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DRIVERS high on speed or cannabis are more than twice as likely to be found on the nation's roads compared to drink-drivers. That's the preliminary finding of the world's first random roadside drug-driving test being trialled in Victoria. And under current laws in Victoria, those drivers won't be forced off the road. The first six weeks of the year-long pilot program found that one in every 103 motorists were driving with either methamphetamines and/or THC in their system, the active components in speed and marijuana respectively. This compares with an average of one in 250 drivers found to be drink-driving - that is, with a blood alcohol level of 0.05 per cent or m…

I wonder how long the THC remains in your saliva after a smoke? http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/01/...6850163853.html -- Eikel.

ACT rise in organised crime linked to drug trade, says Quinlan The recent growth of organised crime in the ACT was linked largely to the hydroponic marijuana trade, acting Police Minister Ted Quinlan said yesterday. Concerns about the emergence of organised crime in the territory were revealed in a recent ACT Government submission to a Productivity Commission report on government services. "Increasingly sophisticated criminal networks have been detected in the ACT some of which have clear links to larger scale operations in other Australian and international jurisdictions," it said. Mr Quinlan said a large proportion of the rise in organised crime was linked to can…

Oregon's medical marijuana made it in hightimes. here's the link and enjoy. I hope works http:www.hightimes.com/ht/news/content.php?bid=1145&aid=10

Indonesian police have arrested a Peruvian-born West Australian man for allegedly dealing drugs in Bali. Arevalo Stagnarro Alberto, 32, was caught with 330 grams of imported and local marijuana, as well as 0.9 grams of hashish on January 18. The drugs were apparently smuggled into Bali in 8 small packages inside a Happy New Year card from Australia, Bali police narcotics division chief Bambang Sugiarto told AAP. "He lives in Australia," he said. "He will be charged under narcotics laws." If convicted he could face up to 12 years in jail. Alberto's arrest comes ahead of the trial on Thursday of Gold Coast beauty therapy student Schapelle Corby, who is accused o…

A rally will be held this afternoon in Nimbin, in northern NSW, protesting against what some people say is a new wave of police harassment. The rally has been organised by the Hemp Embassy, which wants cannabis legalised. The police presence in Nimbin has strengthened and recently two tourist buses were pulled over and searched by a sniffer dog, and cannabis cautions were given to overseas tourists. Hemp spokesman Michael Balderstone says he wants better communication between the police and the community. "There's so much frustration in town and there's so much...injustice people feel because of the way we're harassed because we're cannabis users, so at least it g…

NEW fears about the dangers of smoking cannabis have been supported by a Tasmanian expert. Launceston psychiatrist Eric Ratcliff said his experience with patients who smoked cannabis was consistent with the alarming findings of new British research. The UK study, reported in The Mercury on Thursday, found one in four cannabis users faced alarmingly higher risks of mental illness -- contrary to the belief that it is a fairly harmless drug. "It soon became evident that patients with schizophrenia who used cannabis did not respond to treatment as well as would otherwise have been expected," Dr Ratcliff said. "Some improved greatly if they stopped using cannabis." …

BRITAIN’S only licensed producer of cannabis for medicinal use, GW Pharmaceuticals, has reported further positive clinical trial results for its Sativex treatment and said a UK regulatory hearing on the drug was expected within six months. The company also announced it was looking at an eventual launch in the United States, the world’s biggest drug market. The news emerged alongside results showing an in-line net loss of £13.7 million for the year to September 30. Investors in GW have been frustrated by delays in the UK launch of cannabis-based medicine Sativex, with the shares falling by more than half from a mid-2003 high of 264 pence. GW’s under-the-tongue …

POLICE have discovered cannabis plants with an estimated street value of more than $400,000 on the NSW south coast. Acting on information from the public, Wollongong Local Area Command yesterday went to land in the Cataract Creek area, north of Mount Ousley. They found more than 200 cannabis plants up to 185cm tall, with a potential street value of $414,000. The plants were expected to be destroyed later today. Police inquiries were continuing. They made the discovery as a south coast man was charged with drug offences after 10 cannabis plants were found in his home earlier this week. Police said they found those plants in his Unanderra house on Wednesday, al…