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Paracetamol overdoses need study http://ninemsn.com.au/ Paracetamol poisoning is common in Australasia and not enough is being done to minimise its effects, a new study has found. The survey of emergency departments in Australia and New Zealand found varied responses to cases of Paracetamol overdose, which can cause permanent liver damage or death. The study by two New Zealand doctors was published in the latest issue of the journal of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. The director of emergency medicine at Austin Health in Victoria, Associate Professor George Braitberg, said the results of the study were worrying. "Paracetamol toxicity is a well-r…

GOOSE CREEK--As police struggled to calm a growing firestorm over their drug raid at Stratford High School, state investigators Friday began probing why officers charged into a crowded hallway with guns drawn while students cowered in fear. After watching a surveillance videotape of the Wednesday raid, Solicitor Ralph Hoisington asked the State Law Enforcement Division to look into possible police misconduct in the operation. He called for the probe after consulting with Berkeley County Sheriff Wayne DeWitt. "I don't think there's anything wrong at all with law enforcement addressing a problem in a high school, but I have serious concerns about the need for restrainin…

FIVE children have been suspended from a Queensland primary school for smoking marijuana The incident has stunned Premier Peter Beattie and sparked a police investigation into how they acquired the drugs. Detectives attached to the Logan juvenile aid bureau will interview the children and their parents. A bureau spokesman told The Sunday Mail that charges "could be laid against adults" over the matter. Teachers discovered the Year 5 boys ? aged 9 and 10 ? in the toilets of Shailer Park State School in Brisbane's south with cannabis and home-made bongs. Education Queensland was notified and immediately launched an investigation. Three of the boys have sinc…

Schizophrenia by cannabis new myth. by our reporter Koen van Eijk. Castricum - During the 1930´s, you would ´become homophilia´ from cocaine use. In the 1970´s, schizophrenia was caused by failing parenting by the mother. It all turned out to be a hoax. Again, a new medical myth appears to be born: Now you become schozophrenic from hash and weed. Psychiatrist Daniel van Dijk was surprised when he heard the news last week: The use of hash and weed, cannabis, would be the cause of 200 more schzophrenia patients in the Netherlands each year. The media reported this on basis of a Trimbos-Institute research. According to Trimbos, even people without genetical indication…

ALMOST half of the 100 soldiers drug-tested after a raid on Darwin's Robertson Barracks in October tested positive for "party drugs" such as cannabis and amphetamines, army chief Peter Leahy told a parliamentary committee last night. Lieutenant-General Leahy told the defence estimates committee hearing in Canberra he was concerned that an organised drug ring could have been operating out of the barracks, which houses 3000 personnel, before the extensive raids by civilian and military police. The results of the drug tests were "disappointing" because drug abusers were putting the lives of their colleagues at risk. "We're getting people in the defence force saying t…

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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…