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Monday, May 12, 2008 Harry Clarke http://kalimna.blogspot.com/ (please feel free to post a comment to Harry - at comment 7) This most recent report by the British Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs provides a careful evaluation of cannabis. It recommends retaining the classification of cannabis as a Class C drug (along with valium, GHB and steroids) rather than upgrading it into Class B of more dangerous drugs such as amphetamines and barbiturates. Nevertheless it does describe cannabis use as a significant public health issue. With a few exceptions the report’s views coincide with my views on cannabis. As a Class C drug a maximum prison sentence of 2 years is…
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Author Miranda Devine May 15, 2008 http://www.smh.com.au/news/miranda-devine/...0444525877.html The photograph of Mercedes Corby apparently pulling on a pipe, which was put to her in court and appeared in newspapers all week courtesy of her defamation case against Channel Seven, must delight her sister Schapelle, locked up in a Bali jail until 2024 for cannabis importation. Mercedes said she had only been "posing" in the picture and had not smoked marijuana since she was "young and silly" in her teens. But the image can't help Schapelle's pleas of innocence in Indonesia, where anti-drugs campaigners picketed her trial to demand the death penalty. Diverting though …
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Author: Fairfax? Date: 15/05/05 Source: Stock & Land Copyright: 2008. Fairfax Media.
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Source: http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/
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daily telegraph sydney 5 pics http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/stor...5006009,00.html
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Post office cannabis idea just plain potty By Harry Clarke Posted 3 hours 42 minutes ago Updated 3 hours 26 minutes ago Cannabis use in Australia is falling, as the recent National Drug Survey shows. (File photo) (ABC News) I wonder what Australia has done to deserve having people in charge of drug treatment services advocating the decriminalisation of illicit drugs such as cannabis. The director of the alcohol and drug service at St Vincent's Hospital, Dr Alex Wodak, proposes selling cannabis in post offices to cut consumption. He made the proposal for taxed and legalised cannabis at the Mardi Grass festival in Nimbin on Sunday (an appropriate site for a medica…
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New centre will fight marijuana May 5, 2008 Public information campaigns will try to counter the high rate of cannabis use among the young, writes Natasha Wallace. Cannabis use and addiction have become such a problem, particularly among the young, that the Federal Government is funding a $12 million research centre at the University of NSW to try to turn the trend around. The National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre will focus on public information campaigns similar to those tackling tobacco addiction to try to cut the increasingly high rates of cannabis use among the young. The centre's director, Jan Copeland, said the latest statistics showed that …
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Legal cannabis sale plan slammed May 6, 2008 - 11:59PM A proposal by the head of a Sydney drug and alcohol clinic that cannabis should be sold legally at post offices has been branded irresponsible by an anti-drug group. St Vincent's Hospital drug and alcohol service director Alex Wodak argued that cannabis should be legalised and distributed by the government, which would then be able to reap the resulting tax revenue. Drug Free Australia chair Craig Thompson rejected Dr Wodak's proposal. "At a time when the most reputable evidence points to the increased harms of cannabis, it seems highly irresponsible from a person in Dr Wodak's position to make such a statemen…
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Scipione wants proof of drugs corruption May 6, 2008 - 5:28PM The head of a Sydney drug and alcohol clinic must back up his claims that corrupt police are selling cannabis, NSW's police chief says. St Vincent's Hospital drug and alcohol service director Alex Wodak says criminals and corrupt police control the cannabis market. Dr Wodak argues cannabis should be legalised and distributed by the government, which would then be able to reap the resulting tax revenue. "What's so good about criminals and corrupt police that you'd want them to have a virtual monopoly of cannabis distribution," he said on ABC Radio on Tuesday. NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione…
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/cut-ca...9839554211.html Great idea! This was from the Sydney morning herald. Taken off the front page after only a few hours. Can't find any other coverage!
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Found: Sat May 03 07:18:12 2008 PDT Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) Copyright: 2008 The Sydney Morning Herald Contact: letters@smh.com.au Website: http://www.smh.com.au/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/441 Webpage: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/dope-f... Author: Amphetamine And Alcohol Use Newshawk: http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/ Simon Webster May 4, 2008 A POLICE clampdown on cannabis smokers at Nimbin's annual Mardi Grass festival was allowing it to be taken over by amphetamine and alcohol use, an organiser said. "The crowd are complaining there's not enough pot," Mardi Grass parade marshall Graeme Dunstan said of this weekend's festiv…
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Found: Thu May 01 22:46:32 2008 PDT Webpage: http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/latest_r... Newshawk: http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/ Court grants application to close alleged drug premises -- NimbinFriday, 02 May 2008 03:28pm An application by police to temporarily close two businesses in the Northern NSW township of Nimbin has been successful following an order made in the Lismore Local Court this morning. Richmond Local Area Command Police applied for the temporary closure of the Nimbin Hemp Bar and Nimbin Museum, from midday today (Friday 2 May) to midday Monday (5 May). Police applied for the order, under Section 15C of the Restricted Premises Act (1943),…
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From the ABC: Can't be anything but good. Too many zero-tolerance drug policy advocates have been able to use the 'no evidence of harmlessness' crutch because too many governments have actively interfered with cannabis research, preventing the assembly of a credible body of evidence. However, keep in mind that this study is being done by the government's 'National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre.' Whatever they come up with will be biased toward reduction or cessation of cannabis use, sort of out of the universal 'drugs-r-bad-mkay' box. They probably won't take into account that many cannabis users self medicate for physical or psychological disco…
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