Tony Bower (Mullaway) Busted?

[Smokin Moose]

Mullaway Busted?

I received this message about an hour ago from Julie Bower, Tony Bower's (Mullaway's) wife.



Message reads

Hi Mark Tony is in Kempsey Police station they have taken the plants, paperwork etc.
julie


This message posted earlier today



7 hours ago - posted by Julie Bower
Tony Bower (Mullaway) has just had NSW Police helicopters hovering low over his medical cannabis garden, harassing him and damaging his LEGAL plants.

See message from Tony's wife, Julie Bower...

Dear Sir

I would like to let you know the the Police helicopter has just been here, flying very low blowing all the medical plants around and scaring my little dog and all the native wildlife .

This is not acceptable as anytime the Police wish they can come out and QUIETLY inspect the medical cannabis plants.

My phone number is *********.

Regards

Julie Bower

I sent this to the editor of Port Macquarie News just now please re post !

[KING_JOHN_C]

just Terrible

[Smokin Moose]

On 15th March Police raided Tony after weeks of helicopter flyovers. They confiscated his medical cannabis crop which was all tagged with the numbers of individual patients.

He is scheduled to appear for mention at Kempsey Court on the 16th of April. He was released under his own recognisance by the Police without bail.

Tony showed them all his paperwork, and he said most of the officers were decent blokes, uncomfortable with what they'd been ordered to do, especially once Tony had explained to them his purpose in cultivating the plants and what he was doing.

This makes it impossible for Tony to continue for the present, as he now has nothing to prepare for patients. He will not be able to make it to the Nimbin HEMP Embassy this weekend. Basically, everything is disrupted and suspended. Legalities can take a year to resolve. Be strong.

Tony wants as many patients and supporters as possible to rally at the courthouse on the 16th of April.

Be there! Be heard!

[paddyk]

Bloody bullies! How dare anyone screw with someone's medicine!
The world has lost it's mind banning a natural plant!
Best of luck to Tony and his family.

[Smokin Moose]

I just emailed this message to the Commissioner of Police.

Commissioner, NSWPOL are supposed to serve AND PROTECT.
On 15th March, Kempsey Police raided Tony Bower after weeks of helicopter flyovers. They confiscated his medical cannabis crop which was all tagged with the numbers of individual patients.

He is scheduled to appear for mention at Kempsey Court on the 16th of April. He was released under his own recognisance by the Police without bail.

Tony showed them all his paperwork, and he said most of the officers were decent blokes, uncomfortable with what they'd been ordered to do, especially once Tony had explained to them his purpose in cultivating the plants and what he was doing.

This makes it impossible for Tony to continue for the present, as he now has nothing to prepare for patients.

Commissioner, Tony Bower is quite literally saving peoples lives who have cancer and other dreadful illnesses. His medicine is organic, non-toxic. non-addictive, and FREE.
Your NSWPOL mission to PROTECT has miserably failed in this case, as the direct consequences of Tony Bower's arrest will be the prolonged suffering/death of hundreds of sick Australians who use Tony Bower's medicine, and would otherwise be fit and well using a cannabis based medicine they received for free from Tony Bower.
In closing, I may remind you that Tony is the equivalent of a doctor in his culture. He is an indigenous medicine man using an indigenous plant to save lives.
I am ashamed of NSWPOL today.
Signed
Mark H.
Canberra

[Smokin Moose]

MULLAWAYS MEDICAL CANNABIS PTY LTD

PRESS RELEASE

NSW POLICE SEIZE MEDICINE

The NSW Police have hit a new low by descending in an expensive tax-payer-funded operation with a police chopper and confiscated the medical cannabis crop needed to make Mullaways Medical Cannabis Tincture. The medical cannabis crop was a strain of cannabis specifically bred by Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd to be extracted into a medical tincture. Each medical cannabis plant was labelled for specific patients. Through the confiscation of this medical cannabis crop, the NSW Police have deprived many Australians their medicine. It is a form of discrimination against sufferers of chronic illness and pain whom need this medicine – Medical Cannabis.

