Cannabis Hemp News
Join the conversation and share your insights in our Cannabis Hemp News category. Our Australian and International Cannabis News sub-forums cover breaking news, legislative updates, and industry insights. Contribute to our community and stay informed!
-
-
- Admin
- 420 Crew
- 10 replies
- 1.5k views
12,000 LET OFF AS LAW GOES TO POT THOUSANDS of pot smokers are being let off without criminal charges every year because the law is too soft, The Daily Telegraph can reveal. NSW Police have been instructed to dole out caution notices to offenders rather than charging them - and now 12,266 people have escaped punishment. In addition, its traffic services department charges more than 1000 motorists with driving while under the influence of illegal drugs every year. Last night the Government was accused of legalising cannabis through the back door. Shadow Attorney-General Andrew Tink said: "This is all about decriminalising cannabis by stealth. Too many peopl…
Last reply by aussie1, -
-
- 1 reply
- 869 views
Two men charged over cannabis seizure refused bail Two men from the New South Wales central coast charged over a cannabis seizure have made a brief court appearance in South Australia's Riverland. Both men have been refused bail. Police pulled over 24-year-old John Stanley Tobiasz and 22-year-old Mikaele Taufaao on the Mallee Highway near the South Australian-Victorian border last night. Police allege they discovered 42 kilograms of dried cannabis hidden in their ute, equivalent to 14,000 street deals, headed for the eastern states. In the Berri Magistrates Court today, police opposed bail because of the quantity of drugs involved and on the grounds that both m…
Last reply by aussie1, -
- 0 replies
- 713 views
20 arrested in dance party raid May 30, 2004 POLICE raided a dance party in Sydney's west overnight, arresting 20 people for drug offences. Flemington Police, backed by drug sniffer dogs, raided the party at Homebush and conducted more than 40 searches during the night. The 20 people arrested included a 30-year-old Brazilian man and a 20-year-old Erskine Park man who were charged with suppling ecstasy, police said today. They were granted bail to appear at Burwood Local Court on June 21. Eighteen people were charged with possessing ecstasy, amphetamines or cannabis and were bailed to appear at Burwood Local Court on July 13. Source.
Last reply by Tom, -
- 0 replies
- 781 views
Newshawk: http://www.napnt.org Pubdate: Sunday 30 May 2004 Source: Sunday Territorian Url: http://www.ntnews.com.au Email: ntnmail@ntn.newsltd.com.au Stuart Highway straight up DARWIN Lord Mayor candidate Stuart Highway – whose platform for election included legalising marijuana – spent yesterday morning telling all and sundry he had a 94 per cent chance of becoming mayor. “Based on our extensive polling there is a lot of support for our ideas in the community given that most Territorians have indulged in illicit drugs from time to time,” Mr Highway, a member of the grassroots organisation Network Against Prohibition, said yesterday. “But being mayor may be a prob…
Last reply by garywmeyerhoff, -
- 0 replies
- 646 views
Expert okay's over counter cannabis May 27, 2004 A Dutch expert says providing cannabis through pharmacies for medical use does not lead to increased recreational use. In New Zealand, a select committee recommended last year that the drug be provided to patients for a range of complaints from chronic pain to MS and cancer sufferers. Officials are currently awaiting the results of a clinical trial in Britain. Willhelm Scholten the head of the Office of Medicinal Cannabis at the Ministry of Health in the Netherlands, told Radio New Zealand making the drug available through pharmacies wouldn't have an impact on recreational use. Scholten says medicinal cannab…
Last reply by Tom, -
- 0 replies
- 958 views
Under the cover of dawn, squads prepare to swoop BROOKE JACOBSON Thursday, 27 May 2004 Most of Dubbo slept as more than 200 police gathered before sunrise yesterday to take part in one of the State's largest drug bust operations. Local police and detectives joined officers from the State Crime Command, NSW gangs squad as well as drug squad officers and dog squad handlers for a briefing at a secret location. Outside, a large contingent of local and national media impatiently stamped their feet against the cold and waited for the orders to move out. The officer in charge of the operation, Detective Superintendent Ken McKay from the gangs squad, and former Orana …
Last reply by Tom, -
-
- Admin
- 1 reply
- 1.1k views
A Darwin man has been charged with possessing $10,000 worth of cannabis after police raided his alleged "retail drug shop" in Arnhem Land. Police allege the 29-year-old was operating from a "retail shop" from one of the rooms in the house at Numbulwar, complete with a cash register. And police say cannabis, cigarettes, clothing, toys and lollies were all being sold from the house. Police allegedly found 380 grams of cannabis inside, with a potential street value of $10,000. Information from the public tipped the police off to the alleged operation. The man was taken to Alyungula police station and interviewed while Palmerston police executed a search warrant at th…
