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By staff reporters and the Herald Sun April 11, 2007 03:25pm VICTORIA police said today they had taken cannabis from a school in Kew and would speak to a 17-year-old student. The boy's parents would also be spoken to. Staff at the secondary college had co-operated with police. The Herald Sun reported today that Xavier College in Victoria was forced to expel a year 11 student for selling marijuana in the school yard. Another three pupils were suspended after admitting they bought the drug from the student. Staff at Xavier had decided not to go to police over the incident, instead referring the students concerned for counselling. Students at the independent…

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Australia's first ocean-going gay cruise, NaviGAYtion, has been raided by police, culminating in the arrest of four men on drug charges. The cruise, which left Sydney on Friday (March 30) for a three-day trip in the Tasman Sea, was the focus of a police operation involving an undisclosed number of officers from Sydney's Marine Area Command and sniffer dogs from the NSW Police Dog Unit. A statement released by NSW Police said five people were detected with drugs during the operation, in which all 1,200 passengers were searched as they boarded P&O liner the Pacific Sun. Of the five people found carrying drugs, four were charged with illicit drug offences - includ…

Drug users claim lighter jail terms * 3000% increase in drug users claiming mental impairment * Top laywer says system is being rorted DRUG users are taking advantage of South Australia's mental impairment defence laws to gain lighter sentences. The head of the South Australian Parole Board Frances Nelson QC today said the definition of mental impairment was too wide under 10-year-old reforms by the SA Government and many criminals were escaping with lenient jail terms. Ms Nelson said she was concerned at a stark increase in the number of drug users who used a defence of mental impairment for murder and lesser crimes such as graffiti vandalism and growing …

A man who grew 15 cannabis plants through a hydroponic operation at his home in Canberra has escaped conviction by an ACT Supreme Court. Police discovered the plants when they raided Guy Terance Hawksley's home in Turner in October 2003. Today the court heard he used the drug to treat pain from a back injury sustained when he was training to become an elite rower. Hawksley provided results from a test for cannabis to show he was now clean. Justice Terry Connolly said the man had turned his life around and was now finding alternative ways to treat the pain. He did not convict Hawksley but placed him on a 12-month good behaviour bond. Author:ABC Date:Wednesday, …

HERALD SUN BREAKING NEWS First conviction for drug-driving test March 20, 2007 04:53pm Article from: AAP THE first random roadside drug testing unit to operate in NSW has recorded its first conviction. The state's only roadside drug testing unit was established seven months ago, with a Winnebago van equipped to carry out tests for drug-drivers while carrying out random patrols throughout the state. A 26-year-old Sydney man was today convicted of driving under the influence of cannabis after being tested by the unit near Mount White, north of Sydney, earlier this year. Gosford Local Court was told that Matthew McMillan, of Glenwood, had failed a saliv…

January 22, 2006 POLICE in a southern Queensland region are offering rewards of up to $1,000 to people who dob in drug dealers and users. Operation Dial-in-a-Druggie, an initiative in the Toowoomba district, west of Brisbane, will run until January 29. It is designed to crack down on the production, manufacturing and distribution of illicit drugs in the region. Superintendent Tony Wright today urged people to call police to help them prosecute drug offenders and reduce drug use.

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