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Charges over home hydro pot farm
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From: http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16925690-1242,00.html TWO people will appear in court after police found an extensive hydroponic cannabis cultivation operation in a Sydney home. Police searched a house in Spitfire Drive at Raby in Sydney's southwest yesterday and found the hydroponic set-up under the house, in the dining room and three upstairs bedrooms. Investigators seized 336 cannabis plants, growth lamps, chemicals and a sum of cash. A 25-year-old woman and 41-year-old man were arrested at the house and charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of prohibited plants and goods in custody. The will appear in court next month, police said.
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Author: no byline Date: Friday, 14 October 2005 Source: ABC News Online Copyright: © 2005 ABC Link: article link Cannabis scheme eases court burden A Western Australian Government initiative allowing some people caught with small amounts of cannabis to pay a fine or attend an education session is easing pressure on the courts. Under the system, police can decide not to lay charges if a person is found with less than 30 grams of cannabis or is cultivating up to two non-hydroponic plants. More than 2,500 people were issued with infringement notices in the first year, with most opting to pay a fine. Terry Murphy from the Drug and Alcohol Office, says the number of …
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Vancouver Adopts plan calling for an end to phibition in short, they want to open up retail marijuana outlets and sell a controlled product to adults, well worth the read though :smoke
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Author: Clara Pirani Date: October 21, 2005 Source: The Australian (News Lmited) Copyright: © The Australian 2005 Links: article link link to post in medical cannabis forum about survey results Old and pained go to pot Clara Pirani, Medical reporter October 21, 2005 OLDER Australians are using cannabis to treat chronic pain, arthritis and nausea, claiming it is more effective than prescribed medications. A University of NSW study of cannabis use among people over the age of 50 found 57 per cent of users cited chronic pain as a reason for taking the drug, 56 per cent cited depression, 35 per cent arthritis and 27 per cent persistent nausea. "This study found a vari…
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Gotta love Det. Hill and his expert opinion trotted out to the press .. be fun to get in there and pop a few 'difficult' questions ... :mellow: dangerous tho I know Bacchius Marsh but can't place it .. :scratchin
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Cannabis-based drugs might be used to treat arthritis after a study showed they could relieve its pain. Cannabis has already been shown to have a role in the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Other studies suggest it may help treat gut disorders such as Crohn's disease. The latest study - the first to examine its effect in rheumatoid arthritis - found it significantly reduced pain and suppressed the disease. Researchers followed up a survey of 1000 people who had obtained the drug. About 15 per cent said they had done so to relieve the condition. Doctors at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath gave the cannabis-based medicine, Sativex, to …
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I think that sufferers should be the ones to decide whether they can accept the intoxicating effects ... so many other drugs cause sometimes radical side effects that doctors just tell patients to live with ... being the better option to the problem the drugs are treating.. blood pressure meds are a good and very widespread example .. I'm not saying cannabis can be used to treat HBP (i dont know) .. but hypertension .. definately has a beneficial effect And Mr Howard always seems to take the popular tack .. using cannabis to excuse so many problems with the society he rules .. not being broadminded enough to take the political opportunity of risking an admission that …
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Press Trust of India Posted online: Friday, October 14, 2005 at 1722 hours IST Updated: Friday, October 14, 2005 at 2018 hours IST New York, October 14: Researchers have claimed marijuana might make the brain grow, contradicting the popular belief that addictive drugs inhibit the growth of new brain cells. A study conducted at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada found that injections of a cannabis-like chemical seem to have the induced new brain cell growth, just as some antidepressant drugs do. Experts were quoted nature magazine as saying that the results, if borne out by further studies, could have far-reaching implications for addiction res…
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ok .. so its possible i could change my view on this somewhat :confused:
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Oliver's Fifteen Jamie Oliver plans to set up an in-house cannabis treatment course for trainees at his restaurant fifteen. The majority of the young chefs at ther restaurant, who are from poor backgrounds, will be offered support and guidance as part of the program. Absenteeism and lack of motivation amongst the trainees has been put down to drug use. The restaurant Fifteen is located in trendy Hoxton and opened to acclaim in 2002. Source: Sky News Active on Austar Digital...
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this takes about half an hour to watch and is very interesting. I'd be very interested to see what everyone has to say about this. http://abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20050321/ Regards S.Bliss ....Stay in School
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MARIJUANA users should be treated like cigarette smokers and told to "quit for life" if Australia is to tackle the rising incidence of drug-induced psychosis. A drug conference heard yesterday that the fashionable strategy of "harm minimisation" was not working as greater numbers of people suffered from mental illness. Acting magistrate Craig Thompson called on governments to wind back the decriminalisation of marijuana and impose "coercive rehabilitation" based on abstinence for people addicted to drugs. He said it was "totally incomprehensible" that the laws had evolved so people could be fined for smoking a cigarette but cautioned for marijuana use. "So many…
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Author: Julia Baird Date: 3/11/2005 Source: Sydney Morning Herald Copyright: ©© 2005. The Sydney Morning Herald. Link: link to article Proof politics has long gone to pot By Julia Baird November 3, 2005 WHAT a curious state of affairs in Britain, when models are sorely judged for using drugs, while politicians are excused for the same behaviour. As the New Statesman asked, "Politicians on drugs, what's new?" Does this finally explain the decision to go to war in Iraq? What's going on? First, the model. It's been a wonderful irony that the icon of heroin chic, the spindly legged, gaunt- cheeked Kate Moss, is now a cautionary tale for anti-drugs campaigners. Eve…
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Author: Nicole Cox Date: Nov 6, 2005 Source: Adelaide Sunday Mail - In depth section Tiltle: For rent: hidden lairs of drug lords Hey people, found this rather amusing whilst reading the paper this mornig, sorry it is so big but couldn't make it any smaller and still readable. My favorite is the "Industry sources say some plants reap up to 1.36kg of cannabis each, the equivalent of more than 3450 "joints"" HAHAHAHA Shit I'm definately growing the wrong strain, I need one of these plants that yields 48 ounces Page 1 Page 2
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AT the height of his nightmare with amphetamines and marijuana, Ben Trueman did not sleep for three days. He sat on his roof with a shotgun and waited for "them" to come and get him. "They" never arrived, and another drug -- the anti-depressant Serapax -- brought him down to earth. Four years on, Mr Trueman is against so-called party drugs. "Amphetamines and marijuana are not soft drugs," he said. "They are lifestyles and change people into different people." Mr Trueman, 24, lives in home-detention on bail, awaiting charges of stealing, but holds down a job in a sink factory. His partner is expecting a baby. He and his mother, Ruth Trueman, rarely saw eye…
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