300 plus chronically ill and dying patients will now be deprived of this indispensible medicine used for the relief of pain and suffering

Many of the patients have been using Mullaways Medical Cannabis Tincture for years and have letters of support from their doctors to use the tincture. Mullaways is the only company in Australia providing medical cannabis. The only other avenue for patients to access medical cannabis is through the Commonwealth Government's Special Access Scheme. This is a long and expensive process as this product is required to be imported from an overseas medical cannabis company and many patients are unable to afford it as it is unavailable on the PBS.

Tony Bower, Managing Director of Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd, says he has maintained clear accountability and transparency in his business. Both State and Federal Governments have been fully aware of Mullaways Medical Cannabis operations for years.

Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd has been open and forthright with all parties, especially the Government. Tony has complied with all government requirements for the past three years to get his company up and running and to get this medicine to the dying and chronically ill people who need it free of charge. Federally approved, where is the Federal intervention?

Director of Mullaways Mr Tony Bower says, “My culture does not allow me to refuse help to people who ask for it and where I know I can help, as it is, and surely should be, in any civilised culture. I could not have been any more honest and open about what I am doing. I know that I can help and even heal people with my medicine, a medicine that doesn't get people stoned. Almost half of Americans now have access to legal medical cannabis now. We need to urgently address the issue here in Australia.”

Tony Bower said “I have worked tirelessly to try to please people in government but continue to be treated with disrespect. The patients need their medicine daily. Does the NSW Department of Health have a plan for the dying and chronically ill medical cannabis patients in this part of country?”

www.mullawaysmedicalcannabis.com.au

[skunk-mad]

I really cannot believe how the world governments are treating medicinal cannabis patients. this is very bad and atleast 300 Australians will be without there much needed medicine which "mullaway ltd" provided at no cost to the patient "bloody wankers" come,s to mind..

Sorry to hear this moose sending positive vibes your way

Skunk-mad.

[Smokin Moose]

MULLAWAYS MEDICAL CANNABIS PTY LTD

PRESS RELEASE 16.3.2012

NSW POLICE SEIZE MEDICINE

The NSW Police have hit a new low by descending in an expensive tax-payer-funded operation with a police chopper and confiscated the medical cannabis crop needed to make Mullaways Medical Cannabis Tincture. The medical cannabis crop was a strain of cannabis specifically bred by Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd to be extracted into a medical tincture. Each medical cannabis plant was labelled for specific patients. Through the confiscation of this medical cannabis crop, the NSW Police have deprived many Australians their medicine. It is a form of discrimination against sufferers of chronic illness and pain whom need this medicine – Medical Cannabis.



300 plus chronically ill and dying patients will now be deprived of this indispensible medicine used for the relief of pain and suffering


Many of the patients have been using Mullaways Medical Cannabis Tincture for years and have letters of support from their doctors to use the tincture. Mullaways is the only company in Australia providing medical cannabis. The only other avenue for patients to access medical cannabis is through the Commonwealth Government's Special Access Scheme. This is a long and expensive process as this product is required to be imported from an overseas medical cannabis company and many patients are unable to afford it as it is unavailable on the PBS.


Tony Bower, Managing Director of Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd, says he has maintained clear accountability and transparency in his business. Both State and Federal Governments have been fully aware of Mullaways Medical Cannabis operations for years.


Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd has been open and forthright with all parties, especially the Government. Tony has complied with all government requirements for the past three years to get his company up and running and to get this medicine to the dying and chronically ill people who need it free of charge. Federally approved, where is the Federal intervention?


Director of Mullaways Mr Tony Bower says, “My culture does not allow me to refuse help to people who ask for it and where I know I can help, as it is, and surely should be, in any civilised culture. I could not have been any more honest and open about what I am doing. I know that I can help and even heal people with my medicine, a medicine that doesn't get people stoned. Almost half of Americans now have access to legal medical cannabis now. We need to urgently address the issue here in Australia.”


Tony Bower said “I have worked tirelessly to try to please people in government but continue to be treated with disrespect. The patients need their medicine daily. Does the NSW Department of Health have a plan for the dying and chronically ill medical cannabis patients in this part of country?”


