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Control centre to tackle cannabis GLENN MILNE 07may06 A NATIONAL Cannabis Control Centre will be established under a new $20 million Federal Government plan to tackle Australia's growing cannabis menace. Federal Treasurer Peter Costello will unveil measures to combat cannabis use in Tuesday's Budget after a new report revealed about 300,000 Australians use it each day. The centre will train specialists in how to educate young people against the dangers of cannabis abuse. It will be used to establish a national database on the problem. Sources said the centre's activities would be backed up by counsellors who will be assigned to university campuses where they w…

For a while there it seemed as though the latest anti-cannabis campaign driven by John Howard and Morris Iemma was dying down but now it's back and meaner than ever. And, I used to think that channel Ten was a little less anti-cannabis than Nine and Seven but that illusion has been shattered. They joined the anti-cannabis crusade in a big way last night by portraying cannabis as a drug which will ravage users and make them deranged out-of-control murderers. On the 5th of May, 2006, Ten's late news had two negative stories on cannabis. Here is the summary: The broadcast starts at approx 11.55pm and the third headline is: "...and how cannabis is driving Australia '…

Mexico set to legalize personal amounts of pot, cocaine, heroin Source: Mexico to decriminalise pot and cocaine, The AgeAuthor: Reuters Date: April 29, 2006 - 6:24AM Copyright: © 2006 Reuters Source: cnn.comAuthor: The Associated Press Date: Friday, April 28, 2006 Copyright: © 2006, CNN International San Diego mayor 'appalled' by Mexican move to lift drug laws: Source: www.sfgate.comAuthor: The Associated Press Date: Friday, April 28, 2006 Copyright: 2006, © www.sfgate.com Yeay! A win for the good guys!

Cannabis Painted on High Street House Must Go LITCHFIELD, Conn. -- A man who spray-painted large cannabis leaves on his house has agreed to remove the bright green paintings as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. Christopher Seekins, of Winsted, was arrested in October when police discovered about 100 marijuana plants in his house. He said they were hemp and part of a research project. After his arrest, Seekins painted images of the green leaf on his Victorian-style house, each accompanied by the word "hemp." Town officials say they received several complaints because Seekins' home _ on High Street _ is visible from Winsted's main thoroughfare. Seekins has …

A MAN who bludgeoned his own mother to death because he could not bear the thought of becoming her full-time carer led a secret life of shame and violence as a cross-dressing armed robber. Bizarre details of father-of-three Phillip Parkes' life were revealed yesterday when he was jailed for at least 13 years for the murder of ailing Grace Parkes, 83. Parkes, 49, pleaded guilty in November to the crime, committed in January last year, but faced the Supreme Court for sentencing submissions yesterday. The hearing was told he had previously been convicted of armed robberies, carried out while dressed in women's clothes with an unloaded firearm. This, a psychiatrist to…

It was just another quickfire raffle at work – but the prize wasn't the usual meatpack or frozen chook. Instead, the winner would take home an ounce of sticky marijuana heads. And ticket seller Timothy Andrew Murphy's number was up when someone called the police. In the New Plymouth District Court yesterday, an embarrassed but smiling Murphy (25), of New Plymouth, admitted he was busted selling raffle tickets at his work on April 7. Judge Louis Bidois asked Murphy if he had lost his job as a result. Murphy confirmed he had, but said in his defence: "It's been done before." Judge Bidois said the scheme was doomed to fail, because when Murphy asked people to buy…

A 64-YEAR-OLD man has been charged in connection with what West Australian police allege was an "elaborate" hydroponic cannabis operation. Police allegedly found 101 cannabis plants, drying cannabis and cultivation equipment at a home in Two Rocks, 65km from Perth. They said evidence was found at a rear granny flat, an underground cellar, a rear shade house and two bedrooms on the property. The man has been charged with cultivation and intent to sell and supply and will appear in the Joondalup Magistrates Court on Friday. Author:Sunday Times Date:26apr06 Source:Sunday Times Copyright:© Sunday Times

A felony child abuse charge has been filed against the 26-year-old mother of a baby who tested positive for cannabis after its birth at Medcenter One April 15. Vanessa Laducer, of Bismarck, has been charged with child abuse for willfully inflicting injury on her minor child by using marijuana while she was pregnant, a Class B felony, said Julie Lawyer, a Burleigh County assistant state's attorney. Lawyer said the child tested positive for marijuana at birth. At a recent bond hearing, South Central District Judge Bruce Romanick set Laducer's bond at $1,500 cash or surety. A bond condition imposed allows Laducer to have supervised visits with her baby, Lawyer said. La…

Congressman Mark Souder has been busy in his personal war on drugs. As well as fighting against the legalisation of cannabis for medical use, the Indiana Republican has slipped a provision into a bill calling for the fungus Fusarium oxysporum to be used as a biological control agent against drug crops in foreign countries. The CIA, however, has had moral doubts about using the fungus. In 2000, a CIA official told The New York Times that it was unsafe both for humans and for the environment: "I don't support using a product on a bunch of Colombian peasants that you wouldn't use against a bunch of rednecks growing marijuana in Kentucky." The Department of Agriculture an…

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TWO men have been charged with drug offences after police found a sophisticated hydroponic cannabis set-up in a house in Wollongong. Officers from the drug unit raided a home on Mount Brown Road, Dapto, about 3.30pm (AEST) yesterday, finding 139 cannabis plants, a NSW police spokeswoman said. About 170 seedlings and 1.89kg of cannabis leaf were also found. Two men, aged 37 and 41, were charged with indictable cultivation, supply and possession offences. The younger man was found to be an illegal immigrant, the spokeswoman said. The men were refused bail and will appear in Wollongong Local Court today. Author:news.com.au Date:25apr06 Source:news.com.au Copyrig…