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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…

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"R.I. compassion center bill heading to the Senate floor — act now This has been an amazing week for the move to improve medical marijuana access in Rhode Island. On Wednesday, the Senate Health and Human Services Committee unanimously passed a compassion center bill (5-0, with three absent). That means the next Senate vote on S.B. 2693 will be the full floor! On Tuesday, the House Health, Education, and Welfare Committee heard compelling testimony on a twin House bill, H.B. 7888. If you haven't done so yet, please let your legislators know you support protecting patients and ask other Rhode Islanders to do the same. Constituent calls and e-mails were key to passing …