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Shares in GW Pharmaceuticals Plc, a British firm pioneering cannabis-based medicines, hit an all-time high on Wednesday as Germany's Bayer AG acquired rights to its first product. The drugs and chemicals group will pay GW up to 25 million pounds ($41 million) for exclusive rights to market the drug in Britain, under the brand name Sativex. GW, which cultivates some 40,000 marijuana plants a year at a secret location in the English countryside, will also receive a significant share of sales. The cannabis-based drug Sativex is sprayed into the mouth rather than smoked and is expected to be launched in the UK later this year, initially as a pain relief treatment for mult…
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I was doing a bit of surfing and came across this report about UK police officers being let off drug testing, take a look. Buster.
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BBC Online Houses made from cannabis are far stronger and cheaper than conventional buildings, says South African innovator Andre du Plessis. He sees this as the solution to the housing problem in South Africa, where millions of people live in shanty towns. Since he started advocating the "dope houses", some South Africans have been joking that if one caught fire, people would run towards the burning building, rather than away. But Mr du Plessis told the BBC Network Africa programme that if one of the houses did catch fire, it would not give off any "class C or D noxious fumes". So he says people would have no reason to steal lumps out of the houses to smoke. …
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Toronto Star May. 10, 2003. 10:28 AM Ottawa backs off pot law plans Possession to stay criminal offence Changes come after U.S. outcry TONDA MACCHARLES OTTAWA BUREAU OTTAWA— The federal government has backed off plans to make pot possession a mere ticketing offence, the Star has learned. Instead, sources say the Liberal government will keep simple possession of marijuana on the books as a criminal offence under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. The new plan came days after U.S. officials warned that any easing of Canada's marijuana laws could lead to a crackdown at border crossings. The government will provide "alternative" civil penalties — fines, …
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,...,947688,00.html Cannabis 'could kill 30,000 a year' James Meikle, health correspondent Friday May 2, 2003 The Guardian Thirty thousand Britons a year might eventually die from cannabis smoking, doctors claimed last night. They called for a battle against the drug to mirror that belatedly waged against tobacco, saying that it too could soon pose a major public health hazard. Their warning, made in an editorial in the British Medical Journal, is the most high-profile attempt yet to alert authorities to public health difficulties that might result from an apparently more liberal attitude to the drug. The authors,…
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Apr. 30, 2003. 08:49 AM Chrétien ready to ease pot possession law Applause greets promise to youth 'We're not legalizing it' ANDREW CHUNG OTTAWA BUREAU OTTAWA — Calling his government "activist" and "not afraid to take on controversial issues," Prime Minister Jean Chrétien cast a nod at youth last night and vowed that marijuana would soon be decriminalized. It was the first public pronouncement from Chrétien that possessing small quantities of marijuana would be decriminalized in Canada. "We will soon introduce legislation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana," he told a Liberal party fundraiser. Amid applause, he quipped, "Don't start to…
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Oh yeah... I almost forgot to wish everyone a happy 420....HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!
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THC Ministry Amsterdam You guys are the first to have the url from our new website. The Amsterdam Cannabis Ministry is located at what used to be the "T-boat coffeeshop"(closed since 1-4-2002), in the center of Amsterdam and will be open for public soon.
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Relaxed laws have provoked controversy People who grow their own cannabis should face lighter penalties to end their contact with criminal suppliers, an influential think tank tells the Home Office. Half the cannabis consumed in England and Wales is now home-grown, research from South Bank University and the National Addiction Centre found. The study also found the market in domestic cultivation is supported by a thriving, legal trade in cannabis seeds and horticultural equipment. Experiments in tolerance of possession of the drug in Lambeth in London and moves to downgrade cannabis's classification to class C have previously attracted criticism. The Joseph Rowntree …
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g'day; i heard on jjj today that Amsterdam hash dealers are striking in protest against new law or something, can anyone elaborate on this?? T-Boat, maybe you have some info?
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WHO'S NEXT!?
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no comment. http://www.clubs.nl/ClubsData/67948/incoming/Sticker3gif.gif http://www.clubs.nl/ClubsData/67948/incoming/TipL03.gif
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just received this from MAPS.org
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absurd????? SO KNOWLEDGE IS A CRIME??? :angry:
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The following table shows you the : Annual prevelance of abuse of the population aged 15 and above. The figures are the results of a UN research project. The total of marijuana smokers worldwide is 147 million, according to this report. Top 50 Countries in Cannabis Consumption, worldwide. 1. Papua New Guinea 29.5% 2. Micronesia Fed. State 29.1% 3. Ghana 21.5% 4. St.Vincent Grenadines 18.6% 5. South Africa 18.4% 6. New Zealand 18% 7. Australia 17.9% 8. Sierra Leone 16.1% 9. Zambia 15% 10.Nigeria 14.4% 11.Ireland …
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