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This is the basics of what they were talking about- Corrupt police took drugs: court Corrupt police took drugs: court By Jewel Topsfield A POLICE officer took 13.6 kilograms of marijuana worth $100,000 during a drug bust carried out by corrupt detectives, a Melbourne court heard today. Three Victorian detectives and a former detective today faced the Melbourne Magistrates Court on charges of trafficking cannabis worth at least $100,000. Witness Daniel May told the court he had arranged to deliver the cannabis to another man in exchange for $100,000 at the St Kilda Marina on Melbourne's foreshore on May 10, 1999. But the drug deal went sour when two police ca…

Nearly two-thirds of people using marijuana for medical reasons had decreased or stopped taking other medications early, results of a State Government survey show. The survey, an Australian first, was conducted by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. Participants reported cannabis was useful in preventing side effects caused by conventional medicines. The most common medical conditions the cannabis users suffered were arthritis, chronic pain, depression, nausea, muscle spasms and weight loss. More than 70 per cent were concerned about marijuana's illegality and 54 per cent were scared of being arrested, but were willing to take the risk for the benefits …

He got out yesterday, Sept. 1, 2004. He was picked up at the Madrid airport when he arrived four months ago. The Spanish government suspended all rescent international laws when the Crown Prince Felipe and the Princess Letizia were married. This meant that they scrutinized everybody that entered and exited the country, especially Madrid. Nol had an old charge for smuggling 400 kg of hash through France 14 years ago. The Spanish government wanted to wash their hands of the matter so they extridited him to France, where he was held virtually incumunicado for 4 months. He had a trial hearing yesterday and during the proceedings his lawer pointed out that he had never en…

More than 300 cannabis plants worth $1.2 million have been found growing at a house in Sydney. The discovery was made when officers searched the house at Yagoona about 10.30am yesterday after a tip-off, police said today. Inside the unoccupied house were 325 cannabis plants and hydroponic equipment. The cannabis has an estimated potential street value of $1.2 million, police said. Author: AAP Date: 22/08/04 Source: Herald Sun News Copyright: © Herald and Weekly Times

I Tried Marijuana - but Didn't Inhale The Health Minister, Tony Abbott, says he smoked marijuana as a student but that, like former US president Bill Clinton, he did not inhale. Mr Abbott's revelation comes a day after the Labor leader, Mark Latham, told reporters he had used cannabis in his youth. Mr Abbott told Channel Seven this morning: "I had a puff on a marijuana cigarette when I was a student." But unlike Mr Latham, who says he inhaled the cigarette smoke, Mr Abbott said he did not inhale. "I don't inhale normal cigarettes let alone illegal cigarettes ... I'm afraid in this matter Bill Clinton and I have something in common." In a 1992 interview w…

An Adelaide man was arrested and eight cannabis plants were seized during raids today by police investigating organised criminal networks. More than 140 police were involved in the raids on 30 Adelaide residential and business premises, that started at 7.30am (CST) today. Police said a 34-year-old Henley Beach South man was arrested for hindering police in the execution of a search warrant. The man will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court next month. During the raids, dubbed Operation Coyote, a hydroponic crop of eight cannabis plants – all more than a metre high – were found at suburban Everard Park, police said. Investigations into the crop were continui…

The Government’s Criminal Code (Serious Drugs Offences) Amendment Bill 2004 although aimed at drug traffickers and serious drug offences, widens the net and imposes draconian penalties on young people experimenting in or addicted to drugs. Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform calls for the Bill to be withdrawn for reconsideration. “The Bill is not just confined to serious drug offences,” said Brian McConnell, President of Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform, “Events that in plain language would not be regarded as ‘serious crimes’ will be labeled as such with severe penalties” “For example a teenager at a dance party who resells to a friend a single ecstasy t…

Marijuana Party president Marc Emery has been sentenced to three months in jail in Saskatchewan for drug trafficking. Emery had pleaded guilty to passing one marijuana joint to someone else in a downtown Saskatoon park back in March. He has 10 previous marijuana-related offences on his record. Many are for trafficking in connection with his marijuana seed business. But in the past, Emery has only be fined. Provincial Court Judge Albert Lavoie said he is sending Emery to jail to send a message. The judge said Emery's crime was clearly a political act – but said Emery had flaunted the law, and there was a need for a stronger deterrent. Emery's lawyer, Lianne Johnson, sa…

There is no scientific proof that cannabis use induces schizophrenia, Dutch scientists say, questioning recent research and an argument the Dutch government uses to crack down on marijuana-selling "coffee shops." In an article in this week's Magazine for Psychiatry, a peer-reviewed journal, the three authors say that on the basis of currently available data "there is no justification for the proposed closure of coffee shops." Often the first symptoms of schizophrenia occur during adolescence, when people start to experiment with drugs, but the scientists believe cannabis use only has a negative effect on people already genetically predisposed to the mental illness. …