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One in five parents back cannabis use Almost one in five parents approves of their children experimenting with cannabis, according to a review of the Federal Government's $25 million anti-drugs campaign last year. The review also found that adults without school-age children were more prepared to condone youth cannabis use, provided it did not prompt experimentation with harder drugs. It also suggested that parents tended to overestimate the accessibility of illicit drugs to school-age children but underestimate their willingness to try them if available. A national survey of 604 children aged between 15 and 17 in May and June last year showed 39 per cent had been o…
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West Australians, especially parents, are being urged to mount a campaign against the State Government's plans to soften cannabis laws. Liberal leader Colin Barnett yesterday released a report by the party's drug strategy spokesman Simon O'Brien which showed similar policies in South Australia had led to growth in organised crime and drug-related home invasions. Mr Barnett said the report, Decriminalisation Of Cannabis: The Wrong Approach, also showed greatly increased availability of cannabis to young people in SA following changes in its laws and minimal impact on freeing up the court system. Making cannabis a "little bit legal" was sending the wrong message to youn…
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QLD councillor hit in biker sting A Rockhampton city councillor and board member of Crime Stoppers has had a house which she owns seized by police in an operation targeting drug trafficking by bikers. A rental property belonging to Rose Swadling has been seized under proceeds of crime laws. In the same operation, Rockhampton lawyer Doug Winning has been served with a notice to appear in court to face charges of official corruption and attempting to pervert the course of justice. Cr Swadling was recently re-elected to the Rockhampton City Council and is liaison officer between council and the police. Her house was seized as part of Operation Mayflower – a 20-month in…
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Tuesday, August 24, 2004 MARIJUANA was found in an express package posted to a Mackay man from the Gold Coast, the Magistrate's Court was told yesterday. Michael John Marino, 46, food processor, pleaded guilty to attempting to unlawfully possess marijuana in Mackay on July 28. The arrest followed the interception of a suspicious parcel which had been sent to Mackay as air freight, prosecutor Sergeant Neville Cox said. The package was carried by Toll Express and it contained three clipseal bags each wrapped in additional plastic. The marijuana weighed a total of 83.3 grams. Police were notified and they went to the address on the package and interviewed Marinoh www.dai…
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The Government’s Criminal Code (Serious Drugs Offences) Amendment Bill 2004 although aimed at drug traffickers and serious drug offences, widens the net and imposes draconian penalties on young people experimenting in or addicted to drugs. Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform calls for the Bill to be withdrawn for reconsideration. “The Bill is not just confined to serious drug offences,” said Brian McConnell, President of Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform, “Events that in plain language would not be regarded as ‘serious crimes’ will be labeled as such with severe penalties” “For example a teenager at a dance party who resells to a friend a single ecstasy t…
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More than 300 cannabis plants worth $1.2 million have been found growing at a house in Sydney. The discovery was made when officers searched the house at Yagoona about 10.30am yesterday after a tip-off, police said today. Inside the unoccupied house were 325 cannabis plants and hydroponic equipment. The cannabis has an estimated potential street value of $1.2 million, police said. Author: AAP Date: 22/08/04 Source: Herald Sun News Copyright: © Herald and Weekly Times
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The ACT Government will mount a public education campaign to promote changes to Canberra's drug laws. Under laws passed by the Legislative Assembly last week, maximum sentences will rise to 25 years for growing or supplying commercial amounts of drugs. The main change is that the number of cannabis plants which attract an infringement notice will drop from five to two. Chief Minister Jon Stanhope says he is aware of the need to inform the community. "I will be seeking and will receive assurances that we do engage as broad as possible an information and education campaign in relation to the new regime in relation to the personal use cannabis," he said. Author: AB…
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POLICE have broken a drug manufacturing ring and seized drugs worth $810,000, drug manufacturing equipment and a cache of guns and ammunition. The seizures were made during raids on three Darwin properties last week after the Northern Territory Drug Enforcement Section (DES) arrested a man at midnight on Thursday. They found 18 grams of amphetamine paste, two MDMA (ecstacy) tablets, cash and a mobile phone in his car. DES Superintendent Kris Evans said the man had been the subject of an continuous police operation. We spent months catching him. His arrest led police to a Darwin unit where another search found 102g of amphetamine paste, 150g of cannabis, two ecs…
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An Adelaide man was arrested and eight cannabis plants were seized during raids today by police investigating organised criminal networks. More than 140 police were involved in the raids on 30 Adelaide residential and business premises, that started at 7.30am (CST) today. Police said a 34-year-old Henley Beach South man was arrested for hindering police in the execution of a search warrant. The man will appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court next month. During the raids, dubbed Operation Coyote, a hydroponic crop of eight cannabis plants – all more than a metre high – were found at suburban Everard Park, police said. Investigations into the crop were continui…
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There is concern many young people will be labelled serious drug offenders if the ACT Legislative Assembly passes tough new drug laws today. The Government's proposed changes will see an increase in the maximum penalties for drug manufacturing, cultivation and supply. Brian McConnell from Families and Friends for Drug Law Reform says punishing people with drug addictions will not help them. He says the legislation is draconian and should be subject to public scrutiny. "We're asking the Government to withdraw this bill or refer it to a committee but certainly do something that will consider all of the implications of the bill and not just charge along without the proper co…
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New research has revealed more evidence of a link between cannabis use and schizophrenia. A national conference beginning in Melbourne today will examine international studies about the issue. Professor David Castle from the University of Melbourne says there is already evidence showing some cannabis users can become psychotic. He says the latest research shows if people with particular vulnerabilities smoke the drug, if can trigger more serious problems. "The debate is whether if those people with those vulnerabilities do never use cannabis, whether they might never become psychotic or never develop schizophrenia and it's thought that probably from the literatur…
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Nearly two-thirds of people using marijuana for medical reasons had decreased or stopped taking other medications early, results of a State Government survey show. The survey, an Australian first, was conducted by the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. Participants reported cannabis was useful in preventing side effects caused by conventional medicines. The most common medical conditions the cannabis users suffered were arthritis, chronic pain, depression, nausea, muscle spasms and weight loss. More than 70 per cent were concerned about marijuana's illegality and 54 per cent were scared of being arrested, but were willing to take the risk for the benefits …
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This is the basics of what they were talking about- Corrupt police took drugs: court Corrupt police took drugs: court By Jewel Topsfield A POLICE officer took 13.6 kilograms of marijuana worth $100,000 during a drug bust carried out by corrupt detectives, a Melbourne court heard today. Three Victorian detectives and a former detective today faced the Melbourne Magistrates Court on charges of trafficking cannabis worth at least $100,000. Witness Daniel May told the court he had arranged to deliver the cannabis to another man in exchange for $100,000 at the St Kilda Marina on Melbourne's foreshore on May 10, 1999. But the drug deal went sour when two police ca…
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Courier Mail (Brisbane) Sunday 1 August 2004 A series of drug raids in southeast Queensland has uncovered sophisticated hydroponic cannabis "hot-houses" using thousands of dollars worth of equipment. Officer in charge of Queensland's drug investigative group Detective Inspector Brian Wilkins said an entire Gold Coast house was converted into a hydroponic operation. Some growers were spending up to $25,000 on equipment. Several southeast Queensland crime networks are believed to have established a virtual cottage industry of small-scale hydroponic cannabis producers in a series of homes, according to a recent report for the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centr…
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A Victorian vet says he sees more than a dozen stoned cats and dogs a year because negligent owners feed their pets cannabis cookies and cake. But the only thing to do for the dazed, confused and disoriented pets was to let them sleep off the drug, Dr Neil Howard said. Pets affected by the drug had been taken to Dr Howard's veterinary surgeries in the coastal towns of Torquay, Anglesea and Lorne, in Victoria's south-west, for the past 10 years. The biggest problem was people deliberately feeding their dogs cannabis cakes and cookies, he said, although small dogs and cats could become stoned just by inhaling marijuana smoke. "A lot of it is deliberate drugging …
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