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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…

A PRISON employee smuggled a loaded gun into a jail in an alleged plot to kill mobster Lewis Moran, a court has heard. The gun was found in the cell of a convicted kidnapper in 2003. The prison worker allegedly handed a package containing the gun to the kidnapper in the presence of a road-rage killer who was a close associate of gangland murderer Carl Williams. Crime patriarch Lewis Moran, 58, was slain the following year at the Brunswick Club. Williams, 36, was jailed this month for organising Moran's murder. The County Court heard that several people could be charged over a conspiracy to kill Moran while he was in custody. A former Port Phillip Prison emplo…

Drugs cause of Pine Creek Road Train Collision Northern Territory Police say that one of the drivers in Monday night's road-train crash near Pine Creek was on drugs at the time of the head on collision. Northern Territory Police have charged a 35-year-old man for driving in a reckless manner endangering life, being under the influence of drugs and in possession of cannabis. The road train was carrying cattle when it veered onto the wrong side of the road. The Stuart Highway, 20 kilometres north of Pine Creek, was closed for 18 hours while debris was cleared from the road. The accused is being treated for injuries at Katherine hospital. He will face court i…

Former pop queen grew drugs FORMER pop star Allison Durbin has admitted growing and trafficking cannabis. Australia's former Queen of Pop, 57, pleaded guilty to three charges in the County Court yesterday. The court heard Durbin, who goes by her married name Allison Ann Giles, lists her occupation as an "entertainer on a disability pension for the last six or seven years". In Melbourne Magistrates' Court last year, the faded pop sweetheart was accused of supplying cannabis to convicted drug dealer Giuseppe Dom "Joe" Barbaro, 50. Barbaro's three-week-old daughter Montana was kidnapped in 2004. The court heard Giles allegedly used the code word "baby" at th…