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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…

$800,000 cannabis seized in search Friday Mar 17 07:23 AEDT Police have seized $800,000 worth of hydroponic cannabis during a search of a Sydney house. The police raid about midday on Thursday uncovered 254 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of $800,000 in the house at Birrong, south west of Sydney. They also found other items for a hydroponics set-up. A 42-year-old man was arrested and charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of a prohibited plant. He will face Burwood Local Court on Friday. ©AAP 2005 ----------

FDA Rejects Marijuana for Medical Uses By LOU KESTEN, Associated Press Writer Fri Apr 21, 12:07 AM ET WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it does not support the use of marijuana for medical purposes. ADVERTISEMENT The FDA said in a statement that it and other agencies with the Health and Human Services Department had "concluded that no sound scientific studies supported medical use of marijuana for treatment in the United States, and no animal or human data supported the safety or efficacy of marijuana for general medical use." A number of states have passed legislation allowing marijuana use for medical purposes, but the FDA said, "T…

read this http://abc.net.au/news/australia/wa/bunbur...03/s1604504.htm how long do you think his sentence will be ??? he is 67 and second offence for cultivation

was speaking with a friend that resides in qld,and he reckons he saw on the news that government trying to pass HYDROPONIC MJ GROWING the same as a class offence under the drugs misuse act australia wide..this is in the same category as producing amphetamines.. can this be true? has anyone else heard talk of this?? take care and peace out...

April 3, 2006: Police crack down on marijuana users Author: PETER EDWARDS Date: Apr. 3, 2006 Source: The Toronto Star Copyright: © 2006. Oh, Canada!

TEENAGERS are more likely to smoke cannabis than cigarettes, it was claimed yesterday. And nearly twice as many youths are using cocaine than ever before, according to a study. The annual survey by Edinburgh sex-and-drugs advice group Crew 2000 said under-16s are most likely to take drugs at home or in a friend's house. They found 67 per cent of those who took part in their questionnaire had taken cannabis while 52 per cent had used tobacco. Crew 2000 manager John Arthur said: "Cannabis is so widely used now that people shouldn't really be surprised. "Cannabis has been around in youth culture for more than 40 years and it's pretty much normalised in large sectio…

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/st...55E2862,00.html Bathroom blitz Geoff Wilkinson 28mar06 Pulling the plug on a drug dungeon A SECRET witness under police protection was involved in a sophisticated hydroponic marijuana crop growing under a suburban house, a court heard yesterday. The court was told the 134kg crop was grown in an underground room reached only through a trapdoor hidden under a bathtub. Police who raided the house in Yellow Gum Blvd, Sunbury, knew there was a crop on the property but took 2 1/2 hours to find it. The court heard the discovery was made only after a sharp-eyed officer, who had recently renovated his home, noticed…

George Michael has been given a police caution for possession of cannabis. The superstar singer admitted the offence and accepted the punishment at an early morning meeting with police in London yesterday (29.03.06). The caution could be problematic for the star's career in the US - where officials can refuse visas for drug arrests. Michael was originally arrested for two drug offences after being found slumped over the steering wheel of his car in London's West End last month. But the second drug - initially thought to be popular clubbers' drug GHB, also known as liquid ecstasy - turned out to be legal substance amyl nitrate. A police spokesman said at the time…

POLICE closed down two more cannabis factories last week - using thermal imaging equipment - and seized an estimated £140,000 worth of the drug. In an attempt to get on top of the problem of cannabis production, bobbies on the beat are now being given handheld cameras - which show the heat emanating from the factories. Last Thursday drugs officers swooped on two addresses - one in Braemar Road and the other in Roslyn Road, South Tottenham - and seized large amounts of plants and growing paraphernalia. It is estimated the haul was worth more than £140,000. Binh Van Dong, 48, of Braemar Road, was arrested and charged with cultivation of cannabis, possession with int…