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Cannabis smoke less carcinogenic than tobacco smoke Category: Alcohol/Addiction/Illegal Drugs News Article Date: 19 Oct 2005 Cannabis smoke is not as carcinogenic as tobacco smoke. In a review article published today in Harm Reduction Journal, Dr. Melamede from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA, writes that although cannabis smoke and tobacco smoke are chemically very similar, evidence suggests that their effects are very different and that cannabis smoke is less carcinogenic than tobacco smoke. The pharmacological effects of tobacco and cannabis smoke differ in many ways, mainly because tobacco smoke contains nicotine while cannabis smoke contains te…

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A man will appear in court next month after being charged with drug offences at Panania yesterday. About 8am police from Bass Hill Target Action Group, with the assistance of State Protection Group (SPG) Dog Unit, executed a search warrant on a home in Malvern Street. During the search police seized 206 cannabis plants worth an estimated potential street value of $412,000 as well as a large amount of equipment used for hydroponic cultivation. As a result a 44-year-old man was arrested and taken to Bankstown Police Station. He was charged with cultivate prohibited plant (indictable amount) and possess prohibited plant (indictable amount). The man was granted cond…

Man charged after drug raid 30sep05 CANNABIS plants with a potential street value of almost $100,000 have been found in a police raid on on the NSW Central Coast. Police said they searched a property at Budgewoi about 3pm (AEST) yesterday and allegedly found a hydroponic setup in a garage, along with 49 cannabis plants. A 41-year-old Budgewoi man was charged with cultivating and possessing a prohibited plant, possessing a prohibited drug, possessing a prohibited weapon, not having a firearm in safekeeping, and two counts of possessing unregistered firearms. He was bailed to appear in Wyong Local Court on October 26. News link This is fucked...this guy (and …

Cannabis worth $1 million and stolen property has been seized in a police raid in western Sydney. A woman, 41, was charged with having goods in custody and cultivating a prohibited plant and was bailed to appear in Liverpool Court on November 3. Police found 300 plants and $22,000 in cash while executing a search warrant at a house in Unwin Road, Cabramatta West late on Thursday morning. They said sophisticated cultivation equipment in the house included heat lamps, shades, transformers and exhaust fans. A man, 41, was questioned and released pending further inquiries. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=66246

A four-month-old baby boy has been removed from a home in Sydney's south-west during a drug raid by police. Detectives from the South-East Asian Crime Squad say they have charged a couple after discovering a sophisticated cannabis set-up in the home at south Liverpool. Police seized 90 plants and 40 bags of leaf with a potential street value of more than $300,000, as well as hydroponic equipment. Police spokeswoman Sue Thompson says two people will appear in court later today on various charges. "A 24-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man were arrested at the house and taken to Liverpool police station for questioning," she said. "Also a four-month-old baby boy …

Guess this proves what we've known all along. Previous periodical MJ use doesn't affect the ability and performance of talented indivuals in the least. http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/10/09/fbi.m...a.ap/index.html

One in 50 Victorian drivers tested positive for drug use, according to police, five times the rate of motorists found to be driving drunk. Victoria Police announced that 10,546 drivers had been tested for drug use since new roadside testing was rolled out in December last year. Acting Deputy Commissioner Noel Ashby said 213 drivers had revealed signs of recent methamphetamine or cannabis use, and the high rate of drugged-driving rate was a concern. The rate of motorists caught out by breath tests for alcohol is one in every 250 drivers in Victoria. "Not only is using illicit drugs illegal, but those who use drugs and then get behind the wheel are a real danger…

While this is not cannabis related news, the last 2 paragraphs sums much up of the drug problem in Australia: Brash ---------------- Author: Ruth Pollard Date: 1/10/2005 Source: Sydney Morning Herald Copyright: © 2005. The Sydney Morning Herald. Link: article link to SMH site Alarm as ecstasy users turn to ice By Ruth Pollard Health Reporter October 1, 2005 Hospital emergency departments are watching with alarm as the popularity of the methamphetamine known as crystal, which is highly addictive and often 80 per cent pure, increases. Still mostly concentrated among those who use party drugs or inject drugs, crystal - also known as ice - is replacing the powder for…