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Barenaked Ladies singer arrested on drug charges The Canadian Press July 15, 2008 at 6:31 PM EDT Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page has been charged in New York state with drug possession. TV and radio news reports out of Fayetteville, N.Y., say the singer was charged with criminal...

Rastafarian wins marijuana appeal Italy's highest criminal court has ruled that the fact that Rastafarians' consider marijuana use a religious sacrament should be taken into account if they are tried on drug trafficking charges. Smoking the substance in Italy is not a crime, but being...

Editorial: Do Drug Laws Affect Drug Use Rates? Evidently Not from Drug War Chronicle, Issue #542, 7/11/08 David Borden, Executive Director David Borden Do drug laws affect drug use rates? It's a core prohibitionist assumption that they do. Pass "tough" drug laws -- harsher penalties...

Oregon Initiative For Regulated Sales Starts Gathering Signatures from Drug War Chronicle, Issue #542, 7/11/08 Oregon has already decriminalized marijuana possession and enacted the second-largest state medical marijuana program in the country, and now some Oregon activists are ready to...

Despite Harsh Drug Policies, US Leads in Cannabis, Cocaine Use, Global Survey Finds from Drug War Chronicle, Issue #542, 7/11/08 Despite decades of harshly punitive policies aimed at reducing illicit drug use, the US has the world's highest rates of drug use, according to a study using...

Austria allows cannabis for medical purposes VIENNA (AFP) — Austria's parliament has adopted a new bill allowing the cultivation of cannabis for medical and scientific purposes, under the Health Ministry's control. The bill, approved by parliament during a late-night session Wednesday...

Mental health fears over khat use Ahmed Abdillah runs a "khat house" in east London There are fears that the stimulant khat is contributing to mental health problems within the UK's east African communities. Dil Neiyyar of the BBC's Asian Network reports. In a courtyard, two men...

26.06.2008 | 11:10 Hemp Grown in Iceland Experimental hemp cultivation has begun in different places across Iceland. The project is organized by the company Hamp Tech Global Warming and the purpose is to see whether the plants can grow in Iceland and be harnessed for industrial...

Grow-op bust in Prince Rupert turns up tomatoes Canwest News Service Wednesday, July 02, 2008 VANCOUVER -- Red-faced police officers in Prince Rupert looking for a marijuana grow-op came up with a tomato-grow-op instead. Commercial fisherman Bruce Aleksich said yesterday that about...

LEAP Blog: June 26, 2008 A Leader in the Movement Canada remains at the forefront of Drug Reform with INSIGHT - Canada’s first Safe Injection/Intravenous Drug Facility. Some cutting edge news came down a few weeks ago that I thought was just too important to miss and which none of us...

Vermont Hemp Farming Bill Becomes Law Controversy Resolved by Opinion of Attorney General's Office MONTPELIER, Vermont — Vote Hemp, a grassroots advocacy organization working to give farmers the right to grow non-drug industrial hemp, is extremely pleased that the Vermont Secretary of...

For those that do not know me I am a Medical Cannabis user. I have been so, since I was diagnosed with Chronic Pain due to Ankylosing Spondulitis, which I have had since I was 16. Now at 42 I am disabled and in a wheel-chair suffering from multi stage discopathy, from the A/S, which causes due...

UN: Message on the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficing UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE VIENNA (UNIS) For information only - not an official document) UNIS/SGSM/053 24 June 2008 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: "No one should be...

From one newb here to another. Avery warm welcome to the FARM. May your stay here be fun and may the new knowledge here. Health and happiness LEQ

Vol. 142, No. 13 — June 25, 2008 Registration SOR/2008-196 June 11, 2008 CRIMINAL CODE Evaluation of Impaired Operation (Drugs and Alcohol) Regulations P.C. 2008-1033 June 11, 2008 Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Justice, pursuant...

Grinkeeper welcome back from your hiatus. Welcome back to gardening too and welcome to the FARM. I was also forced to stop gardening, though my reasons were family and then health... I wish you good Floyd memories and happiness back in the garden with the ladies a bloomin'. I like...

A warm welcome from one newb to another ! I am sure you will have as much fun here as I am starting to. Seems like a great group, with tonnes of experience. peace and good meds LEQ

Government Reefer Madness note for some reason the video link does not work, so please use the link at the bottom of this page Its stories like these that make my blood boil. Here we have a young man who has found relief from serious pain with marijuana. I have yet to read a story where...

Medical Pot Ineffective as Acute Pain Treatment Monday, June 23, 2008; 12:00 AM MONDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Oral cannabis (a form of medical marijuana) was ineffective in treating certain types of acute pain and actually increased sensitivity to some other kinds of discomfort, say...

Amsterdam coffee shops say tobacco ban is blow to business Amsterdam coffee shops say tobacco ban is blow to business By Peter Popham and Vanessa Mock Tuesday, 17 June 2008 ALAMY Coffee-shop owners in Amsterdam say the tobacco ban will force their customers to smoke cannabis-only...