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A man who police allege has been part of a drug distribution network appeared in court at Bega yesterday (Tuesday, June 7). The 49-year-old Bega man was arrested after police raided several properties in the town on Monday, June 6 and seized cannabis worth up to $150,000. Members of the Police Drug Squad and local police cordoned off a commercial building in Auckland Street and several vehicles parked outside for several hours and undertook a major search that continued late into Monday afternoon. A house in Angle Street and one in Rawlinson Street, Bega were also searched as part of the overall police search action. They also took amphetamines and a sum of cash fou…

A Supreme Court judge has jailed two Mackay men for 18 months each on separate drug-related charges. Lesley Carter, 38, pleaded guilty to possessing more than four kilograms of cannabis. The court heard Carter sold his Harley Davidson for $20,000, with the drugs making up the balance of the sale. Carter claimed he intended to use only half of the four kilograms for "commercial use". Justice Kerry Cullinane jailed him for 18 months to be suspended after six months. In a separate case, John McLellan, 52, will serve three months in jail for growing marijuana in the courtyard of his inner-city townhouse. Police found McLellan with one kilogram of cannabis in plast…

Trent Bruce Torrens didn't have much luck with his efforts to grow a little cannabis for himself and save on electricity, Darwin Magistrates Court heard yesterday. Last September he set up a hydroponics system in the laundry of his Woodroffe residence and tried to grow several plants, prosecutor Sergeant Gavin Kennedy said. On Christmas Eve, he got hold of a cloned plant, which he began to nurture. Torrens then put a heavy-duty magnet on his electricity meter in an attempt to slow it. While waiting for his plant to mature, he bought a small amount of cannabis to smoke and $80 worth of methylamphetamine at a city hotel. That day, February 15, while he was at wo…

The Cannabis Treatment Service in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta is so successful that it now has the interest of international medical experts. Dr Jon Currie has treated over 400 cannabis-dependant patients at the clinic during a 12-month trial. Withdrawal from cannabis, says Dr Currie, can be "really very difficult — they get angry, irritated, aggressive, so they often just don't stop". One of Dr Currie's patients, Julia Norcott, was dependent on marijuana for more than 20 years, "I'd get up every morning and have to have a few cones straight away to start the day," she admits. A combination of medication and counselling have now cured her addiction. "I can say every…

NT Police yesterday placed a restraining order on a comfortable suburban townhouse under the Criminal Property Forfeiture Act. Two vehicles and $90,000 cash belonging to the owners of 3/4 Winston St, Stuart Park, in Darwin, are also the subject of a restraining order after police allegedly found more than 12kg of cannabis hidden inside last month. William John McGregor, 60, and Maria Laidat-McGregor, 36, are charged with possessing a commercial quantity of cannabis, supplying a traffickable quantity of cannabis and possessing the cash and proceeds of crime. Both were remanded in custody and are due to appear at Darwin Magistrates Court for a hand-up committal on Jul…

A DRIVER who became a victim of Victoria's roadside drug test fiasco is suing the State Government. John De Jong, 40, said being falsely named and shamed as a drug taker had had a devastating effect on him and his family. The van driver, identified as the first in the world to return a positive result in a roadside drug test, said a Victoria Police refusal to apologise had forced his hand. "I think I have to take legal action. I don't really see myself as having a choice," Mr De Jong said. "I did ask for an apology and nothing came back." The Herald Sun first raised questions on the accuracy of the testing regimen. The Government was forced to try to defend ro…

ok well it might not be as bad as nazi germany but its gonna be awefully close if this guy gets his way :thumbdown Cannabis Culture Story have a read and lets hope those kinds of laws dont get passed in australia or the usa for the matter :smoke

The Death penatly for this women is crazy...http://ninemsn.com.au/ http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4092.html

The NSW Government has released details about a new cannabis treatment clinic to be opened in Orange within months. The centre will service 200 face-to-face clients every year. The Government expects that most of the people accessing the centre will be heavy, problematic cannabis users, but there will also be programs for parents whose young children use the drug. The Special Minister of State, John Della Bosca, says the community will be consulted before a venue for the clinic is finalised. "The treatment centre is likely to be operating prior to July this year, so in the...next couple of months the centre should be fully operational," he said. Mr Della Bosca s…