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THE Australian Greens have dropped a controversial policy to study options to supply drug users with ecstasy and marijuana. Party leader Bob Brown said yesterday the party had backed away from the proposal after talking to drug experts. The plan to investigate the regulated supply of illicit drugs was ridiculed by critics in the lead-up to the 2004 federal election. It called for "the controlled availability of cannabis at appropriate venues" and "investigations of options for the regulated supply of social drugs such as ecstasy in controlled environments". Under the Greens' revised drugs policy, decisions about harm minimisation would rest with a proposed new Aus…

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Author: AAP Date: February 23, 2006 Source: The Australian Copyright: © The Australian

Some cannabis with your tea? von Jenny Wiggins Put that in your pipe and smoke it: A health beverage containing the plant is the latest in a string of new "functional drinks" to find a receptive market. Rituals associated with drinking tea are typically rituals of relaxation. In Britain, workers will take a break for a "mornin' cuppa". In India they will stop by the roadside to pick up a cup of chai. So when a group of entrepreneurs bought the rights to sell a drink made with tea and cannabis in the UK, it could have been the perfect opportunity for marketing a product guaranteed to make consumers zone out. Instead, C-Ice is concentrating on what it claims are its hea…

Hey Peeps...Im not sure if someone has posted this or not but it is now law in SA that NO plants can be grown anywhere..no outside and no inside. The 1 plant law is gone gone gone. Everyone goes to court over any MJ plants and you have to PROVE you bought nothing with supposed mj gains... So best advice is..rent a house...dont grow in one you own..dont drive a flashy car unless you can show you paid for it from a job...make sure you have a job! and of course tell no-one about the mj SA sucks and is run by right wing religious nazis This state can go fuck itself Jack Herer anyone?

I think that until they know how many of these people affecxted also used ...say, speed, lsd, opiates,etc etc ... as well as or instead of cannabis they should have their tounges cut out (yes, i went there!) for blaming cannabis .. FFS ... comparing Wales to London or the Dam ... stupid shit Simon Kearney ..

Source: ABC News The New South Wales Government is being accused of moving too slowly in allowing some people to legally use cannabis for therapeutic relief. Patients with chronic pain from cancer, HIV/AIDS and other illnesses came to NSW Parliament, calling on the Government to legalise cannabis for the use of pain relief. Premier Bob Carr has supported the idea of a trial of cannabis for medical purposes. One of the patients, Ron, says politicians are happy to talk in favour of the plan but keep failing to implement it. He says patients with severe pain who use cannabis do not want to feel like criminals. "When is somebody going to do something?" he asked. "…

Author: Greg Stolz Date: 14 jul 06 Source: The Hobart Mercury Copyright: © Davies Bros

04.07.2006 By WILL JACKSON DRUG users, dole cheats and visa dodgers were the target of a fourday police, Centrelink and Department of Immigration crackdown in Lismore and Nimbin. Operation Grasstree, which ended on Sunday, was part of an ongoing ‘all of government’ approach to policing in the Richmond Police Local Area Command. Police were armed with drug detection warrants and labrador sniffer dog teams during the operation, which had two stages. Phase one had plainclothes officers patrolling local streets within the command, focusing mainly on Lismore. The second phase saw uniformed officers manning roadblocks on main access roads into Nimbin. Department of…

A SYDNEY man has been charged over the largest seizure of cannabis in NSW, valued at more than $38 million. He is the 16th person arrested over the April 2004 seizure of 3.2 tonnes of cannabis in a raid on a Jacks Creek property, 17km from Narrabri, in the state's west. During the dawn raid, police allege they located drying cannabis in two sheds and suspended within a crop site. Police arrested 15 people at the time. The latest arrest, of a 39-year-old Brighton-le-Sands man, was made outside his southern Sydney home at 11am (AEST) yesterday. He was charged with aiding and abetting the large commercial cultivation of a prohibited drug and conspiracy to supply a pr…

The British Government's decision to downgrade cannabis to a Class C drug has been criticised by the head of the United Nations anti-drugs department. Antonio Maria Costa, executive director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), said countries got the "drug problem they deserved" if they maintained inadequate policies. In an unusual statement, he suggested cannabis was as harmful as cocaine and heroin - a stance which differs wildly from the British attitude of treating cannabis far less seriously than Class A substances. Mr Costa suggested that cannabis was now "considerably more potent" than a few decades ago and that it was a "mistake" to dismiss it as a soft, …

Police to get password powers Where ????? Simon Hayes JUNE 06, 2006 Artical QUEENSLAND [bloodyQld'ers] Police are to be given power to force suspects to hand over passwords and encryption codes. Civil libertarians warn the laws could allow corrupt police to fake evidence, because they will have access to suspects' digital signatures. The legislation, to come into force in July, covers mobile phones, PCs, handhelds and other electronic devices. Non-compliance carries up to 12 months' jail. The amendments to the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act will make Queensland the only state with legislation preventing suspects from claiming the right to…

Parliament Debates Medicinal Cannabis View larger imageFile photo shows the rolling of a marijuana joint© Getty Images 15/06/2006NewstalkZBParliament is to debate whether medicinal cannabis should be introduced as a treatment option for people with serious illnesses. The concept forms the basis of Green MP Metiria Turei's private member's bill which has been pulled from the ballot. Ms Turei says the bill will allow registered medical practitioners to prescribe cannabis for specific serious conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, glaucoma and those suffering conditions associated with chemotherapy. She says at present, medicinal cannabis is only availa…