Cannabis Hemp News

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 …

Below is a quote from the green party SA bill from Hansard. We all need to call our pollies & make them be aware that it is not their god given right to decide our medication. Would you ask a plumber to pescribe cures for ailments - then why let pollies decide our treatment... It takes only a few minutes to call your local pollie & voice your concerns. If privacy is an issue then don't give your full name to them. Look how the laws have changed for the worse in SA recently - the only people to profit are bikie gangs & organised crime - it's the mr & mrs small time personal growers who are now crims. IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE... CONTROLLED SUBSTANC…

Source: New York Times medical San Francisco -- A convicted marijuana grower was sentenced to one day in prison and fined $1,000 by a federal judge today, the most lenient sentence allowed under law. The defendant, Ed Rosenthal, had faced a possible sentence of 100 years in prison and a potential fine of $4.5 million for his conviction in January on felony charges of marijuana cultivation and conspiracy. "We are all delighted with what we view as as fair and just a sentence that could be imposed under the circumstances of Ed having suffered a conviction," one of Mr. Rosenthal's lawyers, Dennis P. Riordan, said. Federal authorities arrested Mr. Rosenthal last yea…

Source: KR Washington Bureau cannabis Blaine, Wash. - For decades the drug smuggling war has raged to the south in dusty Mexican border towns or along the sparkling waters of the Caribbean. But in the cool evergreen forests of the Pacific Northwest, a new front has opened up thanks to a potent breed of pricey Canadian marijuana. B.C. Bud is so sought after in the United States that it has been known to trade on the street dollar for dollar with cocaine, federal law enforcement officials say. Named for its birthplace in British Columbia, the high-grade pot is wreaking havoc on the once sleepy northern border. Enterprising smugglers are using kayaks, horse trailers, …

g'day; thought you maybe interested in result of the Sunday Show poll. http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/voteresults.asp Do you the support the legal use of cannabis for people suffering chronic pain? Yes - 92% No - 8%

Just my 2 cents worth on the new 4 year trail of medical use for NSW resisdents. I believe that the NSW Labour government are chicken shits! The only reason I see that they are doing this trail is the fact that they wanted the GREENIE prefrences in this last election just gone and had to compromise on their drug policy (which I am sure you all heard about on the news before the election). I guess its a start. Anyway keep voting for the GREENS!

Q for Hemp SA members/coordinators??? I would like to attend a Hemp SA meeting so please can you send me the details (either through here or pm me) of you're next meeting time & venue. I have become so fed up with draconian policies from puerile politicians that affect thinking peoples intrinsic & timeless rights, that I now feel it is time to explore avenues of discontent. (Either that or stay home & get stoned te he!!!) Best regs, Budsta

Anybody from the Cardiff/Charlestown area on here?

Source: Associated Press Amsterdam, Netherlands - The latest news from the mecca of marijuana users is a real mind-blower. Under a new ban on smoking in public places, Dutch coffee shops will be allowed to sell joints, but their customers will have to go outside to smoke them. To the chagrin of the owners of the country's popular smoking establishments, national health guidelines due to take effect next January seem to be inadvertently striking the heart of the liberal Dutch drugs policy. The law targeted tobacco, not marijuana. The ban on smoking in public places met fierce resistance from eating and drinking establishments, which argued the prohibition would r…

Right , i have just arrived in Oz (Newcastle) and fancied trying my hand at a bit of gardening. However i have a few questions! 1. Where can i get some seeds from? Can i buy them online over here or can u buy them from shops? 2. Whats the penalty if caught growing? ( Just a couple of plants) 3. What is the best strain for growing outside over here? Thats about it i suppose unless anyone wants to send me some weed/seeds i would be more than happy! Cheers B.D.R

FELICITY Marco wants to give cannabis to her dying son in a final effort to ease his pain. He's just four years old. dyingson Trying times . . . Felicity Marco wants the drug trial for pain relief to include terminally ill children like her son, Alex, 4. Picture: THE MAITLAND MERCURY Premier Bob Carr wants his proposed four-year cannabis trial restricted to patients suffering wasting because of cancer and HIV, nausea from chemotherapy, severe or chronic pain, muscle spasticity due to multiple sclerosis and spinal cord injuries. They must be 18 and over, but Mrs Marco's dilemma has added another controversial dimension to the emotive debate of legalising cannabis for t…