Cannabis Hemp News

FROM today, possession of small amounts of cannabis might not be considered a crime in WA. At a police officer's discretion, a person can have up to 30g and still avoid a criminal record, instead paying a fine up to $150 and going to compulsory drug education classes. And a household will be allowed to grow two cannabis plants without the occupants facing criminal charges. They will be fined $200 and have to go to drug education classes. The changes were recommended at the community drug summit in 2001. The Government's aim is that more people will be referred for medical help for cannabis use and that people in the compulsory education and treatment programs will u…

11mar04 FIVE people were arrested and 200 marijuana plants recovered after a special phone-in yesterday to crack down on hydroponic drug crops in Adelaide. A police spokesman said they took about 800 calls which resulted in the discovery of 30 crops. Five people were arrested and charged with drug offences while another 34 were reported. Police said they still had more leads to follow up http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/comm...55E1702,00.html

Source: http://domainsmagazine.com/managearticle.asp?c=320&a=4771 Just read the article above - theres probably more news articles about it but this is the first one I found. Seems the owner [a seedbank] of the overgrow.com has turned off the lights for thousands of growers. Update: ALIENS HAVE LANDED IN THE USA AND THEY TOOK ALL THE MARIJUANA AND ALL THE MARIJUANA INFORMATION AWAY - STASH EVERYTHING NOW THEYRE COMING HERE NEXT!!!

EXTRAORDINARY powers are set to be given to Queensland police and the Crime and Misconduct Commission as they seek to overcome the threat of terrorism. The Beattie Government has been asked to allow the crime fighters to raid premises without a warrant and conduct surveillance on premises instead of a suspect if they believe a terrorist act is being planned. The Labor-dominated Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee, in its three-yearly review of the CMC, said terrorists should be given less freedom than other criminals. "Terrorist acts are removed from the level of ordinary criminal offences by the nature of their immediate and devastating effects in terms of…

Police in the Great Southern region of Western Australia have seized hundreds more cannabis plants in the Denmark area under Operation High Tide. Ten people have been arrested in recent weeks. Police have seized about 700 cannabis plants in the past fortnight in raids on properties in the Denmark and Walpole areas on the State's south coast. Operation High Tide is targeting drug suppliers in the region and is being driven largely by strong public support. Many of the plants have been discovered in dense forest and some on crown land. Detective Senior Constable Paul McKenna says a haul of 200 crops last week included some huge plants. "One of the plots they …

Washington -- The Justice Department wants to significantly expand the government's ability to monitor online traffic, proposing that providers of high-speed Internet service be forced to grant easier access for FBI wiretaps and other electronic surveillance, according to documents and government officials. A petition filed this week with the Federal Communications Commission also suggests that consumers be required to foot the bill. Law enforcement agencies have been increasingly concerned that fast-growing telephone service over the Internet could be a way for terrorists and criminals to evade surveillance. But the petition also moves beyond Internet telephony, lea…

Beverly Hills, Calif. -- Amigula Incorporated (OTC:AMJL), the world's first publicly traded medical marijuana company, today announced that several Hollywood agents and management groups have been working with their clients at the bequest of Amigula Inc., negotiating contracts with "Super Stars" willing to endorse medical marijuana as a viable medicinal therapy for a variety of extreme illnesses, including multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, arthritis, glaucoma, AIDS, nausea - chemotherapy, anxiety and stress, as well as for several other dysfunctions. "We approached several well-known talent agents and managers to request that they approach their talent and present our caus…

In news today a local Brisbane man logged on to a Marijuana Support forum and entered its online chat room. :: Why don't you join me!!! Chat Room!

Eighty-five per cent of participants at NSW's first cannabis treatment clinic have not used marijuana since the centre opened three months ago, the state government said. NSW Premier Bob Carr told state parliament an additional clinic was due to open on the central coast by September, with plans for further clinics in southern Sydney and the state's central west. NSW's first cannabis treatment clinic was set up in Parramatta in December last year under the government's $230 million four year Plan of Action on drugs. "The idea that cannabis is a benign drug is being steadily whittled away by an accumulation of medical evidence," Mr Carr told parliament. At the Parr…

CANNABIS plantations with a street value of about $500,000 have been seized in the Walpole and Denmark areas recently. Albany Detectives and regional police seized about 500 mature plants. Some of the plants reached five metres high. Police and detectives seized more crops as operations in the area continued yesterday. The crops have been dispersed separately throughout one large area. In five weeks the operation has resulted in seven men and one woman, aged between 20 and 58 years old, being arrested and charged with various drug offences. They were from the Denmark, Walpole and Albany areas. Some of the charges include cultivation of cannabis, possession of cannabis wi…

By Daniel Lewis, Regional Reporter March 6, 200 If Keith Bolton has his way, hemp - the great symbol of the hippy North Coast - will be coming to a sewage treatment plant near you very soon. And to your wardrobe, your pantry, your car and your medicine cabinet. Interestingly, the strongest opponents of the Southern Cross University academic's dream are the drug dealers in nearby Nimbin. Man has cultivated hemp for fibre, food and medicine for at least 6000 years and Dr Bolton says that, after a 70-year "blip in history" caused by prohibition, it is time to embrace hemp again to help save the planet. Dr Bolton is director of the University's Centre for Ecotechnol…