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A Darwin mayoral candidate has called for drugs to be legalised to turn the city into "Australia's Amsterdam". Stuart Highway, from the controversial lobby group Network Against Prohibition, said drug tourism would attract thousands of tourists from around the world. Mr Highway is one of seven candidates vying for the top job in the Darwin City Council elections on May 29. "If elected I will use my position as lord mayor to accelerate the Network Against Prohibition campaign for the re-legalisation of all drugs," Mr Highway said. "Once this process is complete, it is hoped that Darwin will become Australia's Amsterdam. "Drug tourism will attract thousands of tou…
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A man has been jailed for nine months for growing a large crop of marijuana so he could produce a batch of hash brownies to share with friends. Paul Michael King, 37, of Mooloolabah on the Sunshine Coast, pleaded guilty today to one count each of production and possession of drugs in January last year. Police raided King's property at Narangba, north of Brisbane, and discovered 27kg of cannabis. King's barrister Jim Veivers told the Supreme Court in Brisbane his client had planned to dice, boil, strain and puree the drugs, mix them with butter and bake what would have been a huge batch of cookies. Mr Veivers said King had intended to distribute them to his large g…
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New South Wales Liberal leader John Brodgen says he does not understand why cannabis for use in a trial to help pain and suffering among terminally ill people would have to be imported from overseas. The Opposition leader has suggested the drug could be grown locally. Premier Bob Carr said that plans for the trial had stalled because of delays with pharmaceutical companies in the UK developing an inhaler, his preferred method of supplying the drug. He has raised the possibility of importing the drug from Canada, where it is already used for medicinal purposes, rather than growing it here. He has written to Prime Minister John Howard, seeking his support. But Mr …
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The NSW government has sought federal backing to trial cannabis as a medicinal treatment for people suffering acute pain that cannot be treated with more conventional therapies. NSW Premier Bob Carr has written to Prime Minister John Howard seeking his help in setting up the trial involving HIV, cancer and multiple sclerosis patients. Mr Carr said the Government had no intention of decriminalising cannabis, and other alternatives of accessing cannabis would have to be explored. "NSW is opposed to any scheme which involves growing cannabis in backyards or requiring sick people to buy it on the black market," Mr Carr said. "That means we need to look at the alternat…
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Australian police could catch criminals by matching traces of pollen on their clothes or body with a crime scene, according to a forensic pollen expert, but only if they take the right samples. The problem was that most police didn't know about forensic applications of palynology, the study of pollen or spores, said Dr Lynne Milne from the University of Western Australia. Milne presented her research at last month's conference of the Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society in Wellington, New Zealand. "Pollen are single cells. They are so small people pick them up or leave them at a crime scene. We can tell from soil samples on vehicle tyres or under whe…
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It looked like an ordinary suburban home, but inside it had been turned into an enormous greenhouse growing marijuana plants more than a metre tall. Police discovered 850 plants during a raid on the single-storey Canterbury residence yesterday. The crop, with a street value of approximately $1.7 million, was hydroponically grown in four rooms and the roof cavity of the property in Banna St. "The house was set up for the sole purpose of cultivating these plants," Ashfield Detective Acting Inspector Brad Monk said. "There were few signs that people were actually staying at the premises." A team of 16 officers arrived with a search warrant at 9.20am. They were acting…
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Trials of commercial hemp production would continue in NSW despite the limited success of tests underway since 1995, State MP Steve Whan said. But, the NSW government warned anyone interested in growing the crop it contained only low levels of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. Mr Whan said that since 1995 when trials were first authorised, there had been 60 separate trials delivering important data on hemp growing and the potential of manufacturing its fibre. He said the government warned that earlier trials had been difficult, producing low yields. The first planting was carried out at Armidale but was never harvested because it performed below expectation…
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MORE than 100 people, including members of a motorcycle gang, have been charged with drug offences following a widespread operation, Queensland police said today. Two men, aged 45 and 57, were charged with trafficking and producing amphetamines over a five-year period. The arrests were made during the Queensland Police and Australian Crime Commission's (ACC) Operation Alpha Mayflower. Police said a number of bikies from Rockhampton in central Queensland were charged with drug trafficking offences, while their associates on the Sunshine Coast were charged with distributing ecstasy and cannabis. "Working in cooperation with the ACC, we have charged more than 100 peo…