Last reply by free choice, -
-
- 1 reply
- 2.1k views
Cannabis kingpin feared murdered By NIGEL HUNT 25may04 A MISSING Ethelton man was a major supplier of cannabis to dealers on the state's West Coast, it has been revealed. Police investigations into the disappearance of Eric Lynch, 45, have discovered he is ranked in the "top handful" of suppliers of hydroponically grown cannabis. Investigators believe Mr Lynch, missing since February 10, made regular drug runs to Port Lincoln. Although locally grown cannabis is freely available in West Coast towns, there is a lucrative market for hydroponically grown cannabis because it is stronger. Port Lincoln CIB Detective Senior Constable George Fenwick said yesterday investig…
Last reply by lsd, -
- 0 replies
- 904 views
Drugs seized in raid May 25 2004 Shepparton News Members from Shepparton's Regional Response Unit assisted Bendigo Police in a major drug operation at the weekend. Twenty-five search warrants were executed in Bendigo and outlying areas, resulting in 26 offenders being charged. Police laid 181 charges, including a number for serious drug offences. Speed tablets, ecstasy tablets, ecstasy powder, prescription drugs including Valium, morphine and Viagra, four cannabis plants and about 85 grams of cannabis were seized from various premises during the raids. The raid was the second in two weeks, both of which have been of similar size. Regional Response Unit Sup…
Last reply by Tom, -
-
- Admin
- 0 replies
- 789 views
A bumper cannabis crop is being blamed for a Wairarapa school recording one of the highest suspension rates in New Zealand. Makoura College handed out the punishment 62 times last year, with 24 students suspended for drugs in February and March when a surplus of cannabis flooded the market, Education Ministry student support manager Peter Norton said. As a proportion of its 402 students, Makoura recorded its highest ever suspension rate last year and the fourth highest rate in New Zealand. The school had since joined a project involving iwi, which had resulted in suspensions dropping to four in the first term this year, Mr Norton said. College principal Chris …
Last reply by Oz, -
-
-
- Admin
- 0 replies
- 1.8k views
By AAP Date: 21/05/04 Source: The Australian The Australian
Last reply by Oz, -
-
-
- Admin
- 7 replies
- 1.3k views
University life and dope smoking are not synonymous, according to research done by fourth-year health and science students at the University of WA. Luke van Zeller, a health promotion student at UWA, said students had often been labelled "dope smokers" because of the relaxed atmosphere at university and the drug-related history of the '70s protest movement. But he said they had disproved the theory, showing only 2.1% of students regularly smoked cannabis and 56.8% had never taken any drugs. Luke said: "These are very encouraging results. "We intend to use these results to encourage students not to start taking drugs because they feel a need to fit in." In 2001, …
Last reply by jonbrown, -
-
-
- Admin
- 1 reply
- 979 views
A biscuit is not always just a biscuit, as Marion Chitty found out when her home cooking landed her in court on drug charges this week, along with her partner who grew the special ingredient. But it was the age of the offenders ? not their crime ? that surprised New Plymouth police. Chitty is 67 years old, and her partner Ronald John Henry Stratford is 56. They were caught with 6kg of cannabis, some of which was frozen and stored in a deep freeze. Drug squad boss Detective Sergeant Greg Gray said two of the local police's biggest cannabis seizures recently had involved elderly people. "It's not the first time people in the older age group have been caught w…
Last reply by LuvBuds, -
-
-
- Admin
- 420 Crew
- 7 replies
- 1.4k views
It looked like an ordinary suburban home, but inside it had been turned into an enormous greenhouse growing marijuana plants more than a metre tall. Police discovered 850 plants during a raid on the single-storey Canterbury residence yesterday. The crop, with a street value of approximately $1.7 million, was hydroponically grown in four rooms and the roof cavity of the property in Banna St. "The house was set up for the sole purpose of cultivating these plants," Ashfield Detective Acting Inspector Brad Monk said. "There were few signs that people were actually staying at the premises." A team of 16 officers arrived with a search warrant at 9.20am. They were acting…
Last reply by nouseforaname, -
-
- 5 replies
- 867 views
Potent dope causing problems for Hawke's Bay Hospital 13.05.2004 2.10 pm A particularly potent crop of marijuana has been putting pressure on Hawke's Bay Hospital's psychiatric unit, with unexpected numbers of young men admitted after smoking the drug. Hawke's Bay District Health Board chief executive Chris Clarke told a meeting yesterday the sudden influx of patients was almost entirely due to cannabis use. "Apparently this year's Hawke's Bay crop is particularly potent," he said. The 22-bed mental health unit has a history of overcrowding, with patients in the past often required to sleep on mattresses on the floor. With improved staffing and clinical …
Last reply by F420,