Hew Dalrymple has been planting cannabis . . . four hectares (10 acres) of it. But he's not going to smoke it, he wants to press the seeds for oil - and he's allowed to. The cannabis he and about a dozen other New Zealanders are planting as part of a national trial does not have marijuana's high levels of the hallucinogen THC. He is planting industrial hemp which has a THC level of about 0.15 per cent, way below marijuana's 9 per cent. [continues 525 words]
HEW DALRYMPLE has been planting cannabis . . . four hectares (10 acres) of it. But he's not going to smoke it, he wants to press the seeds for oil -- and he's allowed to. The cannabis he and about a dozen other New Zealanders are planting as part of a national trial does not have marijuana's high levels of the hallucinogen THC. He is planting industrial hemp which has a THC level of about 0.15 per cent, way below marijuana's 9 per cent. [continues 525 words]
TWO police officers who were found by a High Court jury in a civil case more than three years ago to have fabricated evidence in a drug case and then lied about it on oath are working on front-line duties. An investigation into what the police call "allegations of perjury and defeating the course of justice" continues. The latest move is the appointment of Christchurch-based Detective Superintendent Jim Millar to investigate the case, which involved an undercover officer and his supervisor. This appointment follows a direction to the police by Judge Ian Borrin of the Police Complaints Authority for the job to be given to an independent senior officer. [continues 546 words]
