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There is no scientific proof that cannabis use induces schizophrenia, Dutch scientists say, questioning recent research and an argument the Dutch government uses to crack down on marijuana-selling "coffee shops." In an article in this week's Magazine for Psychiatry, a peer-reviewed journal, the three authors say that on the basis of currently available data "there is no justification for the proposed closure of coffee shops." Often the first symptoms of schizophrenia occur during adolescence, when people start to experiment with drugs, but the scientists believe cannabis use only has a negative effect on people already genetically predisposed to the mental illness. …
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I Tried Marijuana - but Didn't Inhale The Health Minister, Tony Abbott, says he smoked marijuana as a student but that, like former US president Bill Clinton, he did not inhale. Mr Abbott's revelation comes a day after the Labor leader, Mark Latham, told reporters he had used cannabis in his youth. Mr Abbott told Channel Seven this morning: "I had a puff on a marijuana cigarette when I was a student." But unlike Mr Latham, who says he inhaled the cigarette smoke, Mr Abbott said he did not inhale. "I don't inhale normal cigarettes let alone illegal cigarettes ... I'm afraid in this matter Bill Clinton and I have something in common." In a 1992 interview w…
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On Tuesday, more than three dozen patients across the state will be in their respective county courthouses filing motions for return of nearly a million dollars’ worth of marijuana. Humboldt County’s Courthouse will most likely be one of them. Medical marijuana patients want their “medicine” back and Tuesday they will demand it, according to a news release from Americans for Safe Access. According to a report by an advocacy group released Monday, local and state law enforcement agencies are seizing the marijuana to which patients are legally entitled under state law — and not giving it back. Humboldt County is one of 36 counties named in the report. In November 19…
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The late summer in Humboldt County wouldn't be complete without a visit from the agents from the California Department of Justice's Campaign Against Marijuana Planting. Since 1983 the multi-agency CAMP has been finding, destroying and confiscating marijuana gardens throughout the state. In its first year, CAMP agents seized 64,579 plants, with that number growing nearly every year. There were 466,054 plants seized statewide last year, the most seized by CAMP, more than 100,000 than the previous year. This year looks to be another record-breaking campaign, and the eight-week CAMP season is only half way into its current endeavor. California Bureau of Narcotic Enfor…
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A state trooper is on desk duty after shooting an alleged drug smuggler to death Sunday night as he tried to flee authorities in Hammond. Trooper Steve Paulus stopped a car on Interstate 12 eastbound for a traffic violation. The two men inside told authorities they were from Philadelphia, and both of them had Caribbean accents, police said. Authorities said Paulus called for backup and was completing a search of the car's interior when one of the men jumped into the driver's seat, cranked the engine and started driving away. Paulus pulled his weapon and ordered the driver to stop, but the man allegedly kept heading toward oncoming traffic. After repeated commands to…
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The British Columbia city of Chilliwack is poised to bring in a bylaw that would fine landlords $10,000 if they don't notice tenants have set up marijuana growing operations. Landlords say the bylaw would unfairly penalize them for being duped by unscrupulous renters. Municipal officials in Chilliwack, located about 100 kilometres east of Vancouver, say local police are shutting down an average of two grow operations every week. Still, they don't seem to be putting a dent in B.C.'s $7-billion industry. The new bylaw, which councillors will vote on Monday night, requires landlords to check on tenants regularly to make sure the property is not being used illegally.…
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'Cannabis' brain tumour drug hope An extract of cannabis was used in the study An ingredient in marijuana may be useful for treating brain cancers, say Spanish researchers from Madrid. Chemicals called cannabinoids could starve tumours to death by halting the growth of blood vessels that feed it, the Complutense University team hope. By studying mice, the team has shown for the first time how these chemicals block vessel growth. Their study, published in Cancer Research, also shows the treatment appears to work in humans. This research provides an important new lead compound for anti-cancer drugs Dr Richard Sullivan, Cancer Research UK Glioblastoma…
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The true price of prohibition Drug-related crime costs more than the Home Office's annual budget, but treatment for users is underfunded and locked into punishment Danny Kushlick Friday August 6, 2004 The Guardian Labour and the Tories are fighting over the law and order baton in the race for government. But both parties are committed to a regime that arguably causes more crime than any other single policy. In the 2004 comprehensive spending review last month, Gordon Brown earmarked just under £15bn to run the Home Office in 2007-08, up more than £4bn on 2002-03 but a billion less than the £16bn that the government estimates to be the annual cost of drug-related …
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Marijuana smokers buying poisoned dope 28.07.2004 By AINSLEY THOMSON Marijuana users are being warned about poisoned cannabis being sold on the Coromandel Peninsula. A pro-marijuana group says the cannabis has been sprayed by police with a herbicide, a process which turns the drug blue. Unscrupulous growers are disguising the poisoned cannabis with yellow food colouring to make it look green. The National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (Norml) said the affected marijuana could cause people to cough up blood and suffer nausea and headaches. Police confirmed that when they found marijuana plots they sprayed them with herbicide. Waikato police spok…
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Oakland Tribune, Rosynsky/Gammon Day after pot bust, details still hazy Controversy and confusion surrounding the largest pot bust in city history continued Thursday as federal agents filed criminal complaints against four Bay Area residents, while the defendants' relatives and medical marijuana advocates insisted the arrests were bogus. Conflicts between the California Highway Patrol and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration also surfaced as each agency gave differing accounts of how nearly 4,000 marijuana plants were discovered in a West Oakland warehouse. CHP officials insisted the huge marijuana bust was the result of a routine traffic stop that led them to the …
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York County task force makes large pot bust The marijuana bust netted 596 plants after officials staged a three-day stakeout. By Shannon Greene Lake Wylie Pilot (Published July 15‚ 2004) After a three-day stakeout, police made the largest marijuana drug bust of the season Monday on S.C. 49 near Kingsburry Road. The York County Multi jurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit cut and seized 596 plants. Police charged Francisco Palomo Ruiz, 24, of Clover with trafficking marijuana. A second suspect was still at large at press time. On Friday, the South Carolina National Guard spotted the plants from the air and called in the county's drug enforcement unit to execute…
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High-Tech Pot Bust Becomes Political Issue Wednesday, June 16, 2004 Two Swiss pot smokers thought they could puff away undisturbed in a parked car — but they weren't counting on the military surveillance drone flying overhead. The soldiers testing the pilotless plane via remote control near the city of Lucerne (search) called police when they spotted the pair, reports the Le Matin Dimanche newspaper. Cop cars soon drove up, sirens screaming, and arrested the puffers in mid-joint. The whole thing would have ended there had not Boris Banga (search), a socialist member of the Swiss parliament, complained to fellow lawmakers that the incident in late May was an in…
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Smoking cannabis could help night vision: study THE GUARDIAN , London Thursday, Jul 08, 2004, We knew it gave people the munchies and made them giggle. Now researchers claim to have found a new property in cannabis -- it helps us see in the dark. Scientists made their discovery after becoming intrigued by Moroccan fishermen, who not only failed to lose their sense of direction after smoking generous amounts of local kif, a mixture of cannabis and tobacco, but seemed to navigate better on dark nights. "They attribute their ability to see to the consumption of kif that they spend entire hours smoking before getting into their barques," one of the research team, dr…
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Extra-high cannabis theory goes up in smoke Alan Travis, home affairs editor Saturday June 26, 2004 The Guardian The effective strength of cannabis consumed in Britain has remained stable for the past 30 years, according to a European Union study published today. The research says there is no evidence for claims that most cannabis consumed in Britain and the rest of Europe is now 10 times or more stronger than it was in the 70s. The US drugs "tsar" John Walters and toxicologist John Henry of St Mary's hospital in Paddington, west London, are among those who have warned that the cannabis available now bears little resemblance to that on the market 30 years ago, w…
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Police successfully target cannabis operations and organised drug manufacturers National News Release 4:01pm 24 June 2004 A Police commitment to reduce the availability of cannabis in New Zealand has been emphasised with the results from Operation Ella, a successful operation against growers and suppliers, said the Assistant Commissioner for Crime Reduction and Public Safety Peter Marshall. The operation carried out between November 2003 and April 2004 resulted in: • an estimated 115,000 plants recovered or destroyed, along with • 92 kilograms of dry cannabis plant material, with a conservative street value of $500,000 • 619 offenders being apprehended on a rang…
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