and Drugs Act that will have wide-ranging negative implications for Canadians. Bill C-51 will: * Remove democratic oversight, bypassing elected officials to vote in laws and allow bureaucrats to adopt laws from other countries without our consent. * Remove more than 70% of Natural Health Products from Canadians and many others will be available by prescri…

Two men have been charged after more than $250,000 worth of cannabis was found at a northern New South Wales property. Police say they seized large quantities of the drug during a raid in Tooloom on Friday. Another 40 cannabis plants were found when nearby parklands were searched. The men aged 40 and 62 will appear in court in June and have been charged with possessing a prohibited drug. Posted Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:50pm AEST

Cannabis should be reclassified, Brown says By Robert Winnett, Deputy Political Editor Last Updated: 2:19am BST 02/04/2008 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...cannabis101.xml Gordon Brown today gave his backing for cannabis to be reclassified as a more serious drug later this month in a move that will reverse its downgrading by his predecessor. At his monthly press conference, the Prime Minister revealed his strong support for reclassifying cannabis as a "class B" rather than "class C" drug. Cannabis was controversially downgraded by Tony Blair in a move which is thought to have encouraged greater use among the young After becoming Prime Minister last June,…

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=446333 Thai police arrest Aussie party pooper Sunday Apr 13 12:56 AEST Thai police have arrested a 51-year-old Australian after he was hospitalised for a severe stomach-ache caused by 65 condoms packed with hash lodged in his lower intestine. Surat Thani hospital authorities alerted police to the unusual nature of John Paul Jones' ailment on Friday after an X-ray revealed suspicious "sausage-like" objects jammed in his stomach, the Bangkok Post said. "Before the operation, Mr Jones looked nervous and asked whether police would be notified," said Surat Thani Hospital doctor Worapob Sutiwatanaruput. An operation revealed th…

They flew a plane load of Ice and E (70 mil worth) into Perth which got was intercepted by police, then this. Truly entrepreneurial people with a lot of time on their hands. Drug plane tip-off leads to Cannabis bust Posted Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:14pm AEDT * Map: Narrabri 2390 Police have seized more than $500,000 worth of cannabis after a search of a property near Narrabri in north-western New South Wales. Police were given a tip-off from a member of the public who recognised a light plane linked to last week's $77 million drug bust at an airport south of Perth. Detectives were told the plane shown in news coverage had been based at Narrabri airport. Furth…