Super Lemon Haze repeated as the favorite Dutch coffeeshop strain at the 22nd Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam. It won last year as well, and is the first strain to repeat since the Green House's Super Silver Haze in 1999.

Vanilla Kush from Barney's placed second in the competition for the top prize. Headband Kush from Green Place finished third.

The Green House and Barney's continued to dominate the Cup as the two powerhouses have throughout the decade. The last shop to win the Cup other than the Green House or Barney's was The Noon with Blueberry in 2000.

cannabiscupwinners.com

The slow decriminalization of pot has created a whole mess of confusion over what's legal and what's not. But when it comes to the bizarre side-effects of conflicting medical marijuana laws, there may be no weirder scenario than what's happening in Kent, Wa.

seattleweekly.com

Mach es zu deinem Projekt - so denken offenbar auch immer mehr Drogenheimwerker. Die Kriminaltechniker des Bundeskriminalamtes (BK) haben es immer öfter mit chemischen Substanzen zu tun, die Amateure zu Hause gepanscht haben. Experimentierfreudige Laien verschaffen auch den Brand- und Gefahrengut- ermittlern mehr Arbeit - weil die Profis entweder aufgeflogene Hobbylabors sachgemäß entsorgen oder in bereits in die Luft geflogenen Giftküchen Spuren sichern müssen. "Im Internet kursieren einfache Anleitungen ohne Gefahrenhinweise", warnt ein Chemiker.

derstandard.at

On 11th November CCJS held an audience with Professor David Nutt chaired by our director, Richard Garside. You can watch it here.

crimeandjustice.org
old zack

An Olympic judo star was convicted yesterday of being part of a £50million drug gang.

James Waithe, 47, who represented Barbados at the Olympics and England in the Commonwealth Games, contributed to the gang's turnover of around £1million a week from cocaine sales.

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itn.co.uk

POLICE said Thursday they had arrested seven men, including Mozambicans, for suspected involvement in drug trafficking.

They said the men were caught with 1.4 tonnes of marijuana which they were transporting from Mozambique.

newzimbabwe.com

One of the primary reasons for NOT following Europe and the United States by introducing 'degree's of decriminalisation' for cannabis users has always been the governments inability to work out how to recoup the losses legalising cannabis would inevitably manifest upon big lobbying industries such as pharmaceuticals, petroleum and alcohol.

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