Welcome to the Theatre of the War On Drugs
Australia’s Failed Drugs Policy
Sponsored by The Kurilpa Citizen & the Qld Council for Civil Liberties
7pm Wednesday 14 June, Parliament House [NEW VENUE!!], Brisbane ~ Speakers: Mick Palmer [Former Commissioner, Australian Federal Police], Keith Hamburger [Former D-G, Qld Corrective Services], Desmond Manderson [ANU]
“What we now have is badly broken, ineffective and even counterproductive to the harm minimisation aims of Australia’s national illicit drugs policy,” said Mr Palmer. “We must be courageous enough to consider a new and different approach.” On June 14, the Kurilpa Citizen and the Qld Council for Civil Liberties sponsor a discussion on solutions to Australia’s failed drugs policy at Parliament House [NB new venue] by Mick Palmer, Keith Hamburger and Desmond Manderson.
Hemp, Health & Innovation Expo & Symposium 2017
The Hemp, Health & Innovation Expo Sydney 2017 is taking place at the award winning Rose Hill Gardens, Exhibition Centre. Held over 2 days, May 27th and 28th 2017, this event will have something for everyone. Come and look, feel, taste, and experience the excitement of a large number of exhibitors, showcasing everything from Hemp fibres, clothing, bedding, beauty and health products, medicinal hemp products, building materials, hydroponic equipment and supplies for industry and home hobbyists alike, innovative products and so much more. Gain valuable information and awareness of the amazing benefits the Hemp plant has to offer now and into the future. Learn how to grow your own produce, even where space is limited, fresh and free of chemicals. Discover new and innovative products.
Saturday 27 May – 9.00am – 6.00pm
Sunday 28 May – 9.30am – 3.30pm
HHI Expo & Medicinal Cannabis Symposium Planting seeds & growing minds!
MardiGrass 2017
25th NIMBIN MARDIGRASS CANNABIS LAW REFORM RALLY
Friday 5 May – Sunday 7 May 2017
Nimbin, NSW
Our Mission: To bring about change by the most entertaining means possible.
Next MEDICAN Workshop Easter Saturday 15 April 2017
Speakers include Dr Deb Waldron on healing with medical cannabis, lawyer Steve Bolt on legal advice, Radic Al on making the medicine, Zane Archer on healing with nutrition and therapy as well as cannabis, Andrew Kavasilas on the latest from the government on regulating supply (don’t hold your breath), Michael Balderstone and Miss Guidance on their recent tour of North American legal cannabis dispensaries, and more to come. Top venue and top food from Phoenix Rising Cafe beside Mulgum creek on the northern edge of the village. Enquiries call the HEMP Embassy 66891842
Enough is Enough Rallies
Canberra 10am Tues 7 February Parliament House
Brisbane 9am Tues 14 February Parliament House
Perth 10am Thurs 16 February Supreme Court Gardens
Sydney 8am Tuesday 21 February at Parliament House
Melbourne 9am Tues 21 February Parliament of Victoria
Adelaide 11am Saturday 4 March at River Torrens
Please check Gail Hester’s list of events on facebook for changes and further information on each Enough is Enough Rally. They have been organised following the January raid on Jenny Hallam in SA and give protestors an opportunity to express their feelings about prohibition and show support for compassionate healers like Jenny who have been raided and their supplies of medicine confiscated. [Read More . . .]
Hemp Farming Open Education Day
When: Friday 17th February
10 am to 4pm.
Where: Cecil St Nimbin
Follow Balloons.
Why: To educate and promote Industrial, Medical and Food products grown from HEMP and other useful plants. If it’s mined and made from Fossil Fuels it can be grown by Farmers and made from HEMP!
For further information contact Wadzy
Ph: 0407 895 569. E: wadzywell@gmail.com
Next MEDICAN Workshop Saturday 21 January 2017
Saturday January 21st 2017
11am – 4.20pm in the Nimbin Town Hall.
The Medican workshops are proudly hosted by the Nimbin HEMP Embassy. Entry by donation. FREE to those who can’t afford it.
Nimbin Plans New Years Day Protest
Cannabis users in Nimbin plan on protesting the harassment their village is experiencing. Starting on the first day of the year, this Sunday, New Years day . . . [Read More]
Protest “Operation Cuppa”
Protest outside Lismore Court house from 9 am Tuesday December 6th to support those caught up in the net of “Operation Cuppa” which has impacted seriously on our tiny village with over thirty people busted so far.
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 270
Logan welfare drug-testing trial based on ‘flimsy statistics’ [SBS] The proposed ‘world first’ welfare drug-testing trial will not work and is not justified, say Logan City mayor and community workers. Legislation for the $10 million trial is due to go before the Senate shortly but is opposed by Labor and the Greens, and will need […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 269
Medical cannabis supplier Jenny Hallam says the prosecution against her is ‘disgusting’ and a ‘waste of time’ [The Advertiser] She said that until quality cannