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* Illicit drug use cost business $3.3bn * Causing reduced workforces, absenteeism * Problem more "balanced business-type approach" THE authors of a new study showing illicit drug use cost Australian business $3.3 billion in one year say the law enforcement approach to drugs has failed to protect people and commerce. The Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation today released what it claims is the first known Australian study to quantify the cost of illicit drug use. The foundation said illicit drug use in 2003 cost Australian business $3.3 billion, or two per cent of that year's corporate profits. Reduced workforce, absenteeism The Three Billion Dollar Que…

How cannabis led my boy to become a heroin addict CANNABIS has, for decades, been seen in some quarters as nothing more than a hippy drug. Whether they call it ganja, weed, dope, grass, many people insist it's a harmless way to unwind. At one stage it appeared even the Government was leaning towards that view too - in 2004, laws against cannabis were relaxed. It was declassified and made a class C drug. Advert for SuperScotCasino But in recent months alarming evidence has emerged about its side-effects, particularly the link to psychosis and mental illness - one modern derivation of cannabis, skunk, is ten times stronger than the homegrown pot smoked back in the 196…

Check out this article from The Age March 25: http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/the...4597954395.html I really don't think people are switching to E's when they normally smoke weed but I certainly haven't been able to get any pot recently although I only have a couple of dealers which both seem to be dry at the moment.

Raids over two days result in nine arrests By Nikki Joyce - 18/04/2007 - Toowoomba Chronicle 2007 NINE people were arrested on 18 drug charges following two days of police raids in Toowoomba this week. Police from the city's Tactical Crime Squad acted on a series of tips from the public resulting in Operation Albatross, where those arrested were charged with possession of drugs and drug utensils. The State Flying Squad joined the city's police in the raids, with more than $1000 worth of stolen property also seized from Belgium and Hume streets in South Toowoomba in the operation. Senior Constable Stuart Standeaven said police were making inquiries about the f…

Potential Drug Target for Stroke Identified New research by University of Otago scientists suggests some mechanisms in the brain targeted by cannabis could become drugs targets to counter brain cell damage after a stroke. Researchers from the Medical School's Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology have been the first in the world to show the cannabinoid CB2 receptor appears in the rat brain following a stroke. Their findings were published recently in the journal Neuroscience Letters. Dr John Ashton says the CB2 receptor is a protein produced as part of the body's immune response system. "This response is triggered by stroke and causes the inflammation that lea…

[at tachment=21919:attachment][attach ment=21916:attachment]hi folks .. on my jaunt around Europe last year .. came across... A hemp crop right on the border of Austria & Hungary ... it would seem that Hungarians are not stupid , but it's a poor country & the uses of hemp too good to ignore so they thumb their noses at USA .. & grow it anyway ... HA ha ah H ah Hha hAHah Aha h Ha h ha ... ahemn. I saw wild Hemp growing everywhere in the countryside ... at the time I was not smoking any MJ... I think the sign says country border.

Britain's fight against drugs 'a total failure' Government attempts to persuade thousands of young people to stay away from drugs have failed and done nothing to curb the soaring popularity of illegal substances, a devastating report will warn this week. The number of young people using cocaine and cannabis has increased rapidly over the past 20 years despite high-profile campaigns, such as the £9m 'Frank' initiative aimed at 11 to 15-year-olds, according to an in-depth examination of official efforts to tackle Britain's chronic drug problem. It is also expected to claim that Britain's 'unusually severe drug problem compared with that of our European neighbours' is …

Police drug sniffer dogs target children during school holidays - Lismore by Jess Stone April 12,2007 DTS - Exclusive First the NSW government gives us there latest teen anti-cannabis campaign , carrying tag lines such as "Pot. It mightn't kill you, but it could turn you into a dickhead" ,which is staggering in its stupidity ,and now I am informed by reliable sources that undercover police are patrolling the streets of the NSW far north town, Lismore deliberately targeting children during school holidays with sniffer dogs, supposedly randomly selecting their victims but sources inform DTS that children , homeless street people , aboriginals ,buskers but no grannies o…