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As reported in Echonetdaily (http://bit.ly/lindpuff), Lismore magistrate Jeff Linden has warned drivers that cannabis could stay in their system for up to 20 days after smoking it. Mr Linden issued the caution after dealing with three drivers caught driving with an illicit drug in their system. Another Lismore magistrate David Heilpern recently raised the difficulties of sentencing motorists caught with cannabis in their system. He said there was no evidence that smoking cannabis in days or weeks prior affected a driver’s ability, so the question is: how does the law effectively measure the danger, especially in comparison to folks driving on heavy prescription meds? Q Q Q Q
Inspired by the new bout of entrepreneurial beach use and the popularity of pop-
friends found out the crucial differences in meaning while in America when she offered to nurse a male friend in a crowded car, much to his delight. Q Q Q Q
Tree-huggers extraordinaire. Using thermal imaging, researchers at the University of Melbourne discovered that koalas beat the heat by stretching out on cool tree trunks, which can be five degrees C cooler than the surrounding air. Their research was published in Biology Letters: http:// bit.ly/ktreehug. Photo Steve Griffiths
up shops, Backlash figures we should combine the two. Isn’t it time for a pop-up beach brothel or tattoo parlour? Save those sun-drenched tourists having to get off their tanned arses and wander downtown for a discreet massage or the latest demented unicorn tatt.
in the US is often called nursing, whereas in Australia that can mean minding someone or something on your lap. One of Backlash’s Australian
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You call that a sweet potato? This is a sweet potato. Carol Campbell took this picture of grandson James, 3, with one of the monsters from her Billinudgel garden. ‘We’ll be dropping off this, with some other monsters, to Liberation Larder in Byron Bay, who use donated produce to prepare meals for the homeless twice a week.’ See the Larder online at liberationlarder.org.
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The University of New England is conducting a study on electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, used to replace the tactile habit of sucking on a durry, a move much to the delight of nonsmokers. You can learn more at http://tinyurl.com/uneecigstudy. Inhalers can also be used by cannabis fanciers as an alternative to reefers, but it won’t solve the problem outlined by magistrates in an earlier Backlash above.
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Local anti-frackers might want to consider the tactics of Greenpeace UK when faced by prime minister David Cameron’s plans to allow frackers to drill under homes without permission of the homeowners. They went to Cameron’s country home, set up fences and a large sign which read: ‘We apologise for any inconvenience while we frack under your home.’ You can see the video of this smooth operation at http://bit. ly/ukfrack. Humour and the personal touch are valuable tools of protest which often have more success than righteous anger.
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