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link An honours student in the US has been charged with delivering marijuana-spiked muffins to a teachers lounge in a senior prank that sent 18 people to the hospital and triggered an FBI and terrorism investigation. "I had no idea of the scope of my actions," Ian Walker, 18, said after he and friend Joseph Tellini surrendered to police. They could receive 10 years in prison or more if convicted of felony charges. Walker is accused of bringing adulterated bran muffins to Tellini's suburban school May 16 and claiming they were part of a Boy Scout project. When Lake Highlands High School employees ate the muffins, they began complaining of nausea, lightheadedness a…

POLICE have launched a crackdown on drug gangs setting up hydroponic cannabis-growing operations across Melbourne and nearby farming areas. The move comes as Prime Minister John Howard urges states to tackle cannabis abuse as part of Australia's new mental-health strategy. At the Council of Australian Governments meeting in Canberra on Friday, Mr Howard said a generation of Australians had been too passive about illicit drug use, particularly marijuana and amphetamines. The latest raids, on Thursday, resulted in seven arrests at hydroponics shops in Melton and Werribee, houses across the western and northern suburbs and a farm near Bacchus Marsh. Three men appeared in the…

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17253511-1702,00.html --- Article Text --- A TEENAGE boy will face court today after cannabis worth nearly $1 million was found at a house in Sydney's south. Police raided the house on The Grand Parade at Sans Souci about 9.30am (AEDT) today after a tip-off from a member of the public. Officers allegedly found 233 hydroponic plants with an estimated street value of $880,000. Police later arrested a 17-year-old boy in inner city Waterloo. He was charged with cultivating a prohibited plant and was due to appear in Sutherland Local Court today.

Army Recruits Down The Australian Defence Force forecasts that young Australians will increase their usage of recreational drugs and suffer from obesity in higher numbers in the future. The findings came out of the Defence Force's internal recruiting plan, which found that the number of potential army recuits is deminishing. Increasing use of marijuana and obesity related to junk food were cited as the main reasons for the decline in the potential candidates. The ADF is having trouble recruiting for other reasons as well, including the ageing of the population and private sector competition. Source : SkyNews Active on Austar Digital Hmmm, I wonder if its la…

"It's harmless" "It's worse than heroin" "It cures cancer" "It causes cancer" "It causes Psychosis" "It cures Psychosis" Anyone getting sick of the FUD (Fear, Uncertanty, Doubt) that the media spreads about our favorite herb? http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17423669-29277,00.html

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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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. "…