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A northern NSW organisation that wants marijuana legalised says long-term users are more likely to drive more safely while under the influence than if they are forced to go without the drug. A new study has revealed many cannabis users often drive after using the drug, which increases the risk of crashes. It also revealed the only deterrent to driving stoned was police roadside testing. But Michael Balderstone from the Nimbin Hemp Embassy says it was hard to test the responses of drivers because cannabis affects people differently. "I don't know what to think about it and it hasn't come near us yet," he said. "If they put saliva testing outside Nimbin we'd all b…
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EIGHT people have been charged over the cultivation and supply of more than $1 million worth of cannabis on the NSW north coast. The charges follow a three-month investigation and included police raids on houses in Banora Point and Tweed Heads. Investigators said they uncovered cannabis plants and leaf matter with an estimated street value in excess of $1 million, and hydroponic equipment. Several charges, including supplying, cultivating and possessing cannabis, have been laid against five men and three women, ranging in age from 25 to 58, police said. They included a 25-year-old Banora Point man, charged with the supply, cultivation and possession of cannabis, a…
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Sydney - It's well known that smoking cannabis makes you hungry. What wasn't so well known is why this is so. In a breakthrough that may help in stimulating the appetite of anorexics, or blunting the hunger pains of dieters, Australian researchers have found the receptors in the brain that make marijuana users ravenous. "Because smoking cannabis increases appetite, it was believed that this was somehow related to the effects of cannabis on some brain centre," University of New England researcher Paul Mallet said. "But that was until now not identified." "We've actually identified which part of the brain is responsible for THC's effect on the stimulation of app…
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A national drug summit in Adelaide has been told of a radical proposal to address addiction before it takes hold in teenagers. Perth doctor George O'Neil suggests that high schools should test students for marijuana use as part of an annual health check and if they fail, they would be forced to undergo monthly tests. Dr O'Neil says several mining companies use a similar model on their employees. "The only punishment a school could ever give is to change from annual monitoring to monthly monitoring on the kids that were starting to be affected," Dr O'Neil said. "But if you're being monitored once a month and you have to discuss this with your mum once a month, th…
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MARIJUANA users should be treated like cigarette smokers and told to "quit for life" if Australia is to tackle the rising incidence of drug-induced psychosis. A drug conference heard yesterday that the fashionable strategy of "harm minimisation" was not working as greater numbers of people suffered from mental illness. Acting magistrate Craig Thompson called on governments to wind back the decriminalisation of marijuana and impose "coercive rehabilitation" based on abstinence for people addicted to drugs. He said it was "totally incomprehensible" that the laws had evolved so people could be fined for smoking a cigarette but cautioned for marijuana use. "So many…
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CRIMINAL sanctions for growing and possessing cannabis should be tightened, according to the Howard Government, which is increasingly concerned by the havoc drugs are wreaking on Australia's young minds. One drug expert warned yesterday that the rising number of people using illicit substances was a mental health "time bomb". The warning came just days after a report exposed how psychologically ill patients were dying because of poorly co-ordinated care. Parliamentary secretary for health Christopher Pyne, who has oversight on drugs, also blasted relaxed state cannabis laws, saying the states "all need to toughen up their laws dramatically", especially in regard to …
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PERTH, Oct 27 AAP - Police raided 78 properties across the state Wednesday as part of Operation Python 3, seizing about 30kg of cannabis, 100 dexamphetamine tablets, $42,000 and a fully-loaded magnum revolver. Police say 246 mature opium poppy plants discovered last week in a forest near the south-west town of Boddington, 120km from Perth, were seized as part of the blitz. The 98 people face a total of 205 charges, including possession of amphetamine with intent to sell or supply, possession of cannabis with intent to sell or supply, cultivate cannabis, possession of amphetamine, possession of cannabis, possession of ecstasy and possession of heroin. Author:AAP D…
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DRUGS valued at $1.6 million have been seized from a property in Sydney's south west. Police raided the Hume Highway, Yagoona home about 7.45am (AEST) yesterday and found 400 cannabis plants and an elaborate cultivation system, police said. A 45-year-old man was arrested at the scene and charged with cultivating a prohibited plant in excess of a commercial quantity. He was refused bail and was due in Burwood Local Court today. Author:AAP Date:October 28, 2005 Source:AAP Copyright:AAP $4,000 per plant, now that's inflation for you, a few days ago it was only $2,000 per plant, you'd think the courts would be questioning the mathematics by now.
