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Police use thermal imaging to uncover cannabis factories Thermal imaging cameras are being used by police to reveal homes concealing secret cannabis factories. The hand-held equipment detects the extreme heat created by lighting systems used in the intensive rearing of marijuana plants. Properties where cannabis is being grown will release up to 10 times the amount of heat of an average family home. Police said the crop from just one house can be worth more than £70,000. Officers in London have successfully used the cameras for the first time in the Haringey area of the capital. They patrolled residential streets looking for suspicious heat emissions from buil…
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19 March 2006: Author: Alex Mitchell Date: March 19, 2006 Source: Cannabis damaging, says study, Sydney Morning Herald Copyright: © 2006
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March 16, 2006: Pot painting sparks free speech debate Author: Matt Scott Date: 16 March, 2006 Source: WTNH-TV, New Haven, Connecticut Copyright: © 2006
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Wellington wants to shut down bar Business' morality called into question 15 March, 2006, United States: Author: CHRISTINE MCMANUS, ChristineMcManus@coloradoan.com Date: 15 March, 2006 Source: coloradoan.com Copyright: The Coloradoan © 2006 I'll fuckin' moral turpee.. whatever that words is.. to them! These lynchin' towns people!
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MARIJUANA plants with a potential street value of $1.463 million were seized by police during a four-day operation on the state's Mid North Coast last week. Officers spent four days removing plants as high as six metres growing on Crown and private land at Kendall, Comboyne, Lower creek, Bowraville, Missbotti, Taylors Arm and Newee Creek. During the operation named Strike Force Lush officers from the Drug Squad and Mid North Coast Local Area Command, with assistance of Polair and the Dog Unit, seized 718 cannabis plants. The plants seized in the Kendall and Comboyne areas were found growing in the Kerewong State Forest. The cannabis was destroyed at bonfires at Wa…
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Just a quick snippet of news that was in the Sunday paper. A guy on the outskirts of Townsville was caught with 70 plants ranging from 1m - 2m tall and were just started to bud (some had already started). Value is estimated at being over 1.3 million dollars. The police raided the property after a TIPOFF (FCK'ing DOGS) last week. The man is to appear in court this Friday. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The police commented on how healthy the plants were as well, .
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Author: Nigel Hunt Date: 12/03/06 Source: News.com.au Copyright: 2006 News Limited.
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Author: Andrew Macintosh Date: 13/03/06 Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Copyright: © 2006. The Sydney Morning Herald.
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U.S. / Canada Grass Wars Broadcast: Tuesday March 14, 2006 Reporter: Mark Simkin Copyright: 2006 © ABC LEAD STORY SERIES 15 EPISODE 24 U.S. / Canada Grass Wars
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Bell dismay on drug findings Author: Jason Phelan Date: 4:37:30 PM, Fri 10 March, 2006 Source: Sportal for afl.com.au Copyright: 2006 © sportal.com.au Author: Mike Sheahan Date: 11 March 2006 Source: Looking for substance as drugs take hold Copyright: 2006 © The Advertiser WA players test positive for drugs Author: The Sunday Times Date: 12 March 2006 Source: WA players test positive for drugs Copyright: 2006 © The Sunday Times Peter Bell admits that, chances are statistically, the AFL discriminates against 30% of the eligible footy-playing population: photo by Les Everett, copyright © www.australianrules.com.au Definition: Drug apartheid n. A pol…
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Author: The Australia Institute Date: March 2006 Source: The Australia Institute Web Site / Triple J Copyright: Summary Report Attached. Full version is available (for a fee). The Australia Institute have published a new paper "Drug Law Reform - Beyond Prohibition". It's based on a bunch of reaearch showing that prohibition of MJ (an other drugs) just isn't working. The bloke who wrote the paper was interviewed on Hack on Triple J today. The audio is not available yet but you can probably download it next week. Tak DP83___summary.pdf
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February 28, 2006: The Vic govt's serious penalties to be introduced The Age article: Drug-drive testing to become law Author: JESSE HOGAN Date: February 28, 2006 Source: theage.com.au Copyright: © 2006, The Age If you're caught drink driving for a second time there's a chance to avoid court and a licence suspension if the level is above 0.05 blood alcohol concentration but below 0.07 blood alcohol concentration. For drug users it's different - there's no third chance, it's automatic court proceedings only, which is likely to entail a conviction and then a mandatory three to six-month suspension of your licence plus thousands of dollars in fines. The Victo…
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TEENAGERS who use cannabis are up to 10 times more likely to develop serious mental illness than those who do not, latest research shows. British scientists have found the drug can cause permanent physical changes to the still-growing brain. That can lead to psychosis and schizophrenia in those worst affected. They also believe early exposure to cannabis increases the risk of users moving on to such harder drugs as heroin. Cannabis is the most used illicit drug in Australia, executive director of Drug and Alcohol Services Council of SA, Keith Evans, said. Anti-drug campaigners say the study is confirmation of what many long had suspected; there is a direct link bet…
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Author: By GREG KELTON Date: 03/03/06 Source: Advertiser Newspapers Pty Limited Copyright: © Advertiser Newspapers Pty Limited
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Adelaide Advertiser 04 March Guns, drug haul shock police By CARA JENKIN 04mar06 POLICE accidentally stumbled on a weapons arsenal and two cannabis crops at a property at Port Gawler yesterday morning after a routine arrest of a man for breaching his parole. Eleven assorted guns were found stashed beside the bed and in a wardrobe at the Shellgrit Rd property. Police also found a hydroponic set-up with four cannabis plants in a bunker, camouflaged among hay bales in a horse stable. A plantation of 37 plants surrounded by a corrugated iron fence was in the backyard. Police, including STAR Group officers, went to the property at 7am yesterday to arrest the 27-…
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