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Hemp goes commercial BY EMILY BRAHAM 9/12/2008 The Irrigator http://leeton.yourguide.com.au/news/local/...al/1380791.aspx AGRICULTURE in the region could be diversified with new legislation permitting the growth of industrial hemp. People can now apply for a NSW Department of Primary Industries licence to grow hemp on a commercial scale. Innovative Whitton farmers Tim and Roger Commins have trialled the fibrous crop and are investigating going commercial. Tim Commins said the trial was a success and may lead to greater investment in the young industry. “We are looking at it,” he said. “We are doing another trial area, we are redoing what we did last year. We ar…
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One in 10 teens hallucinate - study 6 December 2008 http://www.skynews.com.au/health/article.aspx?id=284468 Almost one in 10 Australian teens say they have hallucinations, and those from broken homes are among the hardest hit. Young cannabis users also dominate the 8.4 per cent of teens who say they either see or hear 'things that other people think aren't there'. But the findings do not mean the same teenagers will go on to suffer a mental illness in adulthood, the Queensland-based researchers behind the study say. 'Clearly, most adolescents in this study who experience hallucinations will not subsequently develop a psychotic disorder,' the authors write in the…
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Brisbane Times 4 December, 2008 Inmates allegedly used a plastic weight attached to dental floss to transfer a contraband mobile phone to a convicted murderer accused of using it to run a $250,000-a-week drug trafficking enterprise. Seven people have been arrested in two states after analysis of more than 19,000 phone conversations - originating from within the Lithgow maximum security prison in NSW and conducted in Arabic - allegedly revealed their highly organised criminal activities. A further five friends and relatives of the prisoner are being investigated over the transfer of about $1.5 million worth of cocaine, ice and cannabis from NSW to Victoria in a six w…
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Tied these two stories together and trust you guys will notice why. Personally don't condone the use of cannabis or ssri's for kids at all, unless topical for infants with thc tincture. Have to wonder how many parents would feel a little nervous if made face 8 years jail for dipping their childs dummy in some cherry, rum, or beer tho.. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,,24744237-1702,00.html Texas man Vanswan Polty pleads guilty to giving children cannabis A MAN who was videotaped coaxing two young children to smoke pot has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Texas man Vanswan Polty, 20, made a plea deal at the beginning of his trial in Fort Worth yeste…
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Hi folks Im sorry I cant elaborate on this some more but I just heard that South Australian police are watching hydro shops and taking car registration numbers and will use those to raid houses. Please stay away from your local store till the shit blows over. Fuck knuckle Mike Rann announced that unless you have a legitimate reason (you have to prove in in court) for having any hydro equipment you will face a 10k fine and lengthy jail sentences. No word which shops are being watched but this is sure to hit the media to show fuckknuckle rann is tough on drugs and drug growers (who he says only peddle to kids) Yes, from a very good source Peace and stay safe
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Secret police files expose schools' shame with children selling drugs Karen Collier and Jane Metlikovec November 21, 2008 12:00am Herald Sun http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...189-661,00.html CHILDREN as young as 11 are being caught dealing, using or hiding drugs at schools, with marijuana and ecstasy being sold for as little as $5. Marijuana, ecstasy and prescription pills are being swapped for as little as $5 in secret meetings on school ovals, in corridors and behind buildings. One student a week on average is quizzed by police over drugs found in government and private schools. Secret police records reveal 87 students were nabbed from July 2005 to …
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Net may widen for drug drivers Nicole Cox 29 November 2008 perth now http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21...5008620,00.html DRUGGED drivers could come under much greater scrutiny if an imminent review recommends roadside drug testing be rolled out to police statewide. The review will assess whether country police and general duties officers should be able to conduct the tests, as well as traffic police. Only Traffic Enforcement Group officers give the tests. Experts from Adelaide University's Centre for Automotive Safety Research will travel to Perth this week to do the first stage of the assessment. The centre is internationally recognised as a leading re…
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End hempseed food ban: businessman thewest.com.au 29th November 2008, 9:00 WST http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?Men...ontentID=110650 A Perth businessman wants the Federal Government to lift a ban on the sale of hempseed foods and oils for human consumption, arguing they have a better balance of essential fatty acids than popular fish oil. Hemp Resources chief executive Kim Hough has written to his local MP and Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith calling for an exemption from the Australian food standard which makes hemp foods illegal for human ingestion. Hempseed and its oil come from the leaf of the cannabis plant but do not have any psychotropic prope…
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Some excerpts of the transcripts. Lightning is accused M.P. Littlbit is Accused E.P. Persecutor is Mr C. It is a real eye opener to the state of law in Australia. HER HONOUR: I am obliged at the end of the trial to instruct the jury as to the law which it must apply to its deliberations. If I feel, or if my decision is, that what you have to say about the constitution, international covenants and treaties and human rights legislation is not correct at law, I will not instruct the jury to consider it. I will in fact tell the jury that that is not a matter that they should consider. The jury is not here to decide the law. The jury here is h…
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...2-12377,00.html "Ms Roxon said an average of four under-25s died each week from alcohol, not counting the hospitalisations and the Government, communities and parents were trying to convey a message about responsible drinking." How is it they can continue to sell and tax this lethal poison?
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The Canberra Times Noel Towell and Michele Tydd 24/11/2008 The double life of a public servant with ACT Health's alcohol and drug services has been exposed after he admitted growing $160,000 worth of illegal drugs on his NSW property using a sophisticated hydroponic system. Mark Vincent Blattman, who was caught in June with a crop of 75 marijuana plants and 720g of cannabis in a shed on his Sutton property, has also pleaded guilty to storing illegally held firearms and ammunition. Blattman's wife, Lyndal, a nurse with the alcohol and drug services, is facing less serious charges over the June 25 raid but has yet to enter a plea. Queanbeyan District Court heard…
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An Open Letter [i know this is from June, 08, but it still remains very relevant . . . and I did search and couldn't find it here ] An Open Letter to Ms Miranda Devine from Dr Alex Wodak: A shorter version of this letter (without references) was offered to the Sydney Morning Herald but declined. This commentary is a response to arguments made in an article by Ms Devine published in the Sydney Morning Herald on 15 May 2008. This response was posted on the Update Listserver of the ADCA in Canberra on Monday 2nd June 2008. REDUCING THE HARMS OF CANNABIS AND CANNABIS POLICIES In her recent article on cannabis in the Sydney Morning Herald [1], Ms. Miranda Devine exp…
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NSW farmers urged to grow hemp November 20, 2008 - 10:17AM Source: ABC New South Wales farmers are being encouraged to start growing industrial hemp. The Government recently passed legislation allowing the plant to be grown for use in products ranging from bio-fuel to dog food. The Primary Industries Minister, Ian Macdonald, says measures have been put in place to prevent hemp crops being used to camouflage marijuana plantations. "The licensing scheme is authorised by our Act of Parliament," he said. "It'll require farmers who wish to grow industrial hemp to register to get a licence. "That'll mean that their properties will be then audited and inspected regul…
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The Northern Star Helen Jack 19 November 2008 Banana grower Garry Ronald Howard, 63, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years' jail yesterday after pleading guilty to growing nearly 3000 cannabis plants, a large commercial quantity, on his family's farm at Burringbar. Lismore District Court heard Howard nurtured the crop in six plots along a creek bed running through the property. Howard said he had no intention of growing so much of the prohibited drug. He said the seeds had washed down from upstream and had taken root on his property. In sentencing Howard, Judge Colin Charteris said the evidence showed he did intend to sell some of the crop and had admitted to bein…
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long time reader first time poster: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/high-h...6770542506.html "GROWING cannabis becomes legal in NSW today - provided you are a licensed farmer who will harvest hemp for industrial use. After years of debate, the State Government has approved large-scale hemp farming and will consider licence applications under a new scheme."
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