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Cannabis smoke 'here to stay' By Sabine Fiedler in Amsterdam COULD a smoking ban spell the end of Amsterdam's world famous coffee shops, where smoking cannabis is one of the main attractions? No chance, says local conservative politician and coffee shop owner Michael Veling. The Dutch may well follow other European countries in banning tobacco smoking in restaurants, cafes and bars, but Veling says it should still be possible to smoke dope. "It is ridiculous to think that a smoking ban would be the end of coffee shops," the 50-year-old Veling says. TOBACCO BAN WON’T CLOSE THE JOINT He says the clientele who have been coming to coffee shops to buy and inhal…
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Britain's fight against drugs 'a total failure' Government attempts to persuade thousands of young people to stay away from drugs have failed and done nothing to curb the soaring popularity of illegal substances, a devastating report will warn this week. The number of young people using cocaine and cannabis has increased rapidly over the past 20 years despite high-profile campaigns, such as the £9m 'Frank' initiative aimed at 11 to 15-year-olds, according to an in-depth examination of official efforts to tackle Britain's chronic drug problem. It is also expected to claim that Britain's 'unusually severe drug problem compared with that of our European neighbours' is …
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How cannabis led my boy to become a heroin addict CANNABIS has, for decades, been seen in some quarters as nothing more than a hippy drug. Whether they call it ganja, weed, dope, grass, many people insist it's a harmless way to unwind. At one stage it appeared even the Government was leaning towards that view too - in 2004, laws against cannabis were relaxed. It was declassified and made a class C drug. Advert for SuperScotCasino But in recent months alarming evidence has emerged about its side-effects, particularly the link to psychosis and mental illness - one modern derivation of cannabis, skunk, is ten times stronger than the homegrown pot smoked back in the 196…
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Potential Drug Target for Stroke Identified New research by University of Otago scientists suggests some mechanisms in the brain targeted by cannabis could become drugs targets to counter brain cell damage after a stroke. Researchers from the Medical School's Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology have been the first in the world to show the cannabinoid CB2 receptor appears in the rat brain following a stroke. Their findings were published recently in the journal Neuroscience Letters. Dr John Ashton says the CB2 receptor is a protein produced as part of the body's immune response system. "This response is triggered by stroke and causes the inflammation that lea…
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California in bid to impose 7.25% sales tax on cannabis FOR decades, smoking marijuana has been an illicit affair, a key anti-establishment ritual for America's counter-culture underground. But the legalisation of the drug for medicinal purposes in California has presented its advocates with a dilemma: to remain firmly on the wrong side of the law or accept a demand to pay taxes on its sale. Marijuana prescribed by a doctor for health reasons was decriminalised in a state-wide referendum in 1996 and has grown into a billion-dollar industry. About 25,000 patients and carers are now members of the so-called pot clubs. Chris Moscone, an attorney who represents the …
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Do “Skunk” Stats Stink? Trevor Butterworth, March 27, 2007 British newspapers clash over drug war: is super-cannabis turning users schizo? Britain is in the middle of a newspaper war about whether some newspapers went too far in advocating liberalization of the nation’s drug laws. On Monday, the Daily Telegraph ran a front-page headline “Skunk killed my beloved son,” wherein a mother recounted the suicide of her teenage son, after a descent into “cannabis induced psychosis.” “I was stunned to learn that cannabis could be so harmful - it bore no resemblance to the drug I had puffed once or twice at university. And although it has been around for years, I had never he…
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Cherry picking data to prove a point about cannabis Ben Goldacre Saturday March 24, 2007 The Guardian The more I see of the world the more it strikes me that people want more science, rather than less, and that they want to use it in odd ways: to abrogate responsibility, validate a hunch, or render a political or cultural prejudice in deceptively objective terms. As long as you cherry pick the data and keep one eye half closed, you can prove anything with science. Last week's Independent on Sunday splashed with the headline: Cannabis - An Apology. It went on: "In 1997 this newspaper launched a campaign to decriminalise the drug. If only we had known then what we c…
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[at tachment=21919:attachment][attach ment=21916:attachment]hi folks .. on my jaunt around Europe last year .. came across... A hemp crop right on the border of Austria & Hungary ... it would seem that Hungarians are not stupid , but it's a poor country & the uses of hemp too good to ignore so they thumb their noses at USA .. & grow it anyway ... HA ha ah H ah Hha hAHah Aha h Ha h ha ... ahemn. I saw wild Hemp growing everywhere in the countryside ... at the time I was not smoking any MJ... I think the sign says country border.
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Just read that alcohol and tobacco have been rated as more dangerous than cannabis in a new British classification system. Alcohol number 5, tobacco 9, Cannabis 11.This article from the Daily Telegraph. You can comment apparently but it failed to work for me. Hope this link works http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/stor...5006007,00.html
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The RSA Drug Commission U.K. says Drug laws 'need major overhaul' Drug laws in Britain have been criticised as being "not fit for purpose" in a major report. An investigation by the RSA says illicit substances can be "harmless", while drinking and smoking can cause as many problems. It says the law has been "driven by moral panic", and suggests policy-making should be left to drug teams and local authorities. The Home Office says it does not accept all of the report's recommendations.[ Jess,surprise surprise !] Level of crime Anthony King, professor of government at Essex University, who chaired the Commission on Illegal Drugs, said the "great majority" of dru…
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Marijuana as wonder drug By Lester Grinspoon | March 1, 2007 A NEW STUDY in the journal Neurology is being hailed as unassailable proof that marijuana is a valuable medicine. It is a sad commentary on the state of modern medicine -- and US drug policy -- that we still need "proof" of something that medicine has known for 5,000 years.The study, from the University of California at San Francisco, found smoked marijuana to be effective at relieving the extreme pain of a debilitating condition known as peripheral neuropathy. It was a study of HIV patients, but a similar type of pain caused by damage to nerves afflicts people with many other illnesses including diabetes a…
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I originally saw this story on Prime News.. they must have recounted coz there was only 600 plants this arvo. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story....jectid=10426280 "Really Your Honour Bro.. we don't sell any of ut, ut's just to keep the chuckuns quiet and heppy"
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Debunking myths about marijuana: http://www.veryimportantpotheads.com/main2.htm Everyone is on here from Bill Gates to Pythagoras!
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NATIONAL NEWS haha Ya reckon they where disapionted!!!
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