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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…

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…

Author: By GREG KELTON Date: 03/03/06 Source: Advertiser Newspapers Pty Limited Copyright: © Advertiser Newspapers Pty Limited

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-…

2 March 2006, United Kingdom: DON'T BE DOPEY, Scientists say smoking cannabis DOESN'T lead to taking harder drugs Author: Bob Roberts, Deputy Political Editor, The Mirror Date: 2 March 2006 Source: The Mirror Copyright: © 2006, The Mirror Suck shit Family First. (This is one of their main claims.)

Looks like the end for OG/CW/HS Media Advisory - The RCMP dismantles an international drug distribution network on the internet MONTREAL, Feb. 28 /CNW Telbec/ - Members of the Marihuana Grow Operations Enforcement Team of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police concluded their first major operation when they uncovered a Montreal based criminal organization involved in the trafficking, importation and exportation of cannabis seeds, as well as in conspiring for the purpose of cannabis cultivation via the Internet. This operation was launched in November 2004 under the name "Courriel" and culminated with the seizure of 200,000 cannabis seeds and the arrest of seven perso…

The accident in La Trobe Terrace, near the corner of Gordon Avenue, where a 16-year-old girl died in October last year. A GEELONG teenager has pleaded guilty to culpable driving over a crash which claimed the life of his 16-year-old passenger. Michael James Chambers, 18, also entered a guilty plea to recklessly causing serious injury when he appeared in Geelong Magistrates' Court yesterday. The count relates to injuries to a 15-year-old front seat passenger who survived the fatal crash in La Trobe Terrace last year. The court heard discussions were continuing about whether the charge would later be changed to one of negligently causing serious injury. Chambers…

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Police seize millions of dollars of cannabis plants 22 February 2006 Police have seized nearly 5000 cannabis plants from plots around the Nelson region over the last five days after a helicopter spotting blitz. Thirteen people now face prosecution over the haul reportedly worth millions of dollars. In one bust 70 plants up to 4m tall were discovered in Golden Bay. "I haven't seen them that big in a few years," operation commander Sergeant Steve Savage told The Nelson Mail. The crop was protected with an electric fence, cyanide paste and possum or "gin" traps. He said this was now standard practice among growers who didn't want wildlife interfering wi…

Source: Sky News Active , Austar Digital I feel so sorry for this woman, sounds like she got rorted into buying seedy buds and then she got busted :thumbdown

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/commo...%5E2702,00.html Toughen sentences for 'dangerous' cannabis: DPP Jeremy Roberts and Verity Edwards February 13, 2006 COURTS must impose tougher sentences for cannabis-related crimes because of the damage it does to the mental health of marijuana smokers, South Australia's Director of Public Prosecutions has demanded. Speaking at the first-ever "open day" for the office of the DPP in Adelaide, Stephen Pallaras QC said he was waiting for the right drug case to appeal to a higher court. "I have heard the research on the link between mental illness and cannabis and it concerns me greatly," Mr Pallaras said. "It may be …

Author: Jay Warren Date: 6/02/2006 Source: WCPO TV, KY, USA Copyright: 2006 Tri-state Teen Turns Parents In To Police More articles on the same thing: Turning in parents takes 'guts' Son blows the whistle on his parents