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September 13, 2006 - Washington, DC, USA Washington, DC: Recently published clinical and preclinical research on the therapeutic use of cannabis indicates that cannabinoids may curb the progression of various life-threatening diseases - in particular, autoimmune disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease, as well as neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's disease) - according to a comprehensive new report published today by the NORML Foundation. The NORML Foundation report summarizes over 120 recently published trials assessing the therapeutic utility of ca…

Drivers face random drug tests Motorists in NSW will be subject to random drug testing under legislation to be introduced to parliament today. Offenders could face prison sentences of up to nine months and unlimited licence suspensions. "The random roadside drugs tests will be used to detect speed, cannabis and ecstasy," Premier Morris Iemma said. Mr Iemma also said all drivers and motorcycle riders involved in fatal crashes would be forced to undergo blood testing. Police Minister Carl Scully said specially trained police officers would conduct the saliva tests with portable drug screening machines. So Morris Iamascumma joins his FUCKWIT TRAITOROUS LABOR MATE…

SAN RAMON: By Bruce Gerstman CONTRA COSTA TIMES A fire and explosion in a suburban San Ramon garage in February exposed a lesser-known form of marijuana and ignited a debate about its safety. Prosecutors say three men were mixing butane with crushed marijuana leaves to extract what is known as honey oil, a concentrated form of cannabis, which was going to be used in a medical marijuana dispensary. In what county prosecutors call a first for a marijuana case, the District Attorney's Office has filed charges against the three men for manufacturing a controlled substance -- a charge usually associated with methamphetamine and rock cocaine. A conviction on the charge c…

LAZARAT, Albania (Reuters) - Cannabis plants lay stacked up like Christmas trees around a police station near this remote Albanian village, a humbling sight for growers who two years ago took pot-shots at an Italian police helicopter. "Why didn't you come much earlier?" an old woman wailed at the police, berating them for not acting before work had gone into growing the crop. "Four of our donkeys died fetching water for these plants. And now you come and the harvest's all gone." Albania has been clamping down on cannabis cultivation since Prime Minister Sali Berisha pledged early this year to "wipe it off the map". But in the southern village of Lazarat, where plant…

Last Update: Thursday, August 31, 2006. 7:00pm (AEST) CWA votes in favour of marijuana for medicinal use ----------------------------------------------------------- The National Conference of the Country Women's Association (CWA) has voted in favour of a resolution supporting the medical use of marijuana for pain relief. The CWA held its meeting in Darwin and members have told of relatives seeking relief from the side-effects of cancer treatment and chronic illness. President-elect Leslie Young says the CWA now supports a trial to determine whether cannabis can ease their pain. "We will be approaching the federal and state ministers to consider the legalisation of…

Embassy cautious about new drug test laws Friday, 1 September 2006. 13:04 (AEDT) ------------------------------------------------- The Nimbin Hemp Embassy is offering cautious support to plans to introduce drug-testing for drivers in New South Wales. The State Government introduced laws into the Parliament yesterday that would allow police to take random saliva tests designed to detect cannabis, ecstasy and speed. The Hemp Embassy's Michael Balderstone says as long as the tests only apply to recent drug use he will support them. He says the Nimbin community has been waiting for this time to come. "There's been a few false starts on this and we've been waiting fo…

US police chief's warning over doomed drugs policy The prohibition against illicit street drugs should be ended as hard-line legislation against drugs is doomed to failure, a US police chief warned today. Jerry Cameron, a police veteran with 17 years experience, urged the Irish Government not to make the same mistakes the United States has made in its war on drugs. Mr Cameron said there was ample evidence the hard-line crackdown with severe prison sentences for possession of street drugs such as cannabis and heroin in America had failed to deal with the problem. “If someone wants to try a drug they are going to try it the law makes no difference,” he said. “In a…

August 07, 2006 Ignorance won't make abuse go away Author: The NPY Women's CouncilDate: August 07, 2006 Source: The Australian Copyright: Copyright: News Limited © 2006 Now the Aboriginal people themselves are saying it. I wonder if she's payed-off? I mean, I wonder how much she got payed for each occurrence of the word marijuana? Still, it is being smoked there and so it does contribute in some way to the general environment but, the conditions of these Aboriginal settlements must be appalling. I mean to live from one pay packet to the next be on grog and weed every day and then turn to pedophilia there must be just a hopeless pit of despair and a circle of…

Hi All, I heard on the radio this morning that drug testing for high school children was coming in somewhere. I looked on the Net and found: MP's want drug test for teens August 17: Author: XANTHE KLEINIGDate: August 17, 2006 12:15am Source: theadvertiser.news.com.au Copyright: 2006 © news limited. And this one from Vic: August 17 2006: Baillieu urged to drug test school students My comment: I ain’t encouraging young kids to smoke dope or nothin (particularly as this web site is for over 18’s consumption ) but think this is wrong. I smoked weed as a teen and would have been scared and humiliated at getting drug tested. How dare they? Are they going to exp…

Tourist fined for posting cannabis to himself 23 August 2006 A South Australian man who posted himself some cannabis to use during a holiday in Queenstown has gone home with a drug conviction. Alexander David Wolper, 21, cellar hand, was yesterday fined $600 by Judge Stephen O'Driscoll in Dunedin District Court after he admitted importing 6.6g of cannabis, which Customs intercepted at the Queenstown mail centre on August 11. Wolper posted the cannabis in a parcel with snowboard magazines and gloves before he left Australia, addressing it to the Queenstown hotel where he would be staying. Prosecutor Sergeant Tom Scouller said when police spoke to Wolper in Queen…

2:33 pm, 23 Aug 2006 The Sports Dispute Tribunal says the decision by basketball's international governing body, FIBA, to suspend Tall Blacks guard Mark Dickel jeopardises their bid to achieve uniformity across sport in New Zealand. Dickel was suspended by Basketball New Zealand for two games and was then warned and reprimanded when he appeared before tribunal chair Barry Patterson QC in accordance with World Anti Doping Agency's code. However FIBA suspended Dickel for a further three games at the world champs in Japan and Mr Patterson says that highlights the inconsistencies in penalties that exist for the same offence. He says if the matter isn't resolved they …

Cannabis doctor escapes prison August 24, 2006 - 4:53PM A Sydney doctor who grew 49,519 cannabis plants will not serve a custodial sentence, a Newcastle court has ruled. Dr Andrew John Katelaris was convicted on March 8 this year of one count of cultivating not less than a large commercial quantity of cannabis. He grew the plants on his property at Salisbury, near Dungog in the NSW Hunter Valley. The NSW District Court in Newcastle was told tests showed the crop had a low tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content, making it of no value as a drug. During sentencing submissions today, the court was told Dr Katelaris' licence as a medical practitioner in NSW had been re…

Call for new roadside drug test [Posted: Tue 22/08/2006] Roadside drug testing technology, which is already in use in Australia, should be introduced here, Fine Gael has said. The party was responding to a report by the Medical Bureau of Road Safety, which found that around 70% of erratic drivers who are stopped by the Gardai are under the influence of drugs. According to the report, cannabis and prescription medicines that affect the ability to drive, were the most common types of drug used by drivers. Cannabis was most likely to have been used by young male drivers, while middle-aged men were more likely to be on prescription drugs, such as antidepressants. …