Get set for Mardi Grass

[Tom]

HEADING to Nimbin and thinking you might risk taking along some of your best home grown? Here’s the front row line-up of the team you’ll need to avoid. Drug bus

 

Police began roadside drug testing yesterday afternoon on roads leading to the town. Three drugs are screened for: • THC (the active component of cannabis) • Methylamphetamine (speed, ice, crystal meth or base) • MDMA (ecstasy).

 

These drugs were found to be the most common in people involved in fatal car accidents.

 

The first test: You provide a sample of saliva. A result takes between 3-5 minutes.

 

Second test: If the result is positive you are escorted to the Random Drug Testing Truck for a second test.

 

 

 

If that result is also positive you’re banned from driving for 24 hours. More saliva is then gathered and forwarded to The Division of Analytical Laboratory. If it comes back positive you’re in deep trouble.

 

What about other drugs? The random roadside test cannot detect other drugs, such as cocaine or heroin, however; if police have any grounds to suspect you might be under the influence of drugs, you can be ordered to provide blood and urine samples.

 

What if I refuse to do the roadside test? You will be committing an offence and issued with a notice to attend court.

 

What penalties do I face if I’m caught with drugs in my system?

 

For a first offence you face a fine of up to $1100 and licence disqualification.

 

Dogs These are the animals you need to avoid if you are carrying something you shouldn’t. The dogs will be working in and around the Nimbin area during the weekend, on the roads in and out of town, and on the NSW-Queensland border.

 

Author: BRIAN BIGG

Date: 05.05.2007

Source: www.northernstar.com.au

Copyright: © APN News & Media Ltd 2006.

 

Police conducting drug searches on Nimbin Road yesterday as people arrive for MardiGrass.

[loylty gets u nothing]

i just came from there

on me way there we saw some activity...

along the road from lismore to nimbin

we came across the police,luckily we wernt pulled over and subject to the invasion others incurred.

there was the bus with another marked car on 1,with a car and stationwagon on the other..passing by i noticed they had dogs 2 of which were labradors..they were in the process of searching a full Kombie van..by ful i mean 4 peeps and a shitload of baggage guitars etc

and the car and van were testeing 2 others leaving nimbin..

then returning we went the other way threw Uki and Murwillimbah

and there was police on both sides again..3 in total 1 with a radar..

all the best peeps,happy and safe travelling

bil

[Jess Stone]

Stealth instructions for the safest way into Nimbin ,it's not guaranteed safe but its the best bet .

I have stuck it in a protected forum in X-files

Edited May 5, 2007 by Jess Stone

[LOGGER_KING]

Herald Sun

 

Cannabis capital celebrates Mardi Grass

 

 

 

 

AUSTRALIA'S cannabis capital Nimbin, in northern NSW, is celebrating its 34th Mardi Grass festival this weekend under the banner 007-Licenced to Mull.

 

Police arrested 15 people there yesterday, on day one of the three-day festival that attracts 10,000 tourists each year to the small but lush Northern Rivers town west of Byron Bay.

 

Ten charges related to possessing prohibited drugs, warrants and unlicensed driving were laid yesterday, as well, six cannabis cautions were issued.

 

The largest seizures of marijuana were 400g of cannabis and 159 cannabis cookies.

 

In NSW, the cultivation, selling and possession of cannabis is illegal.

 

In Nimbin, however, all three activities continue unabated under a high tolerance for cannabis, with the open buying, selling and consumption of the locally grown weed.

 

"We're here to support the Nimbin community hold this annual event by making it safe for everyone," local area commander Superintendent Bruce Lyons said ahead of today's bong throwing competition.

 

The main aim of Mardi Grass is to campaign for the legalisation of cannabis, as well as being an important community event.