Cannabis Hemp News

absurd????? SO KNOWLEDGE IS A CRIME??? :angry:

Tue January 21, 2003 12:36 PM ET By Andras Muller BUDAPEST, Hungary (Reuters) - Norbert, 31, slumps on a battered brown couch, with just a painting, psychology books and small plastic animals for company. Jailed for five years in 1995 for armed robbery, Norbert is a heroin addict -- clean for six years before succumbing again. Now he's back to square one, trying to beat his addiction in a system that shows little tolerance of drug abuse and where state funding to help addicts is woefully inadequate. Under the last conservative government, Hungary introduced some of the most rigid anti-drug policies in the world, including up to 10 years in jail for any adult caug…

The following table shows you the : Annual prevelance of abuse of the population aged 15 and above. The figures are the results of a UN research project. The total of marijuana smokers worldwide is 147 million, according to this report. Top 50 Countries in Cannabis Consumption, worldwide. 1. Papua New Guinea 29.5% 2. Micronesia Fed. State 29.1% 3. Ghana 21.5% 4. St.Vincent Grenadines 18.6% 5. South Africa 18.4% 6. New Zealand 18% 7. Australia 17.9% 8. Sierra Leone 16.1% 9. Zambia 15% 10.Nigeria 14.4% 11.Ireland …

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It's good to see such a large group on our planet is somehow supporting cannabis. this is the text from their "old" page:

Facts vs. Foreign pressure: Can new Dutch government close coffeeshops? At this moment, The Netherlands do not have an actual government, but the parties involved in the future government, CDA and PvdA, are discussing their coalition plans for weeks now. One the informers of the new government is ‘current’ and future CDA Justice Minister Donner, now involved in forming a new coalition with the PvdA, the two parties have a small minority in the Dutch Tweede Kamer. Minister Donner has big plans to rid Holland of Drugs and Crime, as they have been announced over the past few months. Donner wants to get the Dutch policy on Drugs and Penalties more in line with the rest of …

From page 18, Brisbane's Sunday Mail Newspaper.

Is it me or has there been lots of busts in the last couple of months. Even local busts you hear on the local radio station news seems to be increasing. Anyone know whats going on?

this comes from above news ticker, 02/27/2003 02:24 PM Man to Sue Rope Manufacturer after Failed Suicide Bid Victor Dodoi, 45, was admitted into hospital after he tried to hang himself from a light fitting at his home in Botosani, northern Romania. The rope he used broke, bringing down part of the ceiling and the light fitting down onto him. Dodoi said to a local newspaper, about the rope manufacturers: "I want to sue them. They have caused me more misery than I felt before." Source: www.ananova.com poor barstard i say,didn't he know that romania has some of the best INDUSTRIAL HEMP producers in the world,of which we all know is made into ROP…

Pressmessage to all media: Future Dutch Government wants to close 400 coffeeshops. Haarlem, the Netherlands, Feb 27, 2003 By: Nol van Schaik, coffeeshopowner in the Netherlands. It starting to become clear that some of the Dutch cannabis coffeeshops are going to have a hard time in the near future, as soon as the new government is installed. The coalition that will be in power in the Dutch parliament, the Tweede Kamer, will consist of the CDA, a Christian Conservative party, and the PvdA, the major Dutch Socialist Party. The CDA has always been against coffeeshops, they want a zero-tolerance policy, but could not get any support for that in their latest attempt …

What's happening here???

Donner want hard line on softdrugs ‘Neighbourhoods in hands weed gangs’ By: Ap van den Berg and Ferdi Schooten The Hague/GPD- Justice Minister Donner (CDA) wants to tighten the tolerance policy for softdrugs and bring it in line with European legislation. A confidential report shows he wants ‘a sharp decrease in the number of coffeeshops’. Donner also wants to discourage druguse and homegrowing. It has been confirmed by reliable sources around the minister. If it was up to Donner, he will start a major offensive against illegal hemp plantations. It happens more often that criminal gangs use houses and basements in the poorer neighbourhoods, as it states in not yet…

Hydroponic suppliers targeted By EDITH BEVIN February 01, 2003 Some Territory hydroponic equipment suppliers are being investigated by police over their suspected role in the cultivation of drugs. One Darwin supplier has already been summonsed over his alleged role in supplying equipment for growing cannabis. Police are known to be looking at other hydroponic suppliers. "We suspect that there are some hydroponics suppliers involved or assisting in the illicit manufacture of drugs," Drug Squad Senior Sergeant Les Martin said. "I'm not going to name people. "But we suspect there are some suppliers that are well aware their equipment is being used for the man…

After gathering my jaw from the floor I was amazed to find most of "social prejudices" I believed about hemp are false and has been manufacture to influence politics, manufacturing and primary produce to the incredible determent of the planets ecosystem. These lies concerning the flowers narcotic effects are so deep set that even people who regularly smoke mull are afflicted. I was also deeply disturbed by how these lies are directly endangering the planet and the future of all life on Earth. What am I talking about? The cause is a web site called “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” By Jack Herer and a story about the NORML Director’s recent encounters with the DEA. The lies?…

look what I have found, this state wants a (BIG) part of the "bizz". DRUG TAX STAMPS