SA to ban drug equipment possession

[mabraxas]

Tuesday Sep 25 17:34 AEST

 

Recipes for illegal drugs and the possession of equipment to make them will be banned under proposed South Australian government legislation.

 

SA Attorney-General Michael Atkinson on Tuesday introduced legislation to parliament that banned the possession of drug-related recipes and equipment without a reasonable excuse.

 

Mr Atkinson said under the legislation people would have to prove why they have equipment used in the hydroponic cultivation of cannabis or face a maximum two years jail or a $10,000 fine.

 

The laws would also apply to equipment for clandestine drug laboratories and drug recipes, including those to make "hash cookies" and alike that involved marijuana, he said.

 

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Mr Atkinson said the laws were aimed at destroying the profit-making ability of bikie gangs who were known to make or cultivate drugs for sale.

 

"We want to make it very hard for drug cultivators and manufacturers in South Australia," he told reporters.

 

"We think they're a pest, they're a nuisance, they're noxious and that we ought to make their lives so unbearable they might even go to another jurisdiction."

 

Mr Atkinson said the government would work with the police to identify the items associated with hydroponic cannabis cultivation and illicit drug laboratories.

 

The law will prescribe equipment such as some types of carbon filters, strong lighting, manual or mechanical table presses and condensers.

 

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[mabraxas]

Mr Atkinson said under the legislation people would have to prove why they have equipment used in the hydroponic cultivation of cannabis or face a maximum two years jail or a $10,000 fine.

 

That there effectively does away w/the need for a trial. So much for "innocent until proved guilty".

[loylty gets u nothing]

so

dont u just get yaself a native plant

throw that under the same light

boom boom

ya sweet...

that native requires the system to live

theoretically sounds good

thered be loopholes

or just move to a hy7dro happy city

bil

[Tarnicus]

Mr Atkinson said under the legislation people would have to prove why they have equipment used in the hydroponic cultivation of cannabis or face a maximum two years jail or a $10,000 fine.

 

And I thought SA was meant to be the state that took it easy on pot? Soon they'll make it illegal to wear green. as you are obviously a drug supporter if you do

[bufo marinus]

Mate, wtf is going on in SA?

[Zaknefain]

That is clearly undemocratic; they are suspending peoples civil liberties. What ever happened to innocent untill proven guilty?

[Frazz]

So this law if nothing else should increase the price of cannabis, thereby making cultivation even more profitable for gangs who DONT actually grow the crops themselves rather contracting the actual growing out to regular pokie addicts in the suburbs.

 

[pipeman]

Tuesday Sep 25 17:34 AEST

 

 

The laws would also apply to equipment for clandestine drug laboratories and drug recipes, including those to make "hash cookies" and alike that involved marijuana, he said.

 

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=67598

 

 

well anyone with a stove, pot, wooden spoon and strainer better watch out. Your "drug lab" equipment will soon be illegal.

 

wankers.

[freddie]

They would have to pull my brain out to get my cookie recipe. I guess thats the next step.

 

Small growers who aren't supporting organised crime should be congratulated instead of being harassed.

 

wankers.

 

Yep.

[Pam]

Well there go my candy recipes!

I notice that there was no mention of meth cooking supplies listed there...

 

It's a sick, sad world.....