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Leave Medical Marijuana Group Alone, Judge Tells Government By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 22, 2004 AN FRANCISCO, April 21 (AP) — A judge ordered the federal government on Wednesday not to raid or prosecute a California group that grows and distributes marijuana for its sick members. The decision, by Judge Jeremy Fogel of Federal District Court in San Jose, was the first interpretation of an appeals court's ruling in December that federal prosecutions of medical marijuana users were unconstitutional if the marijuana was not sold, transported across state lines or used for nonmedicinal purposes. Advertisement Nine states, including California, allo…

1PM Sharp outside McDonalds, Myers Center entrance (cnr Elizabeth & Albert st). There will be a few giant chickens hobbling around on crutches and we're hoping for some makeshift (or real???) KFC uniforms for the event! Posters, pamphlets will be provided. Make your own banner if you're keen! Visit http://www.kfccruelty.com for some inspiration! Our numbers are growing, but we need more people to show that Brisbane along with the rest of Australia and the world, will not tollerate unspeakable cruelty to chickens in the name of fast food! Please spread the word! Contact me or Debbie Morris with any questions. I hope to see you there! Karen Nilsen e: karen…

Jump in legal-drug overdoses By Carol Nader April 23, 2004 Page Tools Email to a friend Printer format The number of people being treated by ambulance for overdosing on legal drugs has jumped by almost 30 per cent, figures show. Ambulances were called for more than 11,000 incidents of non-fatal overdoses of prescription or over-the-counter drugs in Melbourne in the two years to September 2003, up almost 2500 on the previous two years. The numbers are much greater than overdoses of illicit drugs - 1530, excluding heroin - which ambulances attended. Ambulances went to about 1400 heroin overdoses, and 6035 incidents of alcohol-related harm. Women accounted for alm…

A winner on the Austrian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? has been arrested after he allegedly invested his prize money in a cannabis farm. The unemployed man from Lower Austria won more than £100,000 on the show last May. But instead of going on a dream holiday or buying his own home, the 29-year-old allegedly decided to build on the small fortune by mass producing cannabis. Together with his girlfriend the man, who has not been named for legal reasons, rented a property in the capital Vienna in which to grow the plants. Police, who caught the Millionaire winner as he made a delivery to a customer, said he had managed to harvest at least ten batches wort…

HEAD teachers in British schools will be given new powers to order pupils to undergo random tests for illegal drugs. Prime Minister Tony Blair told Britain's News of the World: "If heads believe they have a problem in their school then they should be able to do random drug testing." Education authorities would be able to take urine samples from pupils and use sniffer dogs to search school grounds for drugs, according to the newspaper. "Guidance will be given to head teachers next month which is going to give them specifically the power to do random drug testing within their schools," Blair told the tabloid. The plans drew a mixed response from opposition politicia…

Sydney police on Sunday denied they were embarrassed to be tipped off by journalists that a busy inner-city convenience store was allegedly selling drugs over the counter. The owner of an Oxford Street convenience store was charged on Sunday with drug possession following a police operation launched only after officers were alerted by a newspaper on Friday to alleged drug-dealing in the city's nightclub district. The story published in Sydney's Sunday Telegraph newspaper on Sunday alleges a journalist was able to buy $40 worth of marijuana and an ecstasy tablet by asking for `tally-ho' and `pills' over the convenience store counter. Over four days journalists observ…

i was watching GWN news today, and turns out the west australian government has just legalised hemp farming! go u tru blu aussie battlers. i can make a go of my career now!

POSTERS showing the harmful effects of cannabis on young people are being taped to toilet doors in cinemas and in shopping centres around NSW. The state government hopes that young people out and about these school holidays will take note of the posters which show the harmful effects of cannabis on relationships, friendships and fitness. Special Minister of State John Della Bosca said the posters were first displayed during the summer holidays and were again targeting students during these school holidays. "The messages will appear in bathroom advertising in cinemas and shopping centres which draw thousands of young people at this time of year," Mr Della Bosca said …