Cannabis Hemp News

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Cannabis and plants with an estimated street value of $266,000 have been seized from a property near Bannaby on Saturday by Goulburn police and drug squad detectives. A local man was arrested, charged and bailed to appear in court on a later date in relation to the 52 plants found growing plus seeds, equipment and processed cannabis leaf. Police have issued a warning to dog owners to ensure that their animals are not allowed to run loose after numerous complaints of dogs attacking sheep throughout the Goulburn district. Hefty penalties including the destruction of the dogs can apply over offending animals. http://goulburn.yourguide.com.au/detail.as...947&y=2003&m=…

found this on another forum and thought i would post it after seeing the discussion about driving under the influence.

In an Australian first, the Victorian government today moved to give police powers to conduct random roadside drug testing. Under legislation now before state parliament, from July next year roadside drug screening will be used to detect drivers affected by cannabis and speed with a saliva test. Transport Minister Peter Batchelor said drugs were involved in 27 per cent of road fatalities last year. "It clearly indicates that the taking of illicit drugs is a major factor of similar proportions as the over-consumption of alcohol in fatalities on our roads," he said. "The police will be given this equipment as new tools in the road safety campaign. "It will be…

http://www.au-star.com/pdf/AustarPGR.pdf This is supposedly one of the magic ingrediants which is used in SB and if you read the article its amazing juts how widespread this chemical is in normal industries for use in the fruit we eat etc.... Dutch Master seem to be wanting to take legal action against people defaming their product..... By the looks of it SB should be about 20$ not 180$ Note also the main chemical is used in primarily in stonefruit crops....IM assuming because any harmful byproducts get stored in the seeds..not in the fruit...

A Melbourne man will be extradited to Sydney to face charges of being involved in a major interstate drug ring. Twenty people were arrested last week after police raided 35 properties in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. An out-of-sessions court in Melbourne was told 37-year-old Jason Peter Scott of Ringwood North was a major player in the drug ring, which transported $100 million of cannabis to Sydney over the past three years. It is alleged the drugs were hidden inside false petrol tanks in four-wheel-drive vehicles. The Melbourne Magistrates Court has today been told Mr Scott had agreed to be extradited to New South Wales. He is ex…

POLICE uncovered more than $100,000 worth of cannabis plants that were elaborately disguised at a Wauchope factory bay. Port Macquarie detectives seized 53 hydroponically grown cannabis plants worth $132,500 on Friday during a search of the Commerce St bay. Police also searched a Eucalypt Close home at Wauchope, but no drugs were found. Police allege the drugs had been disguised by cardboard boxes. A 43-year-old Wauchope man was charged with the cultivation of a prohibited plant greater than an indictable quantity. The man was bailed to appear at Port Macquarie Local Court today. http://portmacquarie.yourguide.com.au/deta...405&y=2003&m=10

Research Note no. 13 2003-04 The Use of Cannabis for Medical Purposes Maurice Rickard Social Policy Group 15 September 2003 The Premier of NSW has proposed that a four year trial of the medicinal use of cannabis be conducted in NSW.(1) This research note examines the background to the medicinal use of cannabis, recent overseas experience, and areas of possible Commonwealth involvement with the NSW trial. The Proposed Cannabis Trial The proposal for a trial follows an advisory report commissioned by the NSW government, and a public consultation process. In line with the advisory report's recommendations, cannabis would be prescribed in the trial for (i) the relief of c…

TISSUES and helicopters have been the latest victims of Victoria Police cost-cutting, it has been claimed. Restrictions have been introduced for a helicopter used to spot marijuana plantations in country areas, senior police claim. The Police Association says the police budget has been blown out by $55 million. The Government says a deficit about $28 million is projected. The Victoria Police 2002-03 financial report is to be tabled in Parliament this week. Police Association secretary Senior-Sergeant Paul Mullett said police in one police division had been told to perform static patrols in their vehicles instead of mobile patrols to save on fuel as part of cost…

SIMON Crean may have attended university during the swinging sixties but the Federal Opposition leader says he did not smoke pot. Unlike former United States president Bill Clinton - who once confessed to smoking marijuana but not inhaling it - the Monash University graduate did not experiment with the drug. Speaking in support of a NSW trial using cannabis for the treatment of chronic pain, Mr Crean said his asthma, which almost killed him as a young boy, had prevented him from smoking. Asked directly if he had ever used cannabis, Mr Crean replied: "No I haven't. I'm an asthmatic. "I always had an aversion, and still do, to any form of smoke." However, the oppo…

A Darwin business has been issued with a drug house notice. Police yesterday refused for legal reasons to disclose the name or nature of the firm. The first notice was issued under the Territory Government's tough new anti-drug laws. Police stressed the business had received only one of three notices needed to start court proceedings to have it declared a drug house. Once a property is declared a drug house an irridescent green notice is posted outside. The Northern Territory News has obtained figures that show since April 17, about 464g of cannabis and 143g of amphetamines have been seized by police from suspected drug houses across the NT. Four people have b…

A candidate for the Katherine by-election has spent time in jail on a drug charge. Markus Bader, 39, told the Sunday Territorian he spent six days in remand at Berrimah jail after being arrested while driving with more than 17kg of cannabis stashed in a 44-gallon drum. The independent candidate also said he had faced at least two assault charges, including one count of assaulting police and at least one Apprehended Violence Order. He was also convicted and fined $500 on the unusual charge of Failure to Cease to Loiter when he was arrested after a mass brawl in Mataranka. He also admitted he was involved in a relationship with a Katherine student. He said he…

Drug farmer jailed By SCOTT MACLEAN Wednesday, 15 October 2003 A SOUTH WEST farmer has been sent to jail for growing cannabis crops on his property. Nigel Ricky Love (28) was charged in May after police discovered more than 40 kilograms of cannabis on his farm. The crop included 22kgs of head material, more than 200 times the trafficable quantity by law. Bunbury Police acting Sergeant Gerard Murphy said some of the drugs could have ended up on the streets of Bunbury. "It was grown in the South West so there is a distinct possibility it could have been sold in the South West," he said. "It is always good to get that amount of cannabis off the streets. "Drugs …

MELBOURNE drug barons are making more than $1 million a week from illicit cannabis plantations hidden in suburban homes. Police have identified several major organised syndicates operating up to 40 so-called crop houses at one time. And two murders have been linked to the burgeoning illicit trade after cannabis and hydroponic production equipment were found at the scenes of both. A Sunday Herald Sun investigation also found: DRUG syndicates can produce a staggering $5 million worth of cannabis in a single production cycle of six to 10 weeks by using sophisticated networks of crop houses. THE lucrative facilities are flourishing in Melbourne's western suburbs…

Justice Minister Donner demands Dutch coffeeshops to discriminate. Dutch coffeeshops have been popular since they opened, in the early seventies, and not only with the local population, they have also been frequented by foreigners from all parts of the world, from the day the first coffeeshop opened. The first dealer in Amsterdam’s first coffeeshop, the Mellow yellow, was a Briton, serving hash and grass for years, to an international public, in the heydays of the hippie era. Amsterdam was and is the Mecca of Marihuana, with about 200 of Holland’s 800 coffeeshops within its city limits, for every cannabis user of the world, from Iceland to New Caledonia. Many millions o…