Cannabis Hemp News

Source: The Herald, Glasgow Author: Stephen Stewart and Keith Sinclair Date: 02 Jul 2003 --- A terminally ill cannabis campaigner said yesterday she will commit suicide despite hearing that the criminal case against her will be dropped. Biz Ivol, who suffers from MS, was arrested two years ago following allegations that she was supplying cannabis to other people with the debilitating disease across the UK. It is believed Ms Ivol's agents notified her that the case, due to call at Kirkwall Sheriff Court in Orkney today, would not proceed further because of the deterioration of her health. Ms Ivol said that she would continue with plans to end her life after her s…

Iselin, NJ: The Pharmos pharmaceutical company announced on Tuesday the commencement of the first ever Phase III US study on the effectiveness of the synthetic marijuana derivative Dexanabinol for the treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). An estimated 270 US patients in some 15 trauma centers will take part in the double blind, randomized, placebo controlled trail. US patient recruitment is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Worldwide, Pharmos has already enrolled some 630 patients throughout Europe, Australia and Israel to participate in the trial. Results from the trial are expected to be available late next year. "Positive data from the [Phase II…

Alaskans could get to vote on everything from legalizing marijuana to taxing cruise ships if the sponsors of several proposed 2004 ballot initiatives get their way. Lt. Gov. Loran Leman announced Thursday that a ballot measure to ban bear-baiting had been certified by the Division of Elections, which means that the sponsors can begin the process of collecting more than 23,000 signatures in order to put it on the ballot in November 2004. The measure is the first to be certified for that election, but applications for certification for four other ballot measures have also been received by the Division of Elections. Leman announced Friday that a fifth application, which …

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n922/a01.html Newshawk: http://DrugPolicyCentral.com/bot/canada Pubdate: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 Source: Prague Post (Czech Republic) Contact: editor@praguepost.cz Website: http://www.praguepost.cz/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/346 Author: Kevin Livingston, Staff Writer, The Prague Post, MARIJUANA PROPOSAL SPARKS DEBATE Deputy Prime Minister Wants State To Reduce Penalties For Possession A marijuana smoker rolls a cigarette at Letna park, an act that could be punished with time in prison. Sitting on an open patch of grass in Letna park, the 21-year-old salesman casually rolled a marijuana cigarette. He lit it and took three d…

Thursday?s idiotic marijuana-smoking party outside Toronto police headquarters demonstrated more than the foolishness of some individuals ? it pointed clearly to the need for government to do more than just decriminalize. As with many other substances, marijuana is going to have to be regulated and controlled. If legislators are particularly smart, they?ll go one better ? sell and tax pot, and use the proceeds to fund increased costs of regulation. Police did nothing about the dozens of people who openly smoked the drug on police property, perhaps using the occasion for a passive-aggressive demonstration of their own. Maybe the frustrated officers were saying to propo…

One of B.C.'s most senior appeal court judges says she no longer believes marijuana offences are serious crimes. "While at one time I accepted the received wisdom that marijuana offences were serious crimes, I now am of a different opinion," B.C. Court of Appeal Justice Mary Southin said in a written judgment released Friday. "In my years on the bench I have sat on over 40 cases which had something to do with this substance, which appears to be of no greater danger to society than alcohol," she said. Her comments were contained in a unanimous written ruling by a three-judge panel that overturned a lower court decision to convict a Vancouver couple of operating a marij…

GUDAY 420 AUSSERS LOUDWAYNE HERE FROM ONTARIO CANADA,I FOLLOWED ALISON DOWN UNDER LAST WEEK. I NEED TO SAY THAT SHE IS THE BUSIEST SICK PERSON IN THE WORLD AND NOW SHE HAS ASKED FOR A HAND IN EXPOSING THE ATROCITIES THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT CALLS MEDICAL ACCESSS!! IT IS A BLOODY JOKE!! I HAVE BEEN A BANDIT SMOKER/GROWER FOR 30YRS WITHOUT A DROUGHT. NOW, THAT IT IS LEGAL FOR ME TO GROW/POSSESS I AM DRY 2/3 OF THE TIME!! MY GOVERNMENT IS SO ADEPT AT HANDLING WORLD ISSUES,S.A.R.S.,WEST NILE, MADCOW & of course, BIN LADEN, EH!! HE IS WORKING AT K-MART IN EDMONTON LEND THE GAL A HAND, MATE, SHE IS FIGHJTING THE WORLDS FIGHT FROM A SICKBED WITHOUT, FROM A WHEELCHAIR WITHOUT,…

A cannabis-based drug which relieves the symptoms of multiple sclerosis should be available on prescription by the end of the year, it was announced today. GW Pharmaceuticals said Sativex, which contains extracts from whole cannabis plants, is on track for release subject to approval by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Because it contains the class C drug, Sativex would also require a change in the law, but Home Secretary David Blunkett has indicated he would be willing to make an amendment if the drug was approved. GW, based in Salisbury, grows 40,000 cannabis plants a year at a secret site. The drug is administered as a spray in th…

The HEMP Embassy is amazed by the outcry over the high school student at Maclean caught with a bong in his bag. Dealing with reality on this issue is overdue. Spokesperson Michael Balderstone said, "I guess there's no chance of getting the job, but the NSW Dept of Education could hire us as their 'bong disposal unit'. No doubt we're a joke to most, but many young people have more experience and knowledge on cannabis than most of the people preaching to them, and they are interested in hearing from long term users". For example, we are finding many of the young teenagers caught up in smoking pot daily are hooked on tobacco without realising it. We, like many social wor…

A HIGH-ranking police officer has resigned as a Crime and Misconduct Commission investigation continues into the theft of more than $100,000 from a police safe on the Sunshine Coast. District Superintendent Bob Welch, whose office at Maroochydore station contained the safe which held the missing money, recently resigned. It is unclear when Supt Welch's resignation will take effect. He was one of four police officers whose homes were raided by investigators from the Crime and Misconduct Commission in August last year. The raids were believed to have focused on police who knew the combination to the safe. Just over a week after the $113,000 was reported missing, CMC…

Sniffer dogs would be re-introduced to Darwin and Alice Springs airports to stop drug trafficking, a federal senator said yesterday. Federal Senator Bronwyn Bishop made the pledge after a tour of Top End Aboriginal communities last week. Senator Bishop said she was shocked by the revelation that children aged as young as 10 smoke cannabis in the Territory. Senator Bishop, who chairs the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, said she was shocked by levels of juvenile drug use at communities. The committee held public hearings last week in Darwin, Wadeye and Nguiu. She said drug use was stopping community children obtaini…

A father of two has been jailed for six months for cultivating cannabis at home using sophisticated equipment, including an ozone generator. Humpty Doo resident Dwight Anthony Brieffies, 42, was caught with 6.085kg of cannabis and four plants in a concealed grow room. He told the Supreme Court the drug was for personal use _ even though he admitted it would have taken him two years to smoke his crop. Brieffies, who was convicted of a similar offence a year ago, said he used cannabis because he had trouble sleeping after separating from his wife. Police raided Brieffies' home in February this year and discovered the 6kg stash of cannabis and two elaborate grow …