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hello there, the final rush to collect signatures for the Swiss people initiative for a reasonable cannabis policy has begun. We would like the deliver the initiative signature to the autorities on 20 July 2005 - this would be exactly one year after its start. That would be cool and, despite all problems, would bring back credibility to smokers!!! We absolutly need your contribution to get things done - please do your best and help us find those last signatures we need!!! For those who have filled out signature forms at home, please send them to us immediately since the authentication process takes at least a couple of weeks to complete. marco Swiss Pot Initiativ…

AN Adelaide man will appeal a court order to extradite him to Sydney to face charges over NSW's largest ever cannabis seizure. The Adelaide Magistrates Court today ordered Michael Romeo be extradited to face Sydney's Central Local Court tomorrow. But lawyers for Romeo immediately asked for a review of the extradition, meaning it has been put on hold. Romeo's lawyers now have 72 hours to appeal the extradition order. Romeo was to be extradited to face charges relating to the police seizure of 3.2 tonnes of cannabis from a private property at Jack's Creek, near Narrabri in western NSW, in April last year. The drugs were estimated to be worth $45 million. The Ade…

Five men were arrested and drugs with a street value of $350,000 seized in a series of police raids overnight in Sydney's west. The arrests were part of the ongoing NSW Police drug operation Task Force Gain. NSW Police said a 21-year-old Fairfield man was arrested during a covert drug operation at Prairiewood just before 6pm (AEST). He will appear at Fairfield Local Court today charged with possession and ongoing supply offences. Following his arrest, police raided nine homes in Fairfield, Fairfield West, Cecil Hills, Hinchinbrook, Prairiewood, Wetherill Park and St Johns Park. Police said 20 cannabis plants and about three kg of dry leaf were found in a house at…

FOUR Victorian detectives seized cannabis worth $100,000 in a fake drug bust and gave the drugs to a criminal to sell, a jury has been told. The police officers today faced the first day of their Victorian County Court trial for allegedly stealing the cannabis and involving themselves in a conspiracy to sell the haul. Detective Sergeant David John Waters, 44, Detective Sergeant Glenn Saunders, 44, Detective Senior Constable Peter John Alexander, 37, and Detective Senior Constable Stephen Russell Campbell, 35, have all pleaded not guilty to charges of theft and conspiracy to traffic cannabis. Advertisement: Crown prosecutor Colin Hillman SC told the court Saunders was …

Swiss Boffins have found that Cannabis has positive affects on mice with heart-disease by causing an "anti-inflanmatory" affect. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12780368-13762,00.html

Drivers who regularly use cannabis are at high risk of causing a serious crash, but not because they have just smoked a joint, a study has found. The Auckland University study of more than 1000 drivers found that habitual users - who on average smoked at least once a week - had a nearly 10-fold higher risk of having a serious crash. Drivers who had smoked a joint within the last three hours initially appeared to be at increased risk too, but this link disappeared when factors such as their alcohol consumption and driving speed were taken into account. The researchers, whose paper has been published in the British journal Addiction, do not know why habitual users …

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POLICE have busted alleged drug-dealing operations in a small central Victorian town, seizing cannabis, cash and weapons during raids yesterday. Members of the Bendigo Divisional Response Unit joined with Inglewood and Wedderburn Police in a crackdown on illegal drug activity. Two houses in Inglewood were searched, with the raids following a five-week investigation into the distribution of cannabis within the town. A drug squad dog from Melbourne was also used to assist in yesterday's operation. The first stop was a Grant Street address, where police located a quantity of cannabis, cash and weapons. A 57-year-old woman was subsequently charged with traffic…

New South Wales police have charged six people in the Great Lakes area on the state's mid-north coast with a range of drug offences after seizing drugs worth $120,000. Officers raided homes in Forster, Tuncurry and Nabiac and seized amphetamines valued at $85,000, cannabis valued at $35,000 and $35,000 in cash. Two men and two women are expected to appear in court later today, while another two men have been granted bail and will appear in court in June. In a separate seizure, police found more than one kilogram of cannabis in a backpack after stopping a motorist at Lake Haven on the central coast last night. A 30-year-old man was charged and will appear in court …

Some cannabis-using teenagers are highly likely to develop mental health problems as adults because of their genetic make-up, but most face little risk, a new study says. The problems occur for genetically vulnerable adults who used cannabis while their brains were still developing, and that has prompted researchers to recommend people "delay onset of use until at least young adulthood". The finding comes from Otago University's world-renowned study which has followed 1000 Dunedin-born people for over 30 years. It says a link between cannabis and mental illness depends on a specific genetic disposition. But even then, only 15 per cent of the people with the gene …