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Media Alert 7th May 2004 Darwin City Council election candidates declare war on Drug Prohibition Three members of the Darwin based Network Against Prohibition have been nominated to stand for positions in the Darwin City Council election to be held on the 29th of May. Stuart Highway, long term human rights activist, has been nominated for the position of Lord Mayor. Robert Inder-Smith, journalist and civil liberties campaigner will stand in the Chan Ward and Gary Meyerhoff, youth worker, injecting drug user and co-founder of the Network Against Prohibition will contest the Lyons Ward. All three NAP activists face between 15 and 21 months jail for their role in…
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POLICE have charged 48 people with 128 drug and property offences after a series of raids on the Darling Downs in south-east Queensland. In an operation code-named Haricot, State Flying Squad detectives executed 40 search warrants in Toowoomba, Helidon, Oakey, Goombungee, Kingsthorpe, Hirstvale and Millmerran. There were 79 drug and 43 property-related offences. Six other charges were also laid, including possessing an insecure firearm, assaulting police and obstructing police. A cannabis plantation was found on a property outside Millmerran and a 19-year-old woman and a 20-yer-old man were also charged with drug offences after a quantity of cannabis, ecstasy and ca…
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Police from Broken Hill have been involved in a trial of a new law targeting the movement of drugs across New South Wales borders and seized three kilograms of cannabis. It was the first trial of the new law in the Barrier Local Area Command, based in Broken Hill and it allows police to stop and search any cars for drugs, not just those they consider suspicious. The weekend operation involved Broken Hill detectives, the Target Action Group, highway patrol and Dareton police and they stopped 724 cars. The operation was conducted between Gol Gol and Wentworth on the Sturt Highway near the Victorian border. The searched 47 cars and a 30-year-old man is to appear in t…
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Sunday May 2, 11:28 AM Greens appeal for uniform cannabis laws The Australian Greens have called for national uniform cannabis laws. Queensland Senate candidate Drew Hutton has used the pro-cannabis Mardi Grass festival in Nimbin in northern New South Wales to launch the party's campaign. He says it is time to declare the Prime Minister's zero-tolerance to drugs approach a failure. He says every state should adopt laws which allow individuals to buy, possess and grow small quantities of marijuana. "You remove, as a part of the criminal justice system of this country, you remove the involvement of the criminal underworld in these sorts of areas and you remove the…
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Police News Friday, 30 April 2004 Arrested with cannabis Police last week arrested a Kingscote male and charged him with producing and possessing cannabis for sale after they located 24 marijuana plants growing in various locations on the property. About one kilogram of dried cannabis, in 18 plastic bags, was also found. Furthermore, Police also reported the male for the alleged theft of an air-rifle, portable fire pump (valued at more than $3,000) and two shopping trolleys. He has been bailed to appear before the Kingscote Magistrate's Court on Monday, May 24. Also last week, cannabis expiation notices were issued to two Kingscote residents for each growing o…
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A 23-year-old man is assisting police with their inquiries after the discovery of more than $2 million worth of cannabis in the north-west of New South Wales. Police say they have discovered 1,200 cannabis plants with an estimated street value of $2.4 million. Vanessa Allen-Erickson, from the New South Wales Police media unit, says police acted on information given to them by the public. "We've got a 23-year-old Sydney man located by police near the site of the plantation," she said. "He's been taken to Walcha police station to assist with inquiries." The cannabis was allegedly found at the Werrikimbe National Park, which is located about 85 kilometres east of …
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DRUG detection dogs will travel on Central Coast trains from tomorrow. New powers will allow police with dogs to travel on trains from the Coast to Newcastle without the need for search warrants. Police minister John Watkins said the dogs would be used to detect cannabis, heroin, cocaine and amphetamines. "Drug dogs are an excellent front-line policing resource, sniffing out offenders during transit patrols, drug operations and blitzes on the rail network," he said. "They help police target dealers and couriers using the transport network and disrupt drug peddlers' markets by scaring off customers and users." Drug dogs can be used in searches of licensed premise…
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