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POLICE have seized cannabis worth almost $400,000 in a house raid in Sydney's south west. Officers searched the home on Gemalla Street, Fairfield, about 11.15am (AEST) yesterday and found 197 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of $394,000, police said. A 50-year-old woman was charged with cultivating a prohibited plant, possessing a prohibited drug and stealing electricity. The woman who was refused bail was due to appear in Fairfield Local Court today. The latest raid followed three others on Tuesday. The total drug haul was estimated to be worth almost $900,000. Author:The Daily Telegraph Date:October 27, 2005 Source:The Daily Telegraph Copyright…
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AUSTRALIA'S oldest convicted drug traffickers will lose their home of 50 years under Western Australia's tough proceeds of crime laws after losing a bid to appeal against their convictions. Perth pensioner David William Sidney Davies, 82, and his wife Florence Gladys Davies, 78, were found guilty in WA's District Court last year of possessing cannabis with intent to sell or supply. The pair had said some of the cannabis was used by Mrs Davies to alleviate back pain, but the rest of it was being stored for their son, Tyssul Davies, who did not live with them. WA's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) said today that in accordance with the law, the couple's home woul…
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Fairfield Police yesterday seized cannabis plants worth more than $500,000 and arrested two people during simultaneous raids on homes in Sydney’s southwest yesterday. Officers investigating the supply of illegal drugs, raided homes on Lalich Avenue and Montgomery Road at Bonnyrigg Heights and one on New Liverpool Road at Mt Pritchard. They allegedly discovered two of the homes had extensive hydroponics equipment and 264 cannabis plants in various stages of maturity. A woman aged 52 and a man aged 48 were arrested and charged with the cultivation of a commercial quantity of an illegal drug. Both will appear at Fairfield Local Court later today. Author:NSW Police.…
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Drivers are happy to jump behind the wheel just an hour after smoking drugs, but most say they would be less likely to if they ran the risk of being randomly tested on the roadside. A study of cannabis users in Sydney and Newcastle found that 78 per cent have driven not long after smoking drugs and 27 per cent admitted to driving under the influence of cannabis at least once a week. The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research and the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre surveyed 320 people to find out what measures would stop them from driving under the influence. Most people admitted that driving under the influence affected their skills, but the study cou…
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From a regional news paper (Vic). I wont quote the whole thing, but the story was a 24 year old man was charged with trafficking. House was searched and 15 grams found, some bags, and a 'hand written list of names and how much they owed(!) him'. He was charged with trafficking, possessing and using cannabis; plus handling stolen goods. Ok and the punishment was 4 mths jail to be served as an intensive correction order in the community. At least 12 hours work a week for four months. Now the part that sticks with me is what the magistrate said.. Magistrate _ _ said he took a dim view of drug traffickers as they started people off on a life of misery. "There is little…
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A HOTEL was shut down for three days in Tamworth on the weekend after police located drugs during a raid on the premises. The Good Companions Hotel in Brisbane St was closed to drinkers on Saturday night following the execution of a search warrant earlier that day. The raid and arrest of a 32-year-old Tamworth man comes a month after an undercover police officer was allegedly supplied quantities of prohibited drugs at the pub. Oxley LAC duty officer inspector Darren Steel yesterday said Tamworth police executed a search warrant on the hotel on Saturday night in the culmination of a Law Enforcement Controlled Operation carried out in recent weeks. He said during the…
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G'day, just moved to Sydney. need help finding some ganja...email is kwozzie69@hotmail.com. Can someone help please...
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