Ein Tabakbeutel mit rund 20 Gramm Marihuana verriet den „Hobbygärtner“, der in professionellem Stil mit einer Zuchtanlage Marihuanapflanzen anbaute. Der 22-jährige Mann aus dem Landkreis Regensburg war am Freitagabend bei einer Fahrzeugkontrolle in Langquaid der Polizei ins Netz gegangen. Im März 2010 hatte er im Landkreis Kelheim – nähere Ortsangaben machte die Polizei nicht – eine Wohnung gemietet, um dort Marihuana anzubauen.

mittelbayerische.de

Czech policemen have proposed that the seized marijuana be used for medical purposes, for instance for the treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease, the daily Lidove noviny (LN) writes Friday.

The Justice Ministry does not oppose the idea, LN adds.

"It is certainly logical," Justice Minister Jiri Pospisil (senior government Civic Democrats, ODS)) told the daily.

He, however, admitted that in this case the police must ensure that the drug distribution would be in compliance with law.

The Czech police annually seize and then destroy some 400 kilos of marijuana, the daily writes.

praguemonitor.com

Das Essener Landgericht hat einen 62-Jährigen, der einen großen Teil seines Lebens mit Drogenhandel finanziert hat, zu sechseinhalb Jahren Haft und Sicherungsverwahrung verurteilt. Er will in Revision gehen

Fast schon als Berufsverbrecher sieht Psychiater Dr. Sven Kutscher den 62-jährigen Ewald N., der einen großen Teil seines Lebens mit Rauschgifthandel finanzierte. Jetzt gab es die Quittung für den Altenessener: Die XVII. Strafkammer des Landgerichtes ordnete seine Unterbringung in der Sicherungsverwahrung (SV) an und verhängte außerdem sechseinhalb Jahre Haft wegen seines schwunghaften Handels mit Marihuana. In fünf Fällen hat er im Zeitraum Mai bis Juli vergangenen Jahres die Droge im Kilobereich aus den Niederlanden bekommen oder selbst abgeholt haben.

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heise.de

A separate operation by the Civil Guard has arrested 18 members of a drug smuggling gang in Spain.

Simultaneous searches were taking place in a number of European countries on Tuesday, in police swoops on an international network which is believed to have laundered up to 3 million € of drugs money.

The network was based in Holland and had been in operation since 2002, providing supplies from a grow shop in Wijchen to set up marijuana plantations, not only in the Netherlands, but also in other countries in Europe.

typicallyspanish.com

POLICE in Northamptonshire yesterday revealed they have been leading the search for an international drugs baron after seizing one of the biggest hauls of cannabis ever discovered in the UK.

Officers from Northamptonshire’s organised crime unit revealed they seized the record £7 million stash of cannabis in a lorry travelling between Daventry and Corby, on April 29 last year.

northamptonchron.co.uk

Wir berichten gerne darüber, was aus den Menschen, die an uns herangetreten sind, geworden ist. Um so schöner ist es zu sehen, dass es einige gibt die sich nicht Unterkriegen lassen. So zum Beispiel Floh Söllner.

gruene-hilfe.de

The squad rushed in after a force helicopter picked up a ‘hotspot’ on Pam Hardcastle’s property, thinking it betrayed a lighting system used to grow the drug.

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heraldsun.com.au

Debunking the myth that cocaine use is ubiquitous in Ireland should be first step in future drug policy, writes Eilis O'Hanlon.

Scrooge's advice to the poor at Christmas was that they should die, in order to decrease the surplus population.

What follows isn't a very festive thought either, but I must admit that when I heard Dr Chris Luke, a leading consultant in emergency medicine, say on Six One News last week that 500 people would die in the next decade as a result of cocaine use, my first reaction was a bit like Ebenezer's: Why don't they just get on with it then and decrease the surplus population of drug users? What am I supposed to do about it, after all? What is anybody supposed to do about it?

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