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 ShroomerRoss
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 Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use 
#11225046 - 10/11/09 04:06 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Aleisha Preedy
The Australian
Sunday 11 Oct 2009
THE West Australian government is set to roll out some of the toughest cannabis laws in the country in a bid to reduce the number of users.
WA Premier Colin Barnett announced two new legislations relating to drug use at the Liberal Party's state conference.
The government plans to toughen its cannabis law by reducing the legal possession limit from 30g to 10g and banning the sale of all smoking implements and paraphernalia.
To be introduced this week, the new legislation will repeal the former Labor government's Cannabis Control Act, which allowed people to cultivate two plants for personal use.
Under the new laws anyone caught with small amounts of the drug will have to undergo counselling and not re-offend in three years to clear their criminal record.
Anyone caught selling illegal smoking implements to minors will face a $10,000 fine.
While admitting he had never tried the drug, the premier said health authorities were adamant "the cannabis of today is far more potent and far more lethal than the cannabis of the 1960s and 1970s.
"What I hope would happen is a reduction in the usage of cannabis and that we will be far more effective in helping people to stay away from drugs and rehabilitate if they have a drug problem," Mr Barnett said.
"Almost 80 per cent of admissions (to psychiatric hospitals) are somehow drug related."
Under the second new law WA police will be given unprecedented powers to frisk people for drugs and weapons.
The new search law, to be introduced before Christmas, would mean police would no longer be required to prove grounds of suspicion in court.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26195008-12377,00.html
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"the cannabis of today is far more potent and far more lethal than the cannabis of the 1960s and 1970s.
lethal!!  
Edited by ShroomerRoss (10/11/09 04:07 AM)
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: ShroomerRoss]
#11225061 - 10/11/09 04:22 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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I feel ashamed, that's my home state. Things had been going so well for the last five years and now these dracoinian regressions.
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: ShroomerRoss]
#11225071 - 10/11/09 04:33 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Jumpin Jesus! Have they learned nothing from this failure of a war on drugs here in the US?
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: ShroomerRoss]
#11225105 - 10/11/09 05:16 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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WA Premier Colin Barnett announced two new legislations relating to drug use at the Liberal Party's state conference.
..trust...
conservatism FTL 
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: ShroomerRoss]
#11225136 - 10/11/09 06:00 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Under the second new law WA police will be given unprecedented powers to frisk people for drugs and weapons.
The new search law, to be introduced before Christmas, would mean police would no longer be required to prove grounds of suspicion in court.
Looks like a nice formula for a police state.
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: shivas.wisdom]
#11225194 - 10/11/09 06:38 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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WA always was a police state, nothing really changed except there was a window of five years of sanity.
I don't live there anymore so it has no effect on me but it's still sad and a little embarrassing.
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: Hanky]
#11225442 - 10/11/09 08:30 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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"far more lethal" is false.
Where 0*0=0
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: ShroomerRoss]
#11225639 - 10/11/09 09:22 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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ShroomerRoss said:
Aleisha Preedy
The Australian
Sunday 11 Oct 2009
THE West Australian government is set to roll out some of the toughest cannabis laws in the country in a bid to reduce the number of users.
wow what a great idea. im pretty sure this will be really successful!
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: Revolutionine]
#11226037 - 10/11/09 11:17 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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The government plans to toughen its cannabis law by reducing the legal possession limit from 30g to 10g and banning the sale of all smoking implements and paraphernalia.
Does that mean that you can have 10g legally ?
or its just decriminalized if you have under 10g
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: NobodyImportant]
#11226546 - 10/11/09 01:05 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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People who dont know shit, talk a lot of shit! Premier Colin Barnett obviously does not know what he is talking about but he is implementing all the laws..........Good work people, democracy gets raped by hipocracy again. That reminds me, be sure to own a gun or two when your own government is locking you up for smoking weed!
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: Cap Stemson]
#11226564 - 10/11/09 01:12 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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the cannabis of today is far more potent and far more lethal than the cannabis of the 1960s and 1970s.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahah...
Morons...
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: Hanky]
#11226579 - 10/11/09 01:15 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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just another example of how backwards that island of convicts is in their drug laws.... they are even behind US
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: 2859558484]
#11226597 - 10/11/09 01:20 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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That isn't behind most of the US, sorry to say, they don't even have tickets for pot use here, though there is finally a push for it with the DAs office.
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: GetTheFuckOut]
#11226617 - 10/11/09 01:27 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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if you ever decide to leave new orleans a lot of places give tickets for possesion. including austin
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: 2859558484]
#11226770 - 10/11/09 02:00 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Everywhere I look we seem be making steps in right direction as far as reforming cannabis laws but damn they really are making a few steps backwards by announcing some like this
damn Australian government
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: Le_Canard]
#11229001 - 10/11/09 07:35 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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ToiletDuk said:
Jumpin Jesus! Have they learned nothing from this failure of a war on drugs here in the US?
sure they have and they are acting on it:
prohibition = cash cow. 
(Also -LoL @ "Jumping Jesus".  )
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Edited by Ganjika (10/11/09 07:36 PM)
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: Ganjika]
#11231413 - 10/12/09 04:22 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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all the dope fiends will have to go across the border to south australia where it is still legal to cultivate for personal use!
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: Roker]
#11231723 - 10/12/09 07:33 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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2,703 kilometers (1,679 miles) across the border to Adelaide if you're coming from Perth. It only takes 3 solid days of driving. Piece of cake.
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: Lord Mayonnaise]
#11232759 - 10/12/09 12:06 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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I know it's already been said, but LETHAL? Shame on the reporter who wrote or quoted that from some idiot. HA HA mabe they should execute criminals there by using this new "lethal" variety of pot! Damn, what a way to go.. snuffed out by ol' killer cannabis 
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Re: Australia: Tough new laws on cannabis use [Re: smokescreen]
#11234483 - 10/12/09 05:13 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Grizzly man style ha wtf dying from smoking ha I only heard of passing out, from fear HMMMMMMMM?
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