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Ed Rosenthal, the self-described "Guru of Ganja" convicted for a second time last month of violating federal drug laws by growing marijuana for medical patients, wants a new trial. The 62-year-old cannabis cultivation expert, former High Times magazine columnist and steadfast advocate for legalizing marijuana claims U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco wrongly prohibited him from telling jurors his goal was helping the sick, not selling drugs. "The court erred in excluding all evidence regarding the scientific value of medical marijuana," Rosenthal's attorney, Robert Amparan, said in court papers filed earlier this month. Responding to that motion in …

BUYING cannabis in the Dutch city of Maastricht will soon mean having your fingerprints taken, your face scanned and your biometric data recorded. All 15 coffee shops in the southern city are spending about €100,000 ($159,000) installing a security system that makes it harder for an under-age cannabis smoker to enter than a terrorist to set foot in Europe, according to Marc Josemans, head of the local coffee shop union. “We are ashamed for this attack on your privacy”, reads an explanatory leaflet about the system, which is due to start in September. The coffee shops face a continual struggle to prove they are not selling to people under the age of 18, or more than fi…

Police have claimed victory in dismantling an alleged drug house in the northern suburbs. Acting on a tip-off from members of the public, north west tactical investigation group officers raided a Two Rocks house at 10.30am yesterday and allegedly found two hydroponic cannabis-growing setups. The officers allegedly seized 16 cannabis plants about one metre tall and paraphernalia including air filters, electrical timers, water heaters and digital scales. A sling shot was also allegedly found, along with two smoking implements. A 42-year-old man who lived at the Damepattie Drive house was charged with cultivating cannabis with intent to sell or supply, possessing can…

A new research and education centre targeting cannabis is expected to be up and running by the end of this year. The Federal Government has announced the $12 million centre will be run by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, based at the University of New South Wales. Federal Minister Christopher Pyne says the centre will provide information to young people in particular about the dangers of the drug. "Cannabis is still a very important part of the drug scene and is the most used drug in Australia still, so we don't want to in our attempt to fight ice and ecstasy and other synthetic drugs take our eye off the ball of fighting cannabis," he said. Author: …

Dr. Tod H. Mikuriya, a California psychiatrist who was widely regarded as the grandfather of the medical marijuana movement in the United States, died on May 20 at his home in Berkeley. He was 73. The cause was complications of cancer, his family told California news organizations. Dr. Mikuriya, who helped make the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes legal in California, spent the last four decades publicly advocating its use, researching its effects and publishing articles on the subject. He was an architect of Proposition 215, the state ballot measure that in 1996 made it legal for California doctors to recommend marijuana for seriously ill patients. He was al…

I wrote this originally on Sunday but didn't have time to put it on line until today.... Ali xx So here is a neat one for you guys... Gary and I decide to take a friend out to the the Horse Races and try our luck as we hadn't been for years. What better way to spend a rainy Sunday evening we thought? Besides even though it was raining, my face wasn`t really bothering me much. What I`m smoking seems to be helping wonderfully... So we get to the Race Track/Casino and it's busy as usual. My girlfriend hadn't been to see Horse Racing so she was VERY excited to say the least.... Inside we go to the Race Track and see that we had ten minute…

CANNABIS super-strains up to 30 per cent stronger are being cultivated in South Australia by crime groups who travel internationally to "refine" their growing techniques. The Australian Crime Commission's annual Illicit Drug Report released this month warned of a Canadian strain being introduced in Australia through links with Vietnamese crime groups. The report said there were indications Vietnamese Australians had travelled to Canada to refine production techniques. Inspector Greg Englert, intelligence co-ordinator for New South Wales Police's Asian crime squad, recently highlighted the British Columbian strain in the Australian Police Journal. "It has been arou…

Marc Emery is not your average international drug kingpin. The man described by the American Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) as Canada's biggest trafficker and self-styled "Prince of Pot", who faces the death penalty if convicted in the United States, freely admits to having made millions from marijuana. He ensures as many people as possible know about it and even listing his profession as "marijuana seed vendor" on his tax returns. In Canada, possession of less than 30g of marijuana or seeds carries a 12-month prison sentence and a $1 000 fine, but the law is almost never enforced, making marijuana all but legal. The proof of this is everywhere. Cafés in a Vancouver di…

sppose i should post more of these articles At a recent backyard barbecue in Miami's Upper Eastside, a group of middle-age, middle-class folks tamely sipped berry cocktails and beers. Among them: a couple of lawyers, a couple of city administrators and an arts administrator. Somewhere between the skirt steak and the apple pie, somebody lit a joint and passed it around. Nobody blinked. Even in mainstream, white-collar settings, smoking marijuana can be commonplace and unremarkable, like having a little wine with dinner. Once a stamp of the arty, the marginal and the counterculture, today marijuana's popularity cuts across social boundaries. Yet several high-prof…