Cannabis Hemp News

Do you guys know about MAPinc.org? They archive illicit drug articles and letters from newspapers all over the world, it's an amazing resource and a great way to keep up to date with the news. Unfortunately there's hardly anyone newshawking in Australia. boulder has posted a few articles here in the last few weeks (and many more I'm assuming), but if they were all posted to MAPinc.org then the whole world could be reading them and learning. MAPinc syndicates their news via XML feeds to all of the major cannabis/drug websites, and they're all sent out by mailing list to subscribers. Articles and letters inspire even more letters, particularly from overseas when they …

MELBOURNE man will face court today over his alleged involvement in a national drug syndicate suspected of trafficking cannabis between four states. Jason Peter Scott, of Ringwood North, was remanded in custody in an out-of-sessions court hearing late yesterday after a series of raids across Australia. Homes in Melbourne's eastern and southern suburbs, including Ringwood North, Edithvale, Box Hill North and Croydon Hills were searched about 7am (AEST) yesterday. Cash, cannabis and drug-related equipment were seized in the raids, which followed a three month joint investigation involving police from Victoria, NSW, South Australia and the Australian Crime Commission. …

To answer all the email's I'm getiing that say "Thats sounds like some sick shit Im Gunja Can I come to the Canna Cup?????? What do you need to SMS me or something" I would like to open the doors to the world but it's not mine, I'm just doing the posting for Dr Douge. So if you know me or any of the people I have mentioned, contact us. There's about four of us I think. The Cup is smaller this year for security, etc. Also there's a $2000 prize thing. All else is redundant info, read my previous posting on the Cup. Kimba

I was doing a bit of surfing and came across this report about UK police officers being let off drug testing, take a look. Buster.

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By Duncan Macfarlane 17oct03 SIX RAAF servicemen have been placed on probation after admitting to possessing and using drugs at the Amberley airforce base in Queensland. The details were confirmed last night by the head of the Amberley Air Defence Wing, Air Commodore Stewart Cameron, who said investigations were over. He said he did not know whether drug abuse at Amberley was linked to police raids at other military bases in Queensland and the Northern Territory. The airmen had not been sacked under the Australian Defence Force's zero tolerance drugs policy because they had come forward during the internal investigation, he said. "We had some people step forw…

Sorry to make my first posting here one of bad news, it's not my usual style, I promise! Some of you know me, but you don't KNOW that you know me yet. Should be fun seeing who twigs first! This is 'as is' from the UK members mailing about an hour ago. > It doesn't really make any difference, but for what it's worth: > > Derek ------------- Forwarded message follows ------------- Legalise cannabis Alliance Information bullitin: Information from the Drug Legislation and Enforcement office says that changes to the Criminal Justice Bill planned to give police the power of arrest for simple possession of a class C drug will not be brought before Parliament…

Potheads told to butt out But court aids medicinal use By SAM PAZZANO, COURTS BUREAU Ontario's highest court has ended the province's reefer madness. In a landmark decision released yesterday, the Court of Appeal ended a two-year period where it was legal to possess personal amounts of weed. But medicinal pot users won freer access to marijuana, lawyer Alan Young said. Young, Paul Burstein, Leora Shemesh and other lawyers represented ill people who successfully challenged Canada's medicinal marijuana regulations because they were forced to buy pot on the black market. FIX REGULATIONS In January, a Superior Court judge struck down the regulations as…

Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:14:31 -0700 From: "D. Paul Stanford" <stanford@crrh.org> Subject: 008 Australia: WA Passes New Cannabis Bill Newshawk: Niall Young Pubdate: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Australia Web) Copyright: 2003 Australian Broadcasting Corporation Contact: comments@your.abc.net.au Website: http://www.abc.net.au/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/34 WA PASSES NEW CANNABIS BILL Minor possession of cannabis in Western Australia is set to be decriminalised after legislation finally cleared state Parliament last night. Labor's Cannabis Control Bill was passed on the Government's numbers, with amendments approved b…

States have taken sweeping action in recent years to roll back "get-tough" approaches on drug policy, turning toward prevention, treatment and other alternatives to fight addiction, a new report from an advocacy group found. The survey of new laws between 1996 and 2001 found that states were adopting anti-drug approaches that treat addiction more like an illness than a crime, according to the Drug Policy Alliance, a group that supports such an approach. The report was released Tuesday. "Our key hope for this report is that legislators around the country will increasingly appreciate that it's possible to introduce and support and enact sensible drug policy reforms wi…