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IT was hardly glamorous but it did the job. A Sydney police officer commandeered a bicycle to chase a teenager who fled while he was being questioned yesterday in suburban Redfern. Officers began chasing the youth when he ran off at 9.45pm yesterday but lost him. But when he was spotted again a few minutes later, a detective sergeant was not going to lose his man again. He stopped a passing cyclist and commandeered his bike to chase the youth. Shortly afterwards, with a disclocated shoulder the result of an arrest struggle, the police officer had his suspect. The youth has been charged with stealing, assaulting and resisting police and trespassing. He will…

Just heard an ad on the ABC about a show coming up on our favourite topic: Summer Science RADIO NATIONAL ABCRadio National: Highlights for the week ahead. Sunday 14 January, 5pm (Repeated Tuesday 16 January, 1pm) Marijuana – the myths and misconceptions Just how much harm does cannabis do to the brain, can it cause schizophrenia, how addictive is it, is it more or less harmful than alcohol and can it be an effective painkiller? On our panel to discuss these questions are psychiatrist David Castle, pharmacologist Iain McGregor and science writer Elizabeth Finkel, and the forum is hosted by Wilson Da Silva

January 18, 2007 12:00amNews.com.au A MAJOR drug ring in Northern Terrority has been smashed following raids on two houses and the interception of vehicles carrying the drugs, police say. More than $1 million of drugs were seized and five people arrested in raids over nine days since January 7, police said. "This is a significant drug haul for the Northern Territory and a major organised drug distribution ring has been dismantled," said Superintendent Peter Gordon today. More than 13kg of cannabis with a street value of $658,300 was seized but Supt Gordon said it could be worth more than $1 million if sold in remote NT communities. The combined methylampheta…

Ohhh damm what bad LUCK!!

A new report titled "Where there's smoke - cannabis and mental health" has been released. It was featured (splashed) in our local rag yesterday for some lovely boxing day anticannabis diatribe, no doubt! The link to it is here - http://www.mhca.org.au/documents/MHCACannabisfinalLR.pdf Heads up to Niall, Jess and our other cruisaders. I haven't had chance to swallow it all yet. Found section one summary to negate the value of the whole study. Funny enough, another government funded study into a phony issue. Likely better entitled "Where there's smoke and mirrors - governent misappropiation of funds and propaganda." Onto some quotes from the document.. "Recent p…

Guys this new just in from the UK, North America and Canada are expected to see this shortly so heads up: http://www.cannaprag.net/comment/070101.htm http://www.cannaprag.net/comment/070101_pics.htm Press release 1st January 2007 Contact Herbal cannabis on sale in the UK is now suffering widespread contamination. Analysis shows it to be small glass beads 50 - 120 micron in diameter. Sources suggest that this contaminant is industrial etchant spray used for glass frosting, a high pressure aerosol consisting of propellant, lubricant and silicate abrasives. This product has been identified as a likely candidate. During the summer of 2006 police staged a series of…

Drug Traffick Charge A South Australian man has been charged with drug trafficking in Singapore. 38 year old Michael Karras was allegedly caught with 495 grams of cannabis in his apartment. If found guilty, Karras will face between 5 and 20 years in jail. Australian officials are providing him with consular assistance. Source: Sky News Active... this story was edited before i got to copy it down, but the death penalty for cannabis in Singapore starts at 500 grams so this guy should be thanking his lucky stars that he wont die for having a bit of pot on him

http://www.ukcia.org/forum/read.php?3,9282,page=1 There are 21 pages in this thread- from about Sept 2006 to the present day-- frightening

Any one seen the ads on Ch9 for WEEDS starting Tues 5th Dec ? Theres nothing on 9MSN about it however I've seen quite a few ads so far( during Letterman Monday morning 3:00am 27-11-06) ,theres a bit on the net WEEDS TV Show ,from memory the show does not portray cannabis in a negative way,its just by-the-way dope sales as they go about there lives.A single mum I believe this could be interesting in view of the current "Reefer Madness" hysteria in OZ at the moment. As you can imagine its cable only in the US however so is the Sopranos&the Simpsons and we get those uncensored, the US audiences would never get this sort of stuff free-to-air ,remember the Janet Jacko BS…

Author: William Dolphin Date: Jan 4, '07 Source: Americans For Safe Access Copyright: Unknown, probably on the page posted Lord, when will this stupidity end? With all the real crime in this country the Feds are picking easy, innocent targets. Such criminals! These "bad" criminals seek to help folks who are suffering. What do they get for their efforts? Jail! How can these idiot pigs sleep at night? Chalk up another one for the big $$ pharma police...wheather they know it or not these lumpheads are protecting the synthetic chemical companies, the worst, most deadly pushers in history. Like Steppenwolf said, God damn the pusher man! I do not 'cuss' online, but these g…