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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 …

A LIVER transplant saved Larry Hagman when doctors gave him six months to live. But after going back to his old drinking ways, the former Dallas star says he doesn't deserve a second chance. The 72-year-old star, who played scheming oil baron JR Ewing in the 1980s soap, has developed life-threatening problems with his replacement liver. He ruled out being given yet another one, as he is unwilling to deprive anyone else who might need it. "I wouldn't have it even if it meant I had another 20 years," he said. "It doesn't scare me. You are going to die eventually anyhow." Hagman had a liver transplant in 1995 after his own was riddled with cirrhosis and cancer. Do…

original article: http://ssonet.com.au/showarticle.asp?ArticleID=3013 Sydney Star Observer is a free weekly gay street press publication. The accidental activist JUSTIN BRASH CAMPAIGNS FOR MEDICINAL CANNABIS OUTSIDE NSW PARLIAMENT, ACTING UP IN THE NAME OF GOOD HEALTH AND COMMON SENSE By Tim Benzie Free pot. Happy words to many, but not to NSW parliamentarians heading to work this April Fool’s Day. Activist Justin Brash handed bags of “free medical cannabis” to passing pollies, although the pamphlet attached had a political punchline. The bags contained “the only legal options available for medical cannabis patients currently in NSW” – which was nothing. “Docto…

A man today denied deliberately feeding two toddlers spaghetti with a cannabis laced sauce. Anthony John Patten, 22, pleaded not guilty in the South Australian District Court to two counts of administering cannabis to a child. Patten was alleged to have administered the drug to two girls, aged two and four, in September last year at a house in Adelaide's north. He denied the charges in a brief hearing today and was remanded on bail to reappear again next month. An earlier Magistrates Court hearing was told the girls were hospitalised after allegedly eating spaghetti with a sauce laced with marijuana. Patten, who was caring for the two children of a friend, …

HYDROPONIC equipment suppliers are readily offering advice on how to grow cannabis and methods to avoid being caught, an Advertiser investigation has found. A visit to 15 random Adelaide hydroponic equipment suppliers in the past week has uncovered the practice, with everything from prices to instructions and diagrams on how to set-up a clandestine drug laboratory to interested buyers. One shop even offered to provide cannabis seeds "in secret" if hydroponic equipment was bought. All shops recommended specialist equipment needed to create an elaborate secret set-up, including water pumps, pipes, nutrients to help with cultivation, aeration fans, insulation and large…

ONE of 16 men charged over a $45 million cannabis seizure was allegedly caught on phone taps giving advice about cultivating the drug, a court was told yesterday. Demitrios Hantzis, a 38-year-old Sydney building contractor, appeared in Parramatta Bail Court after he was charged on Thursday with several drug offences. Prosecutors allege he was caught on phone taps offering advice on harvesting, cultivating and caring for the cannabis at the property at Narrabri, western NSW, where most of the 3.2 tonnes of the drug was found. The court also was told his parents lived on the property. Hantzis was arrested at his home in Connells Point, Sydney, after police …