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THE host of a British radio gardening program apologised today for unwittingly giving a caller advice on how to grow marijuana. Frieda Morrison, who co-hosts Beechgrove Potting Shed on the BBC's Radio Scotland, said she had thought the caller was discussing cabbages. Morrison and fellow host Jim McColl spent more than three minutes explaining which compost to use and how to water the plant, which the caller referred to as Northern Lights - a very strong variety of marijuana that shares a name with a variety of cabbage. Speaking on BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland program today, Morrison apologised for the error. "We thought the caller had said cabbages and if …

PRISON farm inmates are suspected of growing a drug crop concealed behind the farm in the Gold Coast hinterland. Wildlife rangers on Tuesday found more than 181 marijuana plants hidden in rugged terrain in the Lamington National Park, which backs on to the Numinbah Correctional Centre. The well-tended crop, with an estimated street value of up to $20,000, was 300-500m from the jail's perimeter. Police and prison sources said they suspected that inmates were involved. Water containers and fertiliser found at the scene will be checked for fingerprints, and to establish whether they were taken from the jail. An abandoned marijuana-crop site, complete with a shotgu…

New South Wales police are this morning destroying nearly $60 million worth of cannabis plants seized during a drug raid in the state's west two days ago. Police finished pulling up thousands of the plants at a property near Dubbo yesterday. About 200 armed police conducted a dawn raid at the property 80 kilometres west of Dubbo on Thursday. Police say it was one of the biggest cannabis seizures in New South Wales history. Sergeant Kevin Daly from police headquarters says police spent yesterday afternoon pulling up the plants. "In total there were 30,851 plants located on the plantation at Dubbo and those plants had an estimated street value of $59.6 million," h…

Police in Wollongong have seized cannabis plants with a street value of more than $200,000 as part of an ongoing drug crackdown on the New South Wales south coast. The operation has been underway for several weeks and has resulted in more than $1.3 million worth of cannabis being seized. The latest operation involved raids on two plantations at Bulli Tops, where 100 plants were discovered. They will be destroyed tomorrow. http://abc.net.au/news/australia/nsw/200402/s1038124.htm

A STRATHAM woman has escaped a jail term for possessing cannabis because she used the drug to ease the pain of her chronic medical condition. Rebecca Anne Miller (31) appeared in the District Court after pleading guilty to two counts of possessing cannabis with intent to sell and supply. The court heard how Miller suffers from benign intracranial hypertension, or water on the brain, and smoked cannabis to help her cope with the chronic pain associated with the condition. After searching Miller's house twice in October and November in 2002, police found about 600gms of cannabis as well as a set of scales and some small plastic bags. Defence lawyer Rhonda Parks sai…

55-YEAR-old man has been released on bail after police discovered a marijuana crop in a Springvale backyard. Police said 250 plants from 60cm to 180cm were found about 5pm on Monday. They were growing among vegetables and in a shed. The man was charged with trafficking, cultivating, using and possessing marijuana. He was ordered to appear at Dandenong Magistrates' Court next month. http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/st...55E2862,00.html

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Source: http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0...5E26462,00.html POLICE have made one of the biggest seizures of cannabis plants in NSW, worth more than $20 million, during a pre-dawn raid of a property in the state's west. NSW Police arrested 12 people in the raid of a property 30km north east of Gilgandra, near Dubbo. More than 200 armed specialist police swooped on the property about 6am (AEDT) today, seizing hundreds of mature cannabis plants in a plantation roughly the size of three football fields. Police said the raid had dismantled a significant and well-organised drug syndicate aimed at dominating the drug trade in NSW. The 12 people arrested were …

went 2 get the latest "Hightimes" mag a couple of weeks ago and I was told that the customs had confiscated the shipment and would not be letting anymore in. What is this country becoming? JF, peace

hi every1 i was reading on another website that the laws in aust are changing soon to decrim MJ but i couldnt find out exactly what it means........ anyone care to put it simple, laymans language for a stoner *doh* peace

THE Victorian Ombudsman has uncovered evidence of drug trafficking and violence by staff at youth detention centres. The Department of Human Services is also under scrutiny, amid concerns it has handled issues in the juvenile justice system inadequately. The Ombudsman has revealed: A YOUTH detention centre officer is under investigation over allegations of supplying drugs to young inmates. AN UNCAPPED syringe, mixing bowls, and bongs were discovered in a room where two young offenders had been smoking cannabis while staff from the ombudsman's office were visiting a centre. AN UNCONSCIOUS 16-year-old needed hospital treatment after sustaining "blunt trauma to…

A 28-year-old man from Gunnedah in New South Wales has been arrested as part of a massive police operation to close down a group they believe responsible for an interstate drug ring. Shannon Bree was arrested by officers from Strike Force Corkscrew after a six month covert operation involving police in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. The 28-year-old is charged with supplying a commercial quantity of cannabis and has been remanded in custody until February. Police claim the charges involve as much as 30 kilograms of cannabis. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1015811.htm

Drugs found at prison officer's home 23dec03 A QUEENSLAND prison officer has been suspended on full pay after drugs were allegedly found at his home. The officer, who works in a southeast Queensland jail, was charged earlier this month with three counts of possessing dangerous drugs, a Corrective Services Department spokesman said. He was remanded to appear in the Brisbane Magistrate's Court on January 22. The officer has been on annual leave and has not been on duty since police laid the charges.