Cannabis Hemp News

Two and a half tonnes of cannabis has been sent to Federal Parliament in a bid to educate politicians about the difference between industrial hemp and marijuana. Philip Warner from Queensland's Ecofibre Industries Limited says too many politicians do not know that industrial hemp is useless as a drug. He says each politician has been sent a 15 kilogram bag of hemp mulch in an effort to change their thinking. "Every time we write to the Federal Government they keep throwing back in our face this thing about hemp being associated with marijuana," he said. "They are not at all assisting in being able to develop a new industry for global consumption. "Our concern i…

End of last year, the German Supreme Court overruled the government by saying that a 0 Tolerance policy with respect to cannabis does not conform to the constitution. Hence, finally, corrections are made to it. Basically the German Medical Association proposes a limit of 1,0 Nano gram THC per mililitre blood whereas it used to be 0,0. HOW this revision happened is quite funny. For an awful long time, it has been to calm with respect to this matter. No political discussions, and even institutions such as the Deutsche Hanf Verband (DHV, German Hemp Association) or the Verein fuer Drogenpolitik (VfD, Association for positive Drug Politics) were rather reluctant to touch…

THOUSANDS of music lovers packed into Olympic Park in Sydney today, partying to their favourite bands at the Big Day Out festival. More than 55,000 revellers danced to bands including the Beastie Boys, The Chemical Brothers, The Streets, John Butler Trio, Grinspoon and Powderfinger. But police were not impressed with the number of people arrested for drugs offences. Sniffer dogs at the venue and on Sydney trains helped flush out more than 200 people allegedly carrying drugs such as cannabis, ecstasy, speed, cocaine and heroin. Of the 200-plus people, 21 were charged with supply, police said late tonight, revised down from their earlier figure of 35. One man was c…

On wednesday, 02/03/05, the International Narcotics Control Board issued his anual report for 2004. Basically summarizing the main findings about cannabis: 1) Concerning Europe, 28.8 Million Europeans, which is 5,3% of the total population, consumed cannabis productions within the last 12 months. 2) In America, approximately 2.500 t in form of plants are cultivated per year, accordign to the estimations of the INCB. Moreover it is to be noted that 3,3 million plants were destroyed- most of which were wild weed being found all over the country. 3) Marocco is still the biggest exporter of cannabis resin to Europe, and this year it was estimated that for 2003…

Hiya all found this on KK and thaught ya might enjoy. It relates to USA : Ok all, heres a exerpt from an AP news segment, enjoy. The Conventional One Has Been Highly Costly, With Little Return. Making Narcotics Legal -- And Very Expensive -- Can Reduce Addiction And Crime Starting with Richard Nixon, every U.S. President has declared war on drugs. The FBI, CIA, DEA, military, and countless prosecutors have devoted enormous resources to combating narcotics over the past several decades. According to an estimate by Boston University economist Jeffrey A. Miron, federal, state, and local governments have put some $33 billion in resources toward prosecuting the war on d…

Drugs, Guns, Computers & an elaborate Hydro setup.... Pure are you still here? (Just kidding around, although I hope it wasn't you). http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,12366228-421,00.html -- Eikel.

A Tasmanian man who said that he grew Cannabis to relieve boredom was jailed yeasterday for 3 months. The man who is named in the Report , but which I will omit ., Had earlier pleaded guilty to to one charge of cultivating a controlled plant and one count of stealing by dishonestly diverting Electricty. the 44 year had earlier pleaded not Guilty to a charge of, ( Get This Guys ) Possesing things intended for use in The cultivation of a controlled plant for sale. Cheif Justice Peter Underwood said the defendant, had made a considerd decision to break the law in a substantial manner. The Cheif Justice convicted the defendant to 5 months jail , with 2 months suspended on…

Boffins to build 'hemp houses' February 18, 2005 From: AAP RESEARCHERS on the NSW north coast are preparing to harvest 2.5 million cannabis plants to build what's believed to be Australia's first hemp homes. Dr Keith Bolton from Southern Cross University said the hemp crop is expected to be harvested in the next couple of weeks, before the building of two houses commences. "We're certainly expecting them to be finished before the end of the year and we'll be commencing the building in the next couple of months," he said. The four year commercialisation research project involves the Southern Cross University, NSW University and Byron Shire Council. One house is t…

Anyone see the crap that they pulled in the USa, the "land of the free" () the other day? Full scale drug raids, with cops holding guns on school children, terrorising them, as they searched their bags and lockers. The kids fell to the ground, were made to lay with their hands out, as if they had commited a crime, and scared them shitless. How much dope did the cops find? None. The cops reckon they did nothing over the top. And the principle says he saw nothing wrong with what they did. It seems that the land of the free, the centre of western civilastion, the leader of the free world, and other self proclaimed bullshit names; finds no offence in menacing children…