Cannabis Hemp News

Date:January 24th, 2008 Source: http://health.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=372124 The privately-held Dutch drug company Echo Pharmaceuticals expects to sell the world's first cannabis pill within five years, targeting a 4 billion euro ($5.85 billion) global market, its chief executive said. Echo said it will start clinical studies and trials of its pill, to be marketed as Namisol, in the first half of 2008. He said studies showed that cannabis-based drugs may be effective for diseases like Parkinson's, MS and migraine and could also help patients with Alzheimer's. The Netherlands has tolerated the sale of cannabis in coffee shops for decades and in 2003…

A 68-year-old man will appear in court today after cannabis with an estimated potential street value of $90,000 was seized at a Redfern townhouse. Police executed a search warrant at a townhouse in Wells Street about 12.45pm yesterday. It will be alleged hydroponically grown cannabis leaf with an estimated potential street value of $90,000 was seized along with a quantity of cash. A 68-year-old man was arrested at the townhouse and taken to Redfern Police Station for questioning. He was subsequently charged with dealing with proceeds of crime and supplying a prohibited drug. The 68-year-old was refused bail and will appear in Central Local Court today. htt…

Source: www.news.com.au it sounds like a few pollies are coming out about their drug use when they were younger and are saying they are merely human and if they tried drugs its their business and theirs alone bloody double standard pricks, although hopefully if enough of them come out admitting drug use it will prove people can use without becoming total losers

From http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2008/0...lead-story.html Not sure if this has been posted yet, delete it if it has. -- February 27, 2008 11:35am Green thumb prunes cannabis into hedge Tony Wilson 27Feb08 IT looked like an average Nerang back yard with an above-ground pool and neatly trimmed hedges. But a closer look at the shrubbery revealed they were actually cannabis plants and that put a new twist on the expression 'cultivating drugs'. Nerang officer-in-charge Senior Sergeant Gary Symons said police yesterday removed 30 healthy and mature plants, some more than 2m tall, with a street value of more than $100,000. The plants, trimmed an…

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...5013404,00.html from theaustralian. The only reason I've posted this is to draw your attention to the bullshit reporting. The article clearly tries to link violence, suicide and mental illness with cannabis (or ganja and grog coz we are talking about aboriginals; can't call it cannabis and alcohol=racist language) I have a feeling that if you took away cannabis and just left the alcohol the problems would remain. Hands up who feels homicidal after a few cones? No one. Reading this kind of shit really pisses me off.

Police yesterday reaped the results of a tenacious drug operation when they uncovered three highly sophisticated hydroponics laboratories in three Cairns suburbs. The laboratories were located at East Trinity, Palm Cove and Smithfield and are believed to have been part of an organised syndicate based around large-scale cannabis production. It is alleged the first laboratory, protected by a high-tech surveillance system, was located in a shed at an East Trinity slipway. It is alleged police found 64 high quality cannabis sativa plants, most of which were ready for harvesting, plus 17 kilograms of cannabis sativa ‘heads’ in a drying room. Police then searched a Palm…

I am going to be moving to Sydney soon from Scotlandand want to know how easy it is to get weed there

February 20, 2008 - 4:36PM Four people have been charged with drug offences after police discovered three sophisticated hydroponic cannabis labs in far north Queensland. The labs were found at East Trinity, Palm Cove and Smithfield, police said. They were believed to have been part of an organised syndicate based around large-scale cannabis production. One lab, protected by a high-tech surveillance system, was found in a shed at an East Trinity slipway. Police allegedly found 64 "high quality" cannabis plants, most of which were ready for harvesting, plus 17kg of cannabis heads in a drying room. The lab at Palm Cove allegedly housed 16 mature plants weighing 9…