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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…

Albert & Logan news - Oct 15 A routine search has netted police amphetamines and a cache of weapons. Police said a 30 yr old man has been charged with numerous offences after a search of his Crestmede hime on October 8 revealed a large amount of amphetimines and cannabis. They said offocers also seized a quantity if cash, a rifle, a baton, a wrist slingshot and a police hat badge. Scales and drug utensils were also found at the property.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/National/story_51674.asp Heres a little nibbble from that article: "Two girls, aged three and four, remain in hospital suffering from an overdose of cannabis in what police described as a sickening case." Do you think they overdosed or the police overeacted? I dont know wether you can trust ninemsn .

A strange aspect of the mull culture is that a freind of mine whom has been buying about $100 a fortnight for pain cause by the myriad of diseases brought on by AIDS does not want to risk placing some plants inside under lights. I was amazed as I had offered to supply the lights and seed stock for free. The reason being is that she considers cultivation so illegal so refuses to risk it EVEN THOUGH she has less than five years to live. I have argued with her that with her disease she would be more than justified in growing it inside and wouldn't attrack any flak from the system. How do I convince the masses of mullers that indoor crops are not so bad? Hydro DOES NOT affect…

by Pete Brady (21 Oct, 2003) Emery and Canadian MJ Business to be Featured in Forbes Magazine Marc applauded again for his business sense and philanthropy. In 1996, journalist Quentin Hardy put Marc Emery on the front page of the prestigious Wall Street Journal newspaper. The article rightfully credited Emery with creating the entire retail marijuana seed industry, and lauded him for being a philanthropist. Since then, and under Emery's leadership and guidance, Canada's pot culture has blossomed into a powerful political and cultural movement. Hardy never forgot Emery, and has kept in touch with him over the years. These days, Hardy is even a more influential j…

Police were starting to win the war on drugs, Commissioner Paul White claimed yesterday. Police have shut down, or through raids forced the closure, of 20 drug houses since August last year. ``The introduction of drug premises legislation represented a major challenge and opportunity for the police force to disrupt the illict drug market,'' Mr White said. He said operations run by the drug squad had shut down drug houses known to supply not only cannabis but also amphetamine. Since the legislation's introduction: SIXTY-EIGHT first warning notices have been issued, including one to a commercial premises in Darwin; NINE second warning notices across the NT …

So this is how they "help" a victim of burglary in New Zealand.