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Sydney police on Sunday denied they were embarrassed to be tipped off by journalists that a busy inner-city convenience store was allegedly selling drugs over the counter. The owner of an Oxford Street convenience store was charged on Sunday with drug possession following a police operation launched only after officers were alerted by a newspaper on Friday to alleged drug-dealing in the city's nightclub district. The story published in Sydney's Sunday Telegraph newspaper on Sunday alleges a journalist was able to buy $40 worth of marijuana and an ecstasy tablet by asking for `tally-ho' and `pills' over the convenience store counter. Over four days journalists observ…
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POSTERS showing the harmful effects of cannabis on young people are being taped to toilet doors in cinemas and in shopping centres around NSW. The state government hopes that young people out and about these school holidays will take note of the posters which show the harmful effects of cannabis on relationships, friendships and fitness. Special Minister of State John Della Bosca said the posters were first displayed during the summer holidays and were again targeting students during these school holidays. "The messages will appear in bathroom advertising in cinemas and shopping centres which draw thousands of young people at this time of year," Mr Della Bosca said …
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A man today denied deliberately feeding two toddlers spaghetti with a cannabis laced sauce. Anthony John Patten, 22, pleaded not guilty in the South Australian District Court to two counts of administering cannabis to a child. Patten was alleged to have administered the drug to two girls, aged two and four, in September last year at a house in Adelaide's north. He denied the charges in a brief hearing today and was remanded on bail to reappear again next month. An earlier Magistrates Court hearing was told the girls were hospitalised after allegedly eating spaghetti with a sauce laced with marijuana. Patten, who was caring for the two children of a friend, …
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By EDITH BEVIN April 13, 2004 The Territory's hydroponic equipment suppliers may be forced to undergo criminal history checks and keep stringent records of who they sell to. Territory police have told the Northern Territory News that they are looking at ``a number of hydroponic suppliers'' over their suspected role in the cultivation of drugs. One Darwin supplier has already been summonsed over his alleged role in supplying equipment for growing cannabis. ``We suspect that there are some hydroponics suppliers involved or assisting in the illicit manufacture of drugs,'' Drug Squad Senior Sergeant Les Martin. Drug squad sources said they had anecdotal evidenc…
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HYDROPONIC equipment suppliers are readily offering advice on how to grow cannabis and methods to avoid being caught, an Advertiser investigation has found. A visit to 15 random Adelaide hydroponic equipment suppliers in the past week has uncovered the practice, with everything from prices to instructions and diagrams on how to set-up a clandestine drug laboratory to interested buyers. One shop even offered to provide cannabis seeds "in secret" if hydroponic equipment was bought. All shops recommended specialist equipment needed to create an elaborate secret set-up, including water pumps, pipes, nutrients to help with cultivation, aeration fans, insulation and large…
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ONE of 16 men charged over a $45 million cannabis seizure was allegedly caught on phone taps giving advice about cultivating the drug, a court was told yesterday. Demitrios Hantzis, a 38-year-old Sydney building contractor, appeared in Parramatta Bail Court after he was charged on Thursday with several drug offences. Prosecutors allege he was caught on phone taps offering advice on harvesting, cultivating and caring for the cannabis at the property at Narrabri, western NSW, where most of the 3.2 tonnes of the drug was found. The court also was told his parents lived on the property. Hantzis was arrested at his home in Connells Point, Sydney, after police …
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original article: http://ssonet.com.au/showarticle.asp?ArticleID=3013 Sydney Star Observer is a free weekly gay street press publication. The accidental activist JUSTIN BRASH CAMPAIGNS FOR MEDICINAL CANNABIS OUTSIDE NSW PARLIAMENT, ACTING UP IN THE NAME OF GOOD HEALTH AND COMMON SENSE By Tim Benzie Free pot. Happy words to many, but not to NSW parliamentarians heading to work this April Fool’s Day. Activist Justin Brash handed bags of “free medical cannabis” to passing pollies, although the pamphlet attached had a political punchline. The bags contained “the only legal options available for medical cannabis patients currently in NSW” – which was nothing. “Docto…
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Police have seized 600 kilograms of cannabis plants worth an estimated $8.6 million in a western New South Wales town. The plants were discovered at a property at Capertee, north of Lithgow, during a raid by the drug squad and state protection officers this morning. Seven men aged between 20- and 51-years-old have been charged with drug offences and are due to appear in Lithgow local court tomorrow. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1081575.htm
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Police investigate '5-year-old cannabis user' From http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1080661.htm Northern Territory police have confirmed they are investigating whether a five-year-old smoked cannabis in a Darwin home. A photograph of the child, along with another of two 13-year-old girls apparently smoking cannabis and drinking alcohol, were published in the NT News newspaper on Thursday. A police spokeswoman says officers received the photos from the Northern Territory Department of Family and Community Services on Friday and an investigation has started. Territory Community Services Minister Marion Scrymgour told Parliament last week the newspaper story w…
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By EDITH BEVIN April 3, 2004 Police last night launched an investigation into allegations a five-year-old girl is using drugs. The girl may be blood tested for drugs by health authorities. Police were called in after the Northern Territory News voluntarily handed over photographs of the girl holding a bong. Her 13-year-old sister was shown smoking a bong while her 13-year-old friend poured herself a glass of sherry. Community Services assistant secretary Carol Peltola said: ``We have spoken with the family. ``We have forwarded the photos to the police and asked them to investigate. ``We are speaking to a pediatrician about children and drugs and what …
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By EDITH BEVIN April 2, 2004 A court may decide if a five-year-old girl allowed to smoke cannabis by her mother is removed from her family. The Northern Territory News yesterday revealed how the girl was witnessed by neighbours lighting a packed bong and breathing in the cannabis smoke. Neighbours said two other girls, sisters aged nine and 13, also smoked cannabis and that all three regularly drank alcohol and smoked tobacco. Assistant Secretary Community Services Carol Peltola said last night Family and Children's Service had not yet decided about the fate of the three children. ``Making a decision about what we're going to do depends on a whole range of …
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By DIANA EVANS Thursday, 1 April 2004 POLICE seized drugs with a street value of around $15,000 at a Denmark property this week as part of Operation High Tide, the region's crackdown on the illegal drug trade. Eight men and one woman have now been charged in the past two months. Police went to a property at Byleveld Road, William Bay, on Tuesday afternoon after a tip-off from the public. Around a kilogram of dried cannabis and four mature cannabis plants were seized from a shed. A small amount of cannabis material was located in the house. A 41-year-old man has been charged with one count of cultivating a prohibited plant and one charge of possession of a pro…
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By EDITH BEVIN April 1, 2004 A nine-year-old and a 13-year-old also smoke drugs and drink alcohol. A five-year-old Territory girl has been smoking cannabis, it was learned last night. The case is being investigated by Family and Children's Services. epartment last night refused to confirm an inquiry was under way. But a former FACS officer said: ``The child's case has been referred to an assessment team to follow up. ``There have been no reports of physical violence towards the child _ just drug abuse.'' The Northern Territory News has obtained photographs that show the five-year-old girl preparing to light a bong in a house in Palmerston. A 13-year-o…
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PM - Tuesday, 23 March , 2004 18:40:09 Reporter: Ian Townsend MARK COLVIN: Two and a half tonnes of cannabis landed at the doors of Federal Parliament today, a gift from Queensland. It's the legal stuff, of course, though it did raise a few eyebrows. A frustrated Queensland company has sent each federal politician a 10-kilogram pack of industrial hemp mulch. It's part of a long-running battle to get the Government to relax the restrictions on growing hemp for food and fibre. Ian Townsend reports. IAN TOWNSEND: The mailrooms at Parliament House get the occasional odd item in the post. These individually addressed packs of cannabis posed a few problems, mainly …
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Two and a half tonnes of cannabis has been sent to Federal Parliament in a bid to educate politicians about the difference between industrial hemp and marijuana. Philip Warner from Queensland's Ecofibre Industries Limited says too many politicians do not know that industrial hemp is useless as a drug. He says each politician has been sent a 15 kilogram bag of hemp mulch in an effort to change their thinking. "Every time we write to the Federal Government they keep throwing back in our face this thing about hemp being associated with marijuana," he said. "They are not at all assisting in being able to develop a new industry for global consumption. "Our concern i…
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