Cannabis Hemp News

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…

Evening Standard, London, 09/02/08. Father of 3 jailed for miniscule amount of pot

Doctors group backs medical marijuana American College of Physicians urges government to rethink prohibition WASHINGTON - A leading U.S. doctors group has endorsed using marijuana for medical purposes, urging the government to roll back a prohibition on using it to treat patients and supporting studies into its medical applications. The American College of Physicians, the second-largest doctors group in the United States, issued a policy statement on medical marijuana this week after it was approved by its governing body, the group said on Friday. The group cited evidence that marijuana is valuable in treating severe weight loss associated with AIDS, and nausea an…