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POLICE will be given new powers to use sniffer dogs trained in cocaine and designer-drug detection to randomly search private premises, including parties. Parents who host teenage parties could request police undertake drug spot checks at their venue in a bid to reduce the increasing incidence of violence spilling into suburbs. Police Minister Judy Spence said yesterday the new laws, to be debated in State Parliament this week and likely to be in place for Christmas and the Schoolies festival, were targeted at drug dealers who preyed on youth. Three labradors will be trained to ignore cannabis but detect amphetamines, methamphetamines, cocaine, ecstasy, angel dust…

Author: CAMILLE BAINS Date: 30 September 2005 Source: The Globe and Mail (.com) link to article Copyright:© Copyright 2005 Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. Pot activist to face charges in Canada Private citizen hopes his legal move will prevent Emery's extradition to U.S. By CAMILLE BAINS Friday, September 30, 2005 Page S3 Canadian Press VANCOUVER -- A private citizen says he is filing charges today against pot activist Marc Emery and two of his associates, partly because that will throw a wrench into U.S. plans to extradite them to face drug charges in that country. "If he gets charged in Canada that will have major legal consequences for that extradition request,…

Did anyone catch thhis remarkable statement on 60 minutes last week. Here is a snippet of the transcript of the show (LIZ HAYES is the reporter). Full transcript at 60 minutes archived story on 'Reefer Madness': I would prefer to see that 'London-based psychotherapist' deregistered and banned from treating anyone else

Cannabis Culture Warning above is a link to cannabis culture's warning about the DEA and marc emery being busted....aparently the DEA is stealing mail, putting their own letter inside and sending it off to the person who was meant to get seeds :thumbdown the letters basically say that to recieve your original order + 20 free seeds, you must send them $50 or $100 using identifiable means and the money is being sent to different names in vancouver its a scary ass read and i strongly recommend having a look if you intend on ordering seeds online as cannabis culture thinks this is only the beginning

Two people have been charged after detectives seized more than 100 kilograms of cannabis in Canberra last night. Police found the hydroponically-grown drugs in an Isabella Plains house. Australian Federal Police (AFP) spokesman Sandy Logan says $22,500, suspected of being proceeds of crime, was also recovered. "A 50-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man have remained in custody overnight," he said. "They'll face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning on a cultivating a trafficable quantity of cannabis for sale charge, as well as trafficking in a trafficable quantity and unlawful possession of stolen property." Author:ABC Date:Tuesday, June 7, 2005. Source:ABC Cop…

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16601864-1245,00.html A WEST Australian Government official is one of two men charged with drug offences following a joint operation between WA's corruption watchdog and South Australian police. WA's Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) said a WA Department of Agriculture officer based near the SA border, was arrested and charged with the possession of more than 1kg of cannabis. CCC operations director Nick Anticich said the man was in custody ahead of a court appearance in Ceduna, about 450km on the SA side of the border, later today. He has also been suspended by his employer, Mr Anticich said. Following the search of a farm…

Emery, Jailed 'Prince of Pot' He's portrayed as a greedy kook, but I know a true crusader. By Brian Preston It’s a strange feeling to dig out something you wrote years ago and read it with fresh eyes. I’m looking at a story from Rolling Stone, April 1998, called Vancouver’s Pot Experiment. “In the Nineties,” I wrote, “Vancouver has been home to a thriving community of marijuana activists—idealistic hippies who believe in hemp’s power to save the world. But it took the arrival of Marc Emery, a bluff, energetic entrepreneur with a history of getting involved in hot button issues, to push Vancouver into its new incarnation: “Vansterdam.” The editors at Rolling Stone ad…

As US politicians crack down on the sale of marijuana-flavoured lollipops, another debate is raging between their manufacturers and hemp product advocates over what is in the candy. Hemp advocates say the candy makers aren't being honest about what's in their confection and that publicity is hurting the sale of legal hemp products, made from a variety of the cannabis plant. California-based Chronic Candy advertises that every lick of its candy is "like taking a hit". The company, though, says the candies contain only hemp oil, a common ingredient in health food, beauty supplies and other household products. "There is nothing illegal in our ingredients and they are…

Cannabis ... no effect on pain, according to a new ruling /supplied CANNABIS has no role in the treatment of acute pain, contrary to popular belief, according to Australian guidelines designed to improve doctors' and patients' "abysmal" knowledge of pain relief options. Although many experts believe cannabis may help relieve chronic (or long-term) pain, the guidelines launched in Sydney yesterday by federal Health Minister Tony Abbott say solid evidence now shows it has little efficacy with acute pain. Acute pain is defined as pain lasting up to two to three weeks after surgery, trauma or a medical condition such as kidney stones. The previous edition of the guidelin…

Hi people, English guy here.... I have just moved to Sydney after 6 years living in Amsterdam and then in Berlin.... I am based in Surry Hills.....please can someone tell me where I can buy a bag of grass in this city... After a hard week at work I miss the obligatory Friday night J. Look forward to any helpful suggestions. Thanks Joe