Cannabis Hemp News

I heard a rumor today that Qld passed news laws with much harsher consequences for smokers/dealers..anything pot. I know they banned buying even cones the other day, and a "swoop" today yeilded 100 grand worth of implements still being sold at tabbaconists, in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. If it wasn't so serious it's be comical. But please, can anyone give me reliable news about any changes to the penalties in Qld? I'm moving toward the end of the year, I'll go to NSW if that's the case. BTW, how's the harshness in NSW these days? Obviously better than QLD, but still, is it on the way "up" or "down" at the moment in NSW? Here's a link on the big bust on cones to…

Author: Robert Lindsay Date: 21/07/07 Source: Times online Copyright: 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd.

Professor David Nutt, works in addiction psychiatry at the University of Bristol , United Kingdom. A new UK study suggests that the current UK drug classification system of A, B, and C of the Misuse of Drugs Act is flawed and should be replaced by an evidence-based system of potential harm that would place alcohol and tobacco higher than cannabis and ecstasy. The study is published in The Lancet. Professor David Nutt from the University of Bristol, Professor Colin Blakemore, Chief Executive of the Medical Research Council, and two colleagues developed a new drug ranking system that would class socially acceptable tobacco and alcohol as more harmful than cannabis,…

Skunk may be strong, but it's no stronger than the high-quality hashish that has been smoked in Britain since time immemorial. Virtually half the Brown cabinet have now declared that they once smoked dope but didn't like it. What on earth is wrong with these people? Normal folk use drugs and enjoy them. All this talk of re-criminalising millions of cannabis users is predicated on untruth. That is, politicians and medical professionals are peddling dodgy data which purport to show that currently available strains of so-called "skunk weed" are 10 or more times stronger than anything the new home secretary may have toked while she was at Oxford in the early 1980s. It's…

http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/56753/ The Republican governor of Connectictut is the latest politician to look foolish for pushing tough anti-marijuana policies in the face of scientific data that proves the arguments hollow. When Connecticut's Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed legislation last month that would have allowed citizens with debilitating medical conditions to use medical cannabis under their doctor's supervision, she alleged that there was no proof of pot's therapeutic effectiveness and that legal alternatives are available by prescription. Now, a just-released clinical trial by researchers at Columbia University in New York is making the gove…

Date: 18/07/07 Source: Sky News Copyright: 2007 BSkyB

Author: AAP Date: July 20, 2007 - 6:07AM Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Copyright: 2007, AAP "Cop price" analysis: 11.5kg = 25.35lbs. 25.35lbs for $100,000 = $3944/lb or $246/oz. For once an almost realistic "cop price" estimate- but ppl moving poundage like that are not likely to see that sort of money. Bulk rate of about ~$2K/lb sounds more likely.

FYI on a great article... Love and a squish, Alison xx http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n840/a09.html?68562 CN SN: Column: The Law Has Little Influence On Marijuana Use URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v07/n840/a09.html Newshawk: CMAP http://www.mapinc.org/cmap Rate this article Votes: 0 Webpage: http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/new...0e-4baf-4c9d-9b Pubdate: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 Source: Regina Leader-Post (CN SN) Copyright: 2007 The Leader-Post Ltd. Contact: letters@leaderpost.canwest.com Website: http://www.canada.com/regina/leaderpost/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/361 Author: Dan Gardner Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Canna…

PARIS — Teenagers see wine and spirits as "old France" and are increasingly turning to cannabis to let their hair down, according to a national study on its consumption. Jean-Michel Costes, head of the French drugs and addiction watchdog, OFDT*, said yesterday that French cannabis use has soared in the past 15 years and is now almost on a par with Britain. While the French drink half the amount they did in the 1960s, cannabis consumption among the 18–35 year olds has more than tripled since the early 1990s, the report found. France is now just behind Britain, Spain, Switzerland, and Europe's heaviest cannabis users, the Czech Republic. "There is a big cultural dif…

Source: www.news.com.au i bet he wont smoke up with daniel johns again

Breaking News - Canadian Marijuana laws declared unconstitutional http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/07/13/pot-toronto.html Lightening struck twice for Lawyer Brian McAllister of Ontario, Canada. This is the second time that McAllister has succeeding in convincing a judge to declare Canadian pot laws unconstitutional. The last time he succeeded all pot charges were quietly dismissed over an entire summer by the Canadian government, until a collateral attack by another case was used by the courts as an excuse to resurrect a dead law. Michele Kubby argued before the BC Supreme Court that you cannot resurrect a dead law and that you cannot use a collateral attack to gut…

There's an article over at the SMH site about pot: http://blogs.smh.com.au/newsblog/archives/...ght/014551.html There's also an opportunity to add to the comments, so here's a chance to have a bit of a speak up on a national level, you can do it anonymously if you like. But while it's in the public spotlight at the moment we should strike while the iron is hot. C'mon M8'S less talk more action. ;-) N