Cannabis Hemp News

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/law-order/more-than-20kg-of-marijuana-seized-from-golden-grove-home-in-drugs-raid/news-story/23fc038499918e19923db94dd7cf125e

https://www.smh.com.au/national/western-australia/meth-cocaine-firearms-cash-seized-in-rebels-bikie-crackdown-20190514-p51n33.html The police blitz resulted in more than 400 charges being laid against members, nominees and associates of the Rebels. Methamphetamine and cocaine with an estimated street value of more than $4 million, 25 illegal firearms and nearly half a million dollars in cash was seized. Seventy-eight people associated with the Rebels are facing serious charges including aggravated armed robbery, threaten to kill, extortion and drug-related offences. The WA Police Force Gang Crime Squad took part in 'day of action' across Australia and New Zealand last W…

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/sydney-house-blaze-reveals-a-cannabis-crop-in-every-bedroom/ar-AABesLe?ocid=spartanntp Sydney house blaze reveals a cannabis crop in every bedroom Emergency services have uncovered a cannabis crop in each of the five bedrooms of a suburban home in Sydney's south-west after responding to reports the house was on fire. Firefighters contained the blaze to the front of the single-storey house after being called to the property at Percy St, Bankstown, at 6.15pm, but discovered an enhanced cannabis set-up when they checked if anyone was inside the rest of the home. Fire and Rescue NSW handed the site over to Bankstown police …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019/05/08/denver-voters-apparently-reject-decriminalization-magic-mushrooms/?fbclid=IwAR1Pf1NBqpqietkh9WgwxqQCshWJmvPEe9691_Q86qORS1mrXx3ps9V9HCA&utm_term=.69b27478526a Denver voters approve decriminalization of ‘magic mushrooms’ Voters in Denver approved the nation’s first referendum on decriminalizing hallucinogenic mushrooms Tuesday. Though it took election officials until Wednesday afternoon to tabulate the vote, 50.6 percent of the 176,000 voters picked “yes,” and 49.4 percent voted no. The voters endorsed a change in Denver law that will require police to make arresting people for personal possession or use of psiloc…

Only California Could Expand The Black Market By Legalising Cannabis https://www.continentaltelegraph.com/business/only-california-could-expand-the-black-market-by-legalising-cannabis/?fbclid=IwAR37HUc1QIsBUJ3QYR1Ck5jcvI3YQJsRh0zz1isWJRGX2t1KpkzkzK2Cs9o Quite clearly if you just say that growing, buying, possessing and selling cannabis is now legal then you’ve entirely destroyed the back market in cannabis. Sure, some people might then carry on without paying taxes but that is, by definition, grey market, not black. And sure enough, people will want to tax that now legal cannabis because politicians have a near unlimited desire for more of our money to spend. But it…

https://cheddar.com/media/meet-the-former-stoners-who-accidentally-started-4-20?fbclid=IwAR0EFqAQ2IcZMzFhWMtXkMwZF2BSaVt6UIBGQN07uoUNpaXlx_fAnaeY5VY Video on site too... Millions of people across the world will celebrate 4/20 on Saturday, but only five can say they lay claim to the origins of the term. The Waldos are a group of friends who met at San Rafael High School in northern California's Marin County in the early 1970's. They say it was their inside joke that evolved into the ubiquitous call sign for cannabis culture known today. "It was a private joke amongst ourselves and somehow it turned into a worldwide phenomenon," said Waldos founding member Dave Reddix…

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-cannabis-marijuana-driving-licence-leipzig-thc-a8866571.html

https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/perths-cannabis-epidemic-the-marijuana-crime-lords-getting-vulnerable-vietnamese-to-crop-sit-ng-b881162959z

Biblebashing drug dealers OMG lol https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/bad-habit-meet-the-californian-nuns-who-started-growing-marijuana-with-just-12-plants-in-2011-and-now-rake-in-dollar11million-a-year-selling-cannabis-oil-to-cure-drug-addicts-around-the-world/ar-BBW6oG7

Here's a write up that maybe of interest, especially for medical users. https://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/6067399/opinion-ponder-for-yourself-the-truth-of-the-matter/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-09/medicinal-cannabis-and-ageing/10824750