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Bongs May Be Banned As New Strain Of Marijuana Enters The Country
05-16-07|all headline news

Adelaide, Australia (AHN) - As reports have surfaced that potent marijuana could be introduced into Australia, state lawmakers have talked about banning drug paraphernalia.

At a ministerial council on drugs strategy meeting in Adelaide, officials discussed the merits of banning instruments such as bongs and pipes that are used to smoke illegal cannabis.

The concept of banning the paraphernalia comes as a new strand of marijuana could be landing on Australian soil which is stronger, supposed more addictive and easier to grow.

If bongs are banned nationally, it will mean the end of the stores that dedicate their sales to the currently legal products.

A source said, "It's quite significant because there has been quite a proliferation of these shops around Australia that sell equipment that's being used for the inhalation of cannabis."

Cannabis is currently the most used illegal drug in Australia.

 

sterbo

Based on the above article I thought some background regarding the current Governmental mindset might be of interest --- This article is from last year.

The Labor government of NSW Premier Morris Iemma announced last it plans to make a legal distinction between "hydro," or marijuana grown indoors using hydroponics, and "normal" outdoor marijuana.
"There is growing evidence of a link between long-term cannabis use and the incidence of severe mental health problems," said Iemma. "Regular cannabis use can exacerbate mental illnesses and associated criminal activity. Experts tell us that potent, hydroponically grown cannabis is a particular problem."NSW minister for mental health issues Cherie Burton was also in fine form, telling reporters one joint of the hydro could bring on mental illness.

Under legislation proposed by Iemma and his parliamentary majority, hydro cultivation would be punished much more severely than growing pot plants outdoors and much more severely than it is under the current law. Under the new law, houses with indoor marijuana grows would be subject to the same lessened restrictions on police searches as houses linked to designated dangerous drugs such as amphetamine and heroin.
The issue of marijuana's relationship with mental problems has grown increasingly prominent in Australia, driven by a tabloid press playing fast and loose with scientific notions of cause and effect and a federal government eager to find ammunition for its campaign to tighten the nation's marijuana laws.
"The main factor in determining the potency of marijuana is the genetics," said marijuana researcher and author Chris Conrad, who is recognized as an expert witness on marijuana in the California courts. "The fact that someone is growing marijuana hydroponically does not mean that marijuana is any different from marijuana grown from the same seeds or clones outdoors."Nor does that fact that someone is growing marijuana indoors mean he is using hydroponics to do so. Marijuana can and is grown in soil indoors, making Iemma's distinction
between hydro and "normal" marijuana even more confused and problematic.Using carbon dioxide enrichment, as is sometimes -- but not necessarily -- done with hydroponic grows, can
both increase the speed of the harvest and slightly increase the potency of the marijuana, but it is the addition of carbon dioxide, not the use of hydroponics that is responsible, said Conrad. And carbon dioxide may increase yields, but only fractionally, not the "up to five times" Iemma claimed.

The American experts weren't alone in not buying the government's scare tactics. In a statement released over the weekend, the National Association of Practicing Psychiatrists accused the Iemma government of "blaming the victim rather than the services" and using hydro as a scapegoat for what it called the "catastrophic" state of mental health services in NSW. South Australia Democrats leader Sandra Kanck told reporters "politicians and commentators are getting on the bandwagon saying we need to recriminalize the personal use of marijuana. "That would make around 476,000 South Australians -- 40% of the population-- retroactive criminals," she said. "We need to recognize that drugs are used, and have appropriate policies to deal with that. Prohibition didn't work in America in the 1920s, and it won't work now," Kanck said.

The hydro bill will go before the state parliament when it returns to session soon. It is uncertain whether it can be stopped."Crime and punishment is the only story we can expect from this Labor government," said the Greens' Rhiannon. "Premier Iemma is addicted to law and order headlines,and the major parties in Australia are too afraid to announce progressive drug reforms, even though they operate them.
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(Source URL: http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-...dedhydro.shtml)

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lilgrasshoppah

You know, it's almost like the government WANTS people to smoke!!!

Sample detergent commercial:

"New, Ultra Kleen cleans your clothes better than before. If you want whiter whites and darker darks and color-ier colors... choose Ultra Kleen, the better way to wash your clothes!"


Sample car Commercial:

"The Chicken Coupe LX is faster, safer, funner to drive, and get five billion miles to the gallon. If you are a professional driver on a closed course... you too can kick up three quarters of the dust on the Bonnyville Salt Flats while you zip around at a hunnert miles an hour, sideways..."


Sample computer commercial:

"Surf porn, download music, balance your spreadsheet, make coffee and watch movies... all at the same time! This computer does it all. And, @ two thirds the price of last year's model."


Sample "marijuana is bad commercial"...

"This year's marijuana is WAAAAY more potent than before. It'll fuck you up SOOOOO bad, that we're gonna try to make it EVEN MORE illegal than it already is. No we are NOT high are selves... well, maybe a little... but that's because we're in the same room as the marijuana! And you can't even be in the same STATE as marijuana without being HIGH as motherfucker."

Am I CRAZY???? Or are they?

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godfather

LoLzerz!!!!(meant to be exccesive) That is so true!

At least someone has some sense...

There is always hype about how much better hydo is, but, ironically, I watched a video on youtube about a grower in Amsterdam which said that marijuana grown in soil is better.