At the request of the Premier and the Minister of Health, the Office has also commenced to evaluate the impact of the amendment to the controlled Substances Act, 1986 which allows for the expiation by payment of a fine of simple cannabis offences.

Europe In December 2012 the European Commission (EC) released a draft Tobacco Products Directive that if passed by the European Parliament, would have required electronic cigarettes with nicotine levels exceeding 2 mg; nicotine concentrations exceeding 4 mg/ml; or whose intended use resulted in a maximum peak plasma concentration exceeding 4 ng/ml to be regulated as medicinal products.

Similarly a focus on Shandong, a sister province of South Australia, is seeing early research relationships spawn valuable research collaborations with, for example, the Qingdao Gather Great Ocean Group (GGOG) who have invested in a laboratory at Flinders to explore the potential conversion of seaweed into high value food, cosmetic and medicinal products.

Sea cucumbers may deter diabetes Exploring the medicinal properties of sea cucumbers (Holothuria scabra), UniSA researchers found that processed dried sea cucumber with salt extracts can inhibit a compound that is associated with increased risk of diabetes, thereby reducing the likelihood of the disease.

George Grey 1841, Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery, Vol. 2, pp. 200-201 Professor Ghil‘ad Zuckermann Ethical reasons (Native Tongue Title: Deontological compensation for language loss:) • In case of linguicide (language killing) or glottophagy (language eating): It is much harder to prove continuity in Native Title cases Protection of Intellectual Property (IP): Traditional Indigenous knowledge: language, stories, music, dance, symbols, art, crafts, cosmology, medicinal and environmental knowledge etc.

While the implications of this observation are discussed in detail in Chapter 4 of this report, Figure 3.1 below illustrates the average value of these contracts; several industries (such as the human pharmaceutical and medicinal product manufacturing industry) are excluded as the small number of contracts procured from these industries skew the representation of the data for the majority of the industries.

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Detection Statistics for CGTF commencing November 2007: o 499 arrests / reports of OMCG members o 1088 arrests/reports of associates and those linked to OMCGs o The seizure of 330 firearms o 728 premises searched of OMCG members (including clubrooms) o 871 premises searched of associates and those linked to OMCGs o Seizure of $2.33 million in cash o Seizure of 1280 cannabis plants o Seizure of 61,000 street deals of loose cannabis o Seizure of 72,000 street deals of methamphetamine o Seizure of 34,500 street deals of ecstasy o Seizure of 10,980 street deals of other drugs o 394 barring orders issued o 39 current OMCG have current firearm prohibition orders.

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