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Hayley Sultanie September 27th, 2008 goldcoast.com.au Gold Coast Publications Pty Ltd Copyright © July 2007 POLICE have uncovered an elaborate hydroponic drug set-up in the back shed of a Southport home. As part of Operation Mamba -- an ongoing operation targeting drug and property crime -- police executed search warrants on four different addresses, netting over $30,000 worth of cannabis. In the first raid of the day, police searched a Southport home, uncovering what officers say were drugs with a street value of about $20,000. "The first raid ... netted a hydroponic set-up which included approximately 13 cannabis plants up to 110cm in height, located in …
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Anti-depressants linked to male fertility problems Updated Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:52am AEST ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09...m?section=world Fertility experts say one in six Australian couples experience delays when they are trying to conceive. (Reuters: Alessandro Bianchi) Researchers in the United States claim they have found evidence that certain anti-depressant drugs can harm sperm DNA. But psychiatrists are urging caution, warning men not to suddenly drop their medication. Many things have been blamed for causing male infertility. Now researchers at the Cornell Medical Centre in New York believe they have stumbled upon another. The team …
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Sniffer dog detects ecstasy on man 25/09/2008 4:12:00 PM Mudgee Guardian http://mudgee.yourguide.com.au/news/local/...an/1282811.aspx A man who was found with three and a half ecstasy tablets in his possession after detection by a sniffer dog was fined $3,500 in Mudgee Local Court on September 17. Shortly after midnight on July 27, police entered a Mudgee hotel with a drug detection dog, which went straight up to John Gillespie of Mudgee. The dog positioned himself beside Gillespie on his right hand side, which police evidence stated meant this action by the dog indicated that it had scented drugs. When spoken to by police Gillespie at first told police he did not…
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Open letter to the business community of Nimbin The Northern Rivers Echo 25 September 2008 http://www.echonews.com/index.php?page=New...8&issue=363 In recent times, the village of Nimbin has been highlighted in the media due to ongoing operations of Police targetting prohibited drug dealing within the community. The township of Nimbin has a strong and caring community. The drug culture within the township has been around for many years, my focus in targetting the open drug market is to provide a town that is not only safe, but has the feeling of safety by its own community. I want the mums and dads to be able to walk the streets of Nimbin with their kids and not…
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September 26, 2008 - 12:47PM © 2008 AAP Advertisement More than 70 people have been arrested on drug offences after a seven-month police operation targeting a chain of hydroponic retail stores in Adelaide. Police said Operation Desire began in February and had resulted in the seizure of 145 kilograms of dried cannabis, 434 cannabis plants, 245 grams of cocaine, 310 grams of amphetamines and 235 LSD tablets. Among the 72 people arrested were an electrician and four men who had owned or managed hydroponic stores. On Tuesday, a 22-year-old NSW man was arrested at Adelaide Airport as he tried to board a plane with 17kg of dried cannabis. All those detained face char…
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Author: Date: September 26, 2008 01:11pm Source: News.com.au Copyright: © 2008 Davies Brothers Pty Limited. ACTING Prime Minister Julia Gillard has admitted she smoked dope while at university, but didn't like it. After federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull last night admitted he had smoked marijuana in the past, Ms Gillard admitted she too had tried it. "At university, tried it, didn't like it," she said on the Fairfax Radio Network. "I think probably many Australian adults would be able to make the same statement so I don't think it matters one way or the other." Ms Gillard said she did not think it mattered that Mr Turnbull had confessed to smoking d…
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For all who missed q and a last night. Here's his stance on cannabis Go to about 22min in vid. http://www.abc.net.au/tv/qanda/video.htm?p...925&story=1 body language is interesting.. perhaps.. he anxiously plays with his hands, each time he fibs
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10-year-olds stoned Margo Zlotkowski Thursday, September 25, 2008 http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2008/09/2...local-news.html © The Cairns Post CHILDREN as young as 10 are getting stoned in Cape York communities, a James Cook University cannabis researcher will tell a mental health conference in Cairns today. Cape kids are also making bucket bongs from discarded drink bottles, while cannabis-dependent youth are refusing education or job opportunities outside communities because they "don't want to leave the dope". The concerns - told to JCU researchers during consultation in Cape and Torres Strait communities over the past year - will be presented at the Creating F…
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Milk bar owner tested drug sales on students herald sun http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...670-662,00.html September 25, 2008 03:10am A GEELONG milk bar owner has admitted selling cannabis to high-school students to see if it was "economically viable". The Belmont milk bar manager yesterday admitted selling cannabis to local school students for $20 a bag. Geelong Magistrates' Court heard David Nguyen, of Hallam, took orders from Oberon High School students and sold them bags of cannabis in June. The court heard he had bought $250 worth of cannabis in Melbourne. After a tip-off the 29-year-old was arrested after the drugs squad raided the Kidman Aven…
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24/9/08 ABC news © 2008 ABC A fire in a shed in Elizabeth Park, Adelaide this morning has led to the discovery of a number of cannabis plants. Police say they were called to the Peterswool Road house at about 4:15am after a fire was reported. They say when the fire was put out, a number of hydroponically grown plants were found. A 47-year-old man has been reported.
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Michael Wray September 22, 2008 12:00am http://www.news.com.au © 2008 Queensland Newspapers ONE in 53 drivers is testing positive for illicit drugs at roadside tests operating throughout the state, Queensland police statistics reveal. Figures released to The Courier-Mail show 181 drivers have tested positive from 9730 roadside drug tests since the program was introduced last December. The preliminary tests are sent for expert analysis at Queensland Health, which has confirmed a positive reading in each of the 168 tests they checked. Police were alarmed at results from an operation in Gladstone over the weekend of September 20-21 in which 13 drivers out of 132 test…
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Mother of eight headed drug ring: Police BY ANDREW THOMSON 17/09/2008 12:00:00 AM A MAILORS Flat mother-of-eight was yesterday remanded in custody along with seven alleged co-offenders after police drug raids. Police allege that Leanne Elizabeth Walker, 39, of Russells Road, was the principal in a Warrnambool district ecstasy and amphetamines drug ring. Warrnambool Magistrates Court was told yesterday that Ms Walker used three daughters and two of their boyfriends as well as other associates to distribute drugs. Seven people have been charged with conspiracy to traffic in a commercial quantity of ecstasy and amphetamines. They include Ms Walker, Jamie Lee Hurle, 2…
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Question of honesty BY SEAN FORD 18/09/2008 12:00:00 AM The Advocate http://nwtasmania.yourguide.com.au/news/lo...ty/1275554.aspx PREMIER David Bartlett owned up to having smoked dope yesterday, eight days after The Advocate first asked the question. Mr Bartlett's simple "yes" admission followed his rival party leaders - Liberal Will Hodgman and Green Nick McKim - owning up to past cannabis use in a story in The Advocate yesterday. Tony McCall, from the UTAS School of Government, said yesterday's story showed Mr Bartlett's "zeal for reform and transparency doesn't appear to extend to his personal habits". "So be it, but Extending Trust in Democracy should include …
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Archer takes aim at Liberals on prostitution Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:00am AEST ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/18/2367805.htm Ms Archer says she'll only support new laws if they improve conditions for sex workers. (ABC) The new Liberal Government is facing its first potential policy challenge with Independent Upper House MP Shelley Archer vowing to block any moves to repeal laws which decriminalise prostitution in Western Australia. Ms Archer says she voted for laws to decriminalise prostitution and regulate brothels in April, and will only support new laws if they improve conditions for sex workers. "If they put together some legislation to impro…
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September 16, 2008 THE AUSTRALIAN Copyright 2008 News Limited A NEW Zealand woman has been arrested and her young child taken into care after 300 cannabis plants were seized in a series of police raids in Melbourne's outer west. Police swooped on houses in Brampton Close, Delahey, about 10am (AEST) today following a two-month investigation, a Victoria Police spokeswoman said. They allegedly found 102 cannabis plants at one address, arrested a 41-year-old New Zealand woman and placed her two-year-old daughter in the care of the Department of Human Services. The woman was waiting to be interview by police and has not been charged. More plants were found at two…
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