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Just when you thought it was the yanks about to push the button

Freedom Fighter — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:17:22 +0000

Some think Immadonjihad is nuts enough to not worry about the following.

2. Israel - God's Timepiece

Whos getting rich from the marijuana drought and ice epidemic?

Freedom Fighter — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:47:05 +0000

I have been a smoker of the most feared plant in Australia since the 1970s and Goverments in different states usually have a fairly tolerant approach(except the NT) to its sale and use.Since last June 2007 my usual dealer and 2 others that i used to buy from have given up selling marijuana to deal only in ice and other powder forms as there is more money in it and the Law Enforcement Agencies leave them alone, so they tell me.

Intervention Order or hidden agenda

Freedom Fighter — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:20:33 +0000

Its no secret that the Federal Government has, through Free Trade Agreements arranged the sale of oil/minerals/gas/uranium to foreign corporations before its extracted from the ground.Now, the previous Howard Government in its arrogant stance on Aboriginal affairs, couldnt sway the Native people to hand over the land for mining to seal the deal with the Corporations to deliver the g

Hidden agenda?

RobFyffe — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:46:53 +0000

The question has to be asked.

Just what is the current agenda of the NT police?

Their latest campaign to remove cannabis from the market has been remarkably effective.

Darwin is facing its first drought in the twelve years I've been here.

Fortunately for me, I'm just a pot smoker (of thirty years) and not an addict. So I don't feel the need to turn to an alternative.
I'm not happy about the situation, but I will ride it out.

Prohibition. There's got to be a better way.

RobFyffe — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 22:30:52 +0000

According to the National Drug Strategy Household Survey approximately 46% of Australians have used illicit drugs at some time.
This
figure is unlikely to be reliably accurate given the climate of fear
caused by the Governments propaganda war on drugs and criminalisation
of drug users.
Many drug users will not admit to their use even in
anonymous and confidential surveys. I suspect the true figure to be
well over 50%.

Given that drug usage has been a part of human
culture for many thousands of years, this makes the Governments "war on
drugs" akin to the cultural cleansing carried out by Saddam Hussein
against the Kurds, or Adolf Hitler's cultural cleansing carried out
against the Jews.

When a Government declares war on a sector of
their own population it is called CIVIL WAR. It is only the climate of
fear that keeps the Government in control.
The minority is
oppressing the majority. We only need to look to South Africa in recent
history to see the (inevitable) end result of such action. When the
oppressed lose their fear because they have nothing left to lose, the
Government will fall.

It
is therefore in the best interests of our Government, and for the sake
of stability in this nation, for our Government to cease this insane
and immoral war immediately. Before it's too late.

Have we learnt nothing from the days of alcohol prohibition in the United States?
It
seems that the US has learnt nothing from their past experience. Must
Australia continue to blindly follow the US down this socially
destructive path?

Prohibition has had absolutely no effect on
the supply and demand for various drugs. If anything it has worsened
the situation. The police have, for too long, taken the soft option and
gone after the easy target drug marijuana simply to produce headline
stories. In reducing the supply of pot they have increased the demand
for other substances. The current "ice epidemic" is of the Governments
making. All supported by the lie that cannabis "causes" psychosis.
PROVE IT!!!

People
will continue to exercise their right to relaxation and enjoyment of
life, but not everyone wants to, or can safely, consume only alcohol.

Prohibition
is a very expensive failed policy. One which our Government continues
to throw money at to no avail. Taxpayers money that would be better
spent into the education and health systems. The cost, to the health
system, of dealing with the small minority of drug users that suffer
health problems as a result of their drug use would be far less than
the amount of money being currently wasted on policing and
incarcerating ordinary taxpaying citizens who choose to use a drug
other than alcohol for their relaxation and enjoyment.

The drug
industry should be legitimised and regulated to become a contributor to
the economy through employment and associated taxes, rather than a
criminal run industry that corrupts police, politicians and the
judiciary, and is a drain on the economy. People should be educated
properly with accurate information and encouraged to moderation, not
fed a load of sensationalistic propaganda (lies).

If
the alternatives to alcohol were as readily available as alcohol in
quality controlled, known dosage forms, legitimately produced at
reasonable cost, the result would be a huge reduction in crime rates.
And a more contented and thereby less violent community.

We
would, with one single change of policy, free up our courts, reduce our
jail populations (especially Aboriginal), remove one of the main
avenues for police corruption, and could devote more of the budget to
HEALTH & EDUCATION.

Think about it people, PROHIBITION DOES NOT WORK. It never has, for long.
Legalisation, education on moderation and regulation just might save a lot more lives and heartache.

Bitter-sweet win for activists.

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:22:57 +0000

The Network Against Prohibition had a
bitter-sweet victory in the Northern Territory Supreme Court yesterday,
after its appeal against sentencing was upheld by Justice Southwood.

Two
of the last four "parliament invaders" of May, 2002, Ema
Birkeland-Corro and Stuart Highway, had their five-month jail terms
reduced and fully suspended.

Judgment looms for LA four

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:16:29 +0000

The last four "parliament invaders"
will know next Monday (Feb19) if they are to be jailed for storming the
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly on May 14, 2002.

Yesterday morning in the NT Supreme Court, Justice Southwood watched the video tape
of the incident, in which 10 activists walked into the chamber holding
placards, and disrupted proceedings for five minutes. The media
described the action as an "invasion".

The previous day, defence lawyers argued that the five-month jail terms given to the four, Ema Birkeland-Corro, Stuart Highway, Rob Inder-Smith and Michael Lambe, in Darwin Magistrates Court in 2003, were excessively harsh.

Worldwide March For Cannabis Liberation

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:24:55 +0000

STOP ALL THE CANNABIS ARRESTS...

STOP THE LIES! RELEASE THE MEDECINE,

HEAL THE SICK. END THE PRISON STATE!

Protesters to face court

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:07:15 +0000

THE last four “parliament invaders” of 2002 will have their final day in court on Monday (Feb 12) when Justice Trevor Riley hears argument for why they should not be jailed.

Northern Territory Legal Aid lawyer Ian Read will tell the Northern Territory Supreme Court that the defendants have not re-offended since they and six others stormed the NT Legislative Assembly while it was in session, and that they are not a threat to the community.

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