Morocco aims to stamp out cannabis crops
The News Review:
- Morocco aims to stamp out cannabis crops
- Pataskala bust nets a ton of marijuana, $4.2 million in cash
- Barney Frank Calls For Decriminalizing Small Amounts Of Marijuana
- Woman lashed in Somalia over cannabis
- … of Health comment on study showing link between cannabis…
- Conservative party comment on study linking cannabis use with…
Morocco aims to stamp out cannabis crops
AngolaPress – Mar 22, 2008
(Rif mountain chain) we are centring our efforts on non-agricultural infrastructure and
activities such as rural tourism,” he said. “Opening these areas up plays an important role in reducing cannabis. ”
Production of cannabis resin, or hashish, which amounted to 3,070 tonnes in 2003, has
already dropped by 61 percent in the area, according to Khalid Zerouali, a senior official at
the interior ministry. That mirrors the progress across the country. A 2003 inquiry sponsored by the United
Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) using both observations on the ground and
satellite pictures put at 134,000 hectares (520 square miles) the area used to grow cannabis. “This area has been cut to 72,500 hectares at present, a drop of 46 percent,” Zerouali said.
Pataskala bust nets a ton of marijuana, $4.2 million in cash
Columbus Dispatch – Mar 22, 2008
The bust netted $4. 2 million in cash, 2,100 pounds of marijuana and 82 guns. Police and federal investigators found $3. 2 million of the cash inside the walls of a Pataskalahome and 2,000 pounds of the marijuana in a trailer outside the house. Seventy-five guns were foundthroughout the house at 6397 Watkins Rd. where Donald Dailey, 39, was living until his arrest onTuesday.
Barney Frank Calls For Decriminalizing Small Amounts Of Marijuana
CBS News – Mar 22, 2008
Asked by Maher as to why he would push a pot decriminalization bill now, Frank said the American public has already decided that personal use of marijuana is not a problem. "I now think it’s time for the politicians to catch up to the public," Frank said. "The notion that you lock people up for smoking marijuana is pretty silly. I’m going to call it the ‘Make Room for Serious Criminals’ bill. "Copyright 2008 POLITICO.
Woman lashed in Somalia over cannabis
AngolaPress – Mar 22, 2008
The woman, who throughout the beating insisted she was innocent, was flogged alongside five
other men at the Yassin Square in Mogadishu in front of several hundred people. The small
bundle of cannabis, worth around $1 on the streets of the capital, was burned before
the crowd. “The reason we punished them was that we want to stop people selling and using drugs,” said
a local security official, Sheik Omar Hussein. “We believe as Islamists that people should stay
away from drugs. ”
The imposition of strict religious rule has sparked fears of an emerging, Taliban-style regime. The United States accuses Somalia`s Islamic leaders of harboring al-Qaida leaders responsible
for deadly bombings at the U.
… of Health comment on study showing link between cannabis…
InTheNews.co.uk – Mar 22, 2008
Its defence of the government’s drugs policy comes as political parties and health campaigners have criticised it for not taking a stronger stance to alert the public to the dangers of using the drug. The issue of cannabis’ effect on health was reignited after a study published in the Lancet medical journal claimed people who smoke cannabis have a 41 per cent increased risk of developing psychosis. A spokesperson for the Department of Health said that the government’s message on cannabis “has always been clear”. “Cannabis is harmful, illegal and should not be taken,” they said. “Cannabis use, like drug use overall, has fallen in recent years and continues to decline. “Our commitment to tackling this wide-ranging problem is unstinting.
Conservative party comment on study linking cannabis use with…
InTheNews.co.uk – Mar 22, 2008
The debate on the health effects of the drug has been reopened by a study from British researchers which found that smoking cannabis increases the risk of psychosis by 41 per cent. The more people smoked, the higher the risk; the most frequent cannabis users were more than twice as likely to have a psychotic outcome. Writing in the Lancet medical journal, the researchers claim about 14 per cent of psychotic illnesses in young adults in the UK could be prevented if cannabis was not consumed. Commenting on the issue, shadow home secretary David Davis said the government’s drug policy is “chaotic and confusing” and is causing harm. Earlier this month the prime minister announced a review would be undertaken to see if the decision to downgrade cannabis from a class B to a class C drug should be reversed. “Not only is cannabis a gateway to harder drugs and a major cause of crime, it has real and tragic consequences for the mental health of so many people,” Mr Davis said.