Further info contact Tony Bower on 0265661525


www.mullawaysmedicalcannabis.com.au


http://www.smh.com.au/national/onema...0125-mukq.html

[skunk-mad]

MULLAWAYS MEDICAL CANNABIS PTY LTD

PRESS RELEASE 16.3.2012

NSW POLICE SEIZE MEDICINE

The NSW Police have hit a new low by descending in an expensive tax-payer-funded operation with a police chopper and confiscated the medical cannabis crop needed to make Mullaways Medical Cannabis Tincture. The medical cannabis crop was a strain of cannabis specifically bred by Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd to be extracted into a medical tincture. Each medical cannabis plant was labelled for specific patients. Through the confiscation of this medical cannabis crop, the NSW Police have deprived many Australians their medicine. It is a form of discrimination against sufferers of chronic illness and pain whom need this medicine – Medical Cannabis.



300 plus chronically ill and dying patients will now be deprived of this indispensible medicine used for the relief of pain and suffering


Many of the patients have been using Mullaways Medical Cannabis Tincture for years and have letters of support from their doctors to use the tincture. Mullaways is the only company in Australia providing medical cannabis. The only other avenue for patients to access medical cannabis is through the Commonwealth Government's Special Access Scheme. This is a long and expensive process as this product is required to be imported from an overseas medical cannabis company and many patients are unable to afford it as it is unavailable on the PBS.


Tony Bower, Managing Director of Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd, says he has maintained clear accountability and transparency in his business. Both State and Federal Governments have been fully aware of Mullaways Medical Cannabis operations for years.


Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd has been open and forthright with all parties, especially the Government. Tony has complied with all government requirements for the past three years to get his company up and running and to get this medicine to the dying and chronically ill people who need it free of charge. Federally approved, where is the Federal intervention?


Director of Mullaways Mr Tony Bower says, “My culture does not allow me to refuse help to people who ask for it and where I know I can help, as it is, and surely should be, in any civilised culture. I could not have been any more honest and open about what I am doing. I know that I can help and even heal people with my medicine, a medicine that doesn't get people stoned. Almost half of Americans now have access to legal medical cannabis now. We need to urgently address the issue here in Australia.”


Tony Bower said “I have worked tirelessly to try to please people in government but continue to be treated with disrespect. The patients need their medicine daily. Does the NSW Department of Health have a plan for the dying and chronically ill medical cannabis patients in this part of country?”


Further info contact Tony Bower on 0265661525


www.mullawaysmedicalcannabis.com.au


http://www.smh.com.au/national/onema...0125-mukq.html

Well what a sad set of shot,s just showing how devastating things have become..Very sad..I do have one question moose were these legal plants which your state was allowing mullaway to grow or was mullaway doing it with out permission?.just want to get the fact,s right?

skunk-mad.

[Yainderidoo]

Terrible to hear Moose. What shameful actions these "forces" show to The People of Australia....It's SO unfair..... If only "they" came to their senses...and SEE how it REALY is with that plant of ours. Where are they afraid of? the illuminati? There time has come to be overthrown....now more then ever and not only because of this terrible deed. I hope and pray that EVERYTHING will turn into something GOOD for everyone.
Sending Good vibes to everyone involved...
BE Strong Mates!

[gelu65]

Has anyone heard exactly what charges were filed. Now when all is ruined they may do like in the states just release him that way it gets hard to challenge them in court.

[Smokin Moose]

Mullaway's Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd

21 March 2012



MULLAWAY TO DEFEND CHARGES AFTER MEDICAL CANNABIS CROP

SEIZED BY NSW POLICE

Tony Bower, Director of Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd, says he has maintained clear accountability and transparency in his business. All relevant State and Federal Government departments have been fully aware of Mullaways operations for years.

Tony Bower said “I am deeply offended that the New South Wales Police Force have brought charges against me under the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act. I intend to vigorously defend the charges. The medical cannabis seized by police, and the tincture does not fall under the scope of New South Wales criminal laws. The police didn't take my plants off the street they took them off sick and dying people.”

“I have worked tirelessly to try to bring my medical cannabis tincture under Commonwealth and International health laws. I have been using a health model to ensure the safe and timely delivery of the tincture to patients however I continue to be blocked and treated with disrespect by the NSW government.”

“It is clear that in the case of Mr Bower road blocks have been thrown up that would not have been there if he had been a multinational pharmaceutical company or the primary seedstock were not related to a recreational drug," Greens MP John Kaye said in an interview on 29 August 2011.

Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd is a registered company under Commonwealth law. Tony Bower was approved as a fit and proper person by the Commonwealth Therapeutic Goods Administration to hold a drug manufacturers licence over two years ago.

Mullaways Medical Cannabis Tincture is a therapeutic medicine used for therapeutic purposes by chronically ill and dying patients to relieve pain and suffering from cancer, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, Crohn's disease, arthritis and other serious illnesses. At all times the medical cannabis used to make the tincture has been grown for therapeutic use. Each medical cannabis plant seized by police was labelled for specific patients.

The medical cannabis seized by police was not destined for the illicit street market

The medical cannabis tincture does not get people stoned

It is Non-Psychotropic and therefore not open to misuse

The medical cannabis crop seized by police was a strain of cannabis specifically bred by Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd to be extracted into a medical cannabis tincture. Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd lodged an application to register the strain under IP Australia’s Plant Breeders Rights. “My application had gone through to the final approval stage under the Commonwealth but was blocked by the New Sales Wales government” said Tony Bower.

Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd has been open and forthright with all government departments, especially the New South Wales Police. Tony Bower said “I have endeavoured to comply with all government requirements for the past three years to get my company up and running and in the interim continue to get the medicine free of charge to chronically ill and dying people.”

Many patients have been using Mullaways Medical Cannabis Tincture for years. Most patients have letters of support from their doctor. Mullaways is the only company in Australia providing medical cannabis. The only other avenue for patients to access medical cannabis is through the Commonwealth Government's Special Access Scheme. This is a long and expensive process as this cannabis product is required to be imported from an overseas medical cannabis company. Many patients are unable to afford it as it is unavailable on the PBS.

Mr Bower said he would also like to make it clear that “growing a herbal plant for medicine is part of my culture and my culture does not allow me to refuse chronically ill and dying patients access to my medicine. I know that I can help and even heal people with my medicine.”

Almost half of Americans now have access to legal medical cannabis and European Union Companies are funded to develop medical cannabis products.

Does the New South Wales Government have a plan for the chronically ill and dying patients in this state who use medical cannabis as part of their therapeutic regime? We need to urgently address this issue here in Australia.

For more information about Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd please contact Tony Bower on (02) 6566 1525 or visit our website at http://www.mullawaysmedicalcannabis.com.au/





Regarding the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961
to which Australia is a signatory

It is really important to understand that one of the fundamentals of the preamble
of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961, states:

...recognising that the medical use of narcotic drugs continues to be indispensable
for the relief of pain and suffering and that adequate provision must be made
to ensure the availability of narcotic drugs for such purposes ...

This has recently been reaffirmed by the

United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs

Ensuring availability of controlled medications for the relief of pain

and preventing diversion and abuse

Striking the right balance to achieve the optimal public health outcome



At the 53rd session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) held in March 2010, the Commission adopted Resolution 53/4 “Promoting adequate availability of internationally

controlled licit drugs for medical and scientific purposes while preventing their diversion and abuse”.



The Commission recalled the recognition of parties to the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol:



“that the medical use of narcotic drugs continued to be indispensable for the relief of pain and suffering

and that adequate provision must be made to ensure their availability for such purposes.”




Convention control measures to ensure safety and availability (Page 7)

The objective of the international drug Conventions—balance between ensuring availability and preventing diversion and abuse—is promoted by an international regulatory system that provides the framework for national drug regulation. Pursuant to the international regulatory system, States agree to adopt certain regulatory requirements.

The control provisions of the Conventions are designed to (a) ensure that controlled medications are prescribed for legitimate medical purposes and safely reach patients through a controlled distribution chain and (b) combat illicit manufacture, trade and distribution.

They are designed to serve what the INCB has described as the overall goal of a “well functioning national and international system for managing the availability of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances” namely “to provide relief from pain and suffering by ensuring the safe delivery of the best affordable drugs to those patients who need them and, at the same time, to prevent the diversion of drugs for the purpose of abuse”.

For more information visit the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime at http://www.unodc.org/docs/treatment/...ND_version.pdf



Mullaways Medical Cannabis Survey 2010

All people surveyed provided a letter from their Doctor stating their illness/condition and that the Doctor was monitoring them. Most Doctors recommending cannabis for their patients recommended a non smokeable form of cannabis be used.

Tinctures used in the Survey;

• 1 - THC (30%) & THC A (70%) (Alcohol based at 0.0082 mg THC/100 Microlitres)

• 2 - THC (30%) & THC A (70%) (Alcohol based at 0.0164 mg THC/100 Microlitres)

• 3 - THC (30%) & THC A (70%) (Hemp Seed Oil based at 0.0082 mg THC/100 Microlitres)

• 4 - THC (30%) & THC A (70%) (Hemp Seed Oil based at 0.0164 mg THC/100 Microlitres)

• 5 - THC (Olive Oil based at 0.0266 mg THC/100 Microlitres)

100 micrograms = 0.1 g = 1 Drop = 1 Spray

150 people were surveyed. The illnesses/conditions covered were;

• Chronic Pain

• Cancer

• HIV

• MS

• Glaucoma

• Diabetes

Chronic Pain

Reduction in the use of medications (tramadol)
Clearer thinking due to less medication
Less muscle spasm day and night
Sleep better
Helps the person to relax
Improved mood due to less pain
No side effects (drowsiness, high)

Glaucoma

Relieves eye pressure
Reduction in medication (lyrica, ordine)
Stopped hemerages'
No side effects (drowsiness, high)

Cancer

Relief from nausea
Helps pain medication work better
No side effects (drowsiness, high)

MS
30 to 40% reduction in pain levels
Relief from muscle spasms during the night
Helps with muscles spasms in general
Sleeps better
No side effects (drowsiness, high)

HIV

Sleeps better
Helps the person to relax
No side effects (drowsiness, high)

Diabetes

Stablising affect on Metabolism
No side effects (drowsiness, high)

An overall drop in the use of medications was expected but the continued reporting by participants that they had greatly reduced or given up alcohol, tobacco and other drugs after using the Tincture for a time was not expected but could not be ignored.

Of particular note was the stabilising affect the tincture had in one Diabetes case.

Source. http://www.mullawaysmedicalcannabis.com.au/

[Smokin Moose]

Medical Cannabis Grower, Tincture Maker Shames Aussie Cops

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The director of Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty Ltd in New South Wales, Australia on Wednesday shamed the police for recently raiding his grow operation, saying he has maintained "clear accountability and transparency" in his business. "All relevant state and federal government departments have been fully aware of Mullaways' operations for years," said Tony Bower.

"I am deeply offended that the New South Wales Police force have brought charges against me under the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act," Bower said. "The medical cannabis seized by police, and the tincture does not fall under the scope of the New South Wales Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act. I intend to vigorously defend the charges."

Ironically, Mullaways tincture -- which contains high levels of CBD and other cannabinoids, but very low levels of THC, the primary marijuana ingredient which gets you high -- is even less psychoactive than Sativex, the legal cannabis tincture manufactured by British prescription drug giant GW Pharmaceutical.

"The medical cannabis tincture does not get people stoned; it is non-psychotropic and is not open to misuse," Bower explained.

​Refer to the Comparison Of Scientific Standards, Sativex Spray & Mullaways Medical Cannabis Ptd Ltd's Tincture Table, below, to see just how far ahead Mullaways is in this respect, compared to the Big Pharma competition.



In contrast to GW's top-down, corporate-centric business model and the prohibitive expense of Sativex, Mullaways says it can provide a low-cost medical cannabis tincture made in Australia which will create many jobs in rural areas. "This means giving the Means of Production back to rural Australia," Bower said.

"It is clear that in the case of Mr Bower road blocks have been thrown up that would not have been there if he had been a multinational pharmaceutical company or the primary seed stock were not related to a recreational drug," Greens MP John Kaye said last August.

Mullaways is a registered company under Commonwealth law. More than two years ago, Bower was approved as a "fit and proper person" by the Commonwealth Therapeutic Goods Administration to hold a drug manufacturer's license.



Mullaways medical cannabis tincture is a therapeutic medicine used for medicinal purposes by chronically ill and dying patients to relieve pain and suffering from cancer, HIV, multiple sclerosis, emphysema, glaucoma, arthritis and other serious illnesses. At all times the medical cannabis used to make the tincture has been grown for therapeutic use, according to Bower.

Each medical cannabis plant seized by the police was even labelled for specific patients. The medical cannabis seized was not destined for the illicit drug trafficking market.

The medical cannabis crop seized by police was a strain of marijuana specifically bred by Mullaways Medical Cannabis to be extracted into a medicinal tincture.



Bower said Mullaways has been open and forthright with all government departments, especially the New South Wales Police.

"I have endeavored to comply with all government requirements for the past three years to get my company up and running and in the interim continue to get the medication free of charge to chronically ill and dying people," Bower said.

Many patients have been using Mullaways medical cannabis tincture for years and all the patients who use it have letters of support from their doctors. Mullaways is the only company in Australia providing medical marijuana.



The only other avenue for patients to access medicinal cannabis is through the Commonwealth Government's Special Access Scheme. This is a long and expensive process, as this product is required to be imported from an overseas medical cannabis company. Many patients are unable to afford this medicine, as it is unavailable on Australia's Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).

"Australians are provided the possibility of doing things differently," said American medical cannabis researcher Dr. Bob Melamede. "We can act to proactively manage a transition to using medical cannabis as a mainstream product in an orderly and rational manner. We can learn from the mistakes of others."

"I have worked tirelessly to try to please people in government but continue to be treated with disrespect," Bower said. "The patients need their medicine on a daily basis. Does the NSW government have a plan for chronically ill and dying sufferers who use medical cannabis as part of their therapeutic regime?"

Bower said he would also like to make it clear that as an indigenous Australian, "Growing a herbal plant for medicine is part of my culture and my culture does not allow me to refuse chronically ill and dying patients access to my medicine.

"I know that I can help people with my medicine," Bower said. "Almost half of Americans now have access to legal medical cannabis. We need to urgently address the issue here in Australia."

Source: http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2012/03...hames_auss.php

[Smokin Moose]

Donations of Medical Cannabis

MEDIA RELEASE

28 March 2012

I would like to thank those people who have kindly donated plants and supplies to help the medicine to continue. People need the medicine. I don’t want anyone to be worried or stressed. The medicine will continue to be there for them.

What the police have done is illegal and the warrant was obtained by deception. The police actions on the day would have made Laurel and Hardy proud. I expect to have everything to be returned and the charges to be dropped at the first court appearance on the 16th of April. I also expect the business to be fully compensated and my wife and I to be compensated for being illegally detained and assaulted. Our small dog was even kicked by one of the police.

Also compensation for the stress that has been placed on medical cannabis users of Mullaways tincture and a Medical Cannabis Card is to be issued to all Medical Cannabis patients.

Tony said “If I have done something wrong or illegal the the police should go to http://http://www.mullawaysmedicalcannabis.com.au/ for the facts, and then get a warrant the right way and we will do it again. Cannabis is a health matter and comes under the commonwealth TGA. ”

Also “I would like to tell the police and the government that if they think for one minute that I will walk away from the sick and suffering in our country then they should think again. If they want a fight, then here I am, leave the sick alone.”

Thou shall do no harm. What has happened here has caused harm to people of Australia.

Zero Tolerance on Pain and Suffering.

As the Police have revealed the location I will be requiring the police to assist with security.

Anthony Bower
Mullaways Medical Cannabis Pty. Ltd.