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A new research and education centre targeting cannabis is expected to be up and running by the end of this year. The Federal Government has announced the $12 million centre will be run by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, based at the University of New South Wales. Federal Minister Christopher Pyne says the centre will provide information to young people in particular about the dangers of the drug. "Cannabis is still a very important part of the drug scene and is the most used drug in Australia still, so we don't want to in our attempt to fight ice and ecstasy and other synthetic drugs take our eye off the ball of fighting cannabis," he said. Author: …
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http://nwtasmania.yourguide.com.au/covers/208.pdf Author, Date, Source, Copyright all on the page. Full story available at http://nwtasmania.yourguide.com.au/detail....ategory=general This annoys me. I don't see how the rise in ice use can bring on the ban of cannabis bongs. ...Well I can. It's just annoying.
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THC eases allergic reactions A FOLK remedy has been resurrected by scientists who found active ingredients in cannabis reduced allergic reactions. The research, conducted on mice, points the way towards cannabis-based treatments for irritated skin. Extracts from the hemp plant were traditionally used to treat inflammation and could be bought from chemists in the early part of the 20th century. But fears about the intoxicating effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the chemical that causes the cannabis high, led to a ban on sales in the 1930s. The new research suggests the herbalists who used cannabis ointments to treat eczema knew what they were doing. Sci…
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Greens' cannabis shameChris Tinkler and Liam Houlihan June 10, 2007 12:00am Article from: Sunday Herald Sun THE GREENS' chief policy strategist in Victoria has admitted she helped organise a cannabis festival. Freja Leonard, chief of staff to Victorian Greens MP Greg Barber, used to be a coordinator at Mardi Grass, Nimbin's pot celebration. Mothers of overdose victims are calling for Ms Leonard to resign and say the revelation raises major questions over Mr Barber's judgment. The illegal festival features widespread drug-taking, nudity and the Hemp Cup - a judging section designed to find the best marijuana. Ms Leonard refused to say whether she had taken a…
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'Queen of Pop' jailed for 12 months June 1, 2007 - 11:59AM Former Australian Queen of Pop Allison Durbin has been jailed for 12 months for drug trafficking. Durbin, now known by her married name Allison Giles, was handed a 24-month jail term today but half of the sentence was suspended. The reclusive former pop star, who shot to fame in the 1960s and 70s, had pleaded guilty in the Victorian County Court to trafficking a drug of dependence, cultivating a narcotic plant and theft of electricity. The court heard Giles, 57, had a hydroponic set-up at a house in West Footscray and supplied cannabis to drug dealer and father of snatched baby Montana, Giuseppe Dom Barb…
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Author: ABC News Online Date: 1st June 2007 Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200706/s1939700.htm Copyright: 2007 ABC Good to hear this sound, rational argument from a non-cannabis lobby group.
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Drugs cause of Pine Creek Road Train Collision Northern Territory Police say that one of the drivers in Monday night's road-train crash near Pine Creek was on drugs at the time of the head on collision. Northern Territory Police have charged a 35-year-old man for driving in a reckless manner endangering life, being under the influence of drugs and in possession of cannabis. The road train was carrying cattle when it veered onto the wrong side of the road. The Stuart Highway, 20 kilometres north of Pine Creek, was closed for 18 hours while debris was cleared from the road. The accused is being treated for injuries at Katherine hospital. He will face court i…
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A PRISON employee smuggled a loaded gun into a jail in an alleged plot to kill mobster Lewis Moran, a court has heard. The gun was found in the cell of a convicted kidnapper in 2003. The prison worker allegedly handed a package containing the gun to the kidnapper in the presence of a road-rage killer who was a close associate of gangland murderer Carl Williams. Crime patriarch Lewis Moran, 58, was slain the following year at the Brunswick Club. Williams, 36, was jailed this month for organising Moran's murder. The County Court heard that several people could be charged over a conspiracy to kill Moran while he was in custody. A former Port Phillip Prison emplo…
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Former pop queen grew drugs FORMER pop star Allison Durbin has admitted growing and trafficking cannabis. Australia's former Queen of Pop, 57, pleaded guilty to three charges in the County Court yesterday. The court heard Durbin, who goes by her married name Allison Ann Giles, lists her occupation as an "entertainer on a disability pension for the last six or seven years". In Melbourne Magistrates' Court last year, the faded pop sweetheart was accused of supplying cannabis to convicted drug dealer Giuseppe Dom "Joe" Barbaro, 50. Barbaro's three-week-old daughter Montana was kidnapped in 2004. The court heard Giles allegedly used the code word "baby" at th…
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SMOKING is still the biggest cause of preventable death and disability in Australia, a new report says. It is worse than obesity, alcohol, high cholesterol, road crashes, illicit drugs or unsafe sex, the report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) found. Of 14 preventable health risks, tobacco was the single biggest killer and worst cause of disease. It was responsible for 12 per cent of all deaths in Australia in 2003, killing more than 15,000 people. Next worst were high blood pressure, high body mass, physical inactivity and high blood cholesterol. Alcohol, low consumption of fruit and vegetables, illicit drugs, occupational hazards, domes…
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Wetherill Park police have charged a 48-year-old Vietnamese man after raiding a hydroponic cannabis home in Smithfield today at 7am. They confiscated 264 cannabis plants with a street value of $300,000, along with drug equipment including lamps, chemicals, containers and extractor fans. The man was charged with cultivate cannabis, divert electricity and operate drug premises. He was refused bail to appear at Bankstown Local Court this afternoon. Picture by Helen Nezdropa Author: Fairfield Champion Date: May 25, 2007 Source: www.fairfieldchampion.com.au Copyright: © 2006. Fairfield Champion
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CANNABIS super-strains up to 30 per cent stronger are being cultivated in South Australia by crime groups who travel internationally to "refine" their growing techniques. The Australian Crime Commission's annual Illicit Drug Report released this month warned of a Canadian strain being introduced in Australia through links with Vietnamese crime groups. The report said there were indications Vietnamese Australians had travelled to Canada to refine production techniques. Inspector Greg Englert, intelligence co-ordinator for New South Wales Police's Asian crime squad, recently highlighted the British Columbian strain in the Australian Police Journal. "It has been arou…
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Just had word that stacks of ppl around my area have been stopped and swabbed in a bit of a crack down Around 40 ppl charged as a result of the swabs (rumour number yet to find anyone charged its a small town thus hard to ask around) Has anyone got any more info on this and/or the test they are using and the detection time frame involved
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The primary psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, THC, may be detectable at low levels in the sweat of daily cannabis users for up to four weeks after they cease using the drug, according to clinical trial data published in the journal Forensic Science International. Investigators at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) assessed the sensitivity of sweat patch technology in 11 daily cannabis users. All of the subjects tested positive for THC during their first week of abstinence, three tested positive for two weeks, and one subject continued to test positive for four weeks after ceasing his use of cannabis. By contrast, subjects administered daily do…
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BRADLEY MURDOCH, the man who killed British backpacker Peter Falconio, was one and police fear there are many more like him. Murdoch was a drug runner who would drive across the country with large amounts of cannabis hidden in his 1999 Toyota Landcruiser four-wheel-drive's large, spare fuel tank. He was usually high on amphetamines during the regular 3000-kilometre trips from Broome to Sedan in South Australia. He would take with him two guns, a .357 Colt Dirty Harry revolver and a James Bond-style black Beretta pistol, with him for protection. Police are concerned drug runners like Murdoch, who shot Falconio and assaulted and deprived his girlfriend Joanne Lees …
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