Cannabis Hemp News

Didn't know whether to laugh or cry Marijuana Grower Busted by Cops After Reporting Pot Plant Stolen Friday, March 21, 2008 Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,340389,00.html SYDNEY, Australia — An Australian man's complaint of an break-in at his home went to pot Friday when police arrested him for growing marijuana. The 35-year-old man in the central Australian city of Adelaide called police to report that six men had broken into his house through a window and stolen parts of his cannabis plants, South Australia Police said. Police were unable to find the intruders but brought a drug warrant to search the home, where they found six large cannabi…

today my sister was issued with a warrant to search her house on the papers it says for cultivation,leaf meterial,and fertilizer on the sheet of what they took were 11 root balls as they call it 1 picture of my bro in law holding up a plant, his stem no bong num chucks, and a few other things i cant think of there were only 6 or 8 plants there fuckin cunts they are but my bro in law was asking for trouble the plants were around 10 foot tall in suburban sydney the neighbours would have called the cops i will let ya's know what happens when he goes into the police station tonight

Marijuana Vending Machines Opening for Business in LA 2008-01-24 >> news category >> general Source: gizmodo.com Holy crap, what country is LA in? I mean, last time I was there I was surprised enough at the billboards offering medicinal marijuana cards, but this is insane. Starting on Monday, people who have medical conditions such as glaucoma, cancer, and the deadly not-stoned-enough virus can start getting their fat buds from special "AVMs." These electronic drug dealers won't be out on the street next to a Pepsi machine, of course. No, they'll be "housed in standalone rooms, abutting two dispensaries and protected by round-the-clock security g…

Hemp Resources has secured a contract to supply Australian grown hemp to Hong Kong after successful trial plantings in the great southern. The company is behind plans to set up Australia's first industrial hemp farm and eventually wants to create hemp paper and packaging. Company director Kim Hough has been impressed with trials in Katanning and Kununurra and says the hemp has grown to more than a metre in a month. Mr Hough says the company plans to significantly increase plantings this year to take advantage of huge demand in Asia. "We've secured a market out of a Hong Kong company which will now also be the distribution company for Unan Hemp and Unan Resources, …

DPA report... Report Criticizes Governments Over Consumption of Coca Leaf Wednesday, March 5, 2008 In a culturally insensitive and irrational move, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has called for the governments of Bolivia and Peru to abolish all uses of the coca leaf, including coca leaf chewing. In its 2007 annual report, the INCB asks Bolivia and Peru to make possessing and using coca leaf criminal offenses--a move that would affect millions of people in the Andes and Amazon, according to the Transnational Institute (TNI), a group that studies drugs and conflict in the region. Coca leaf is widely consumed in both countries, both as a part of dai…

This is a big story going around Canada these last few weeks that is causing great controversy and huge back lash... Check it out.. Alison xx http://www.burlingtonpost.com/news/article/155545 Newshawk: http://www.NoExtradition.net Pubdate: 17 Feb 2008 Source: Burlington Post (CN ON) Email: letters@... Website: http://www.burlingtonpost.com/ Address: 5040 Mainway, Burlington On L7L 7G5 Copyright: 2008 Burlington Post Author: Tim Whitnell Regulate public use of medical marijuana: Halton MP Garth Turner pleased with health minister's reply to recent letter By Tim Whitnell Halton's Member of Parliament has convinced Canada's health minister to re-exami…

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iS0vraN...BlPmBAD8VBEAEG0 'Gilligan's' Mary Ann Caught With Dope 7 hours ago DRIGGS, Idaho (AP) — Dawn Wells, who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," is serving six months' unsupervised probation after allegedly being caught with marijuana in her car. She was sentenced Feb. 29 to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving. Under a plea agreement, three misdemeanor counts — driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance — were dropped. On Oct. 18, Teton County sheriff's Deputy Joseph Gutierrez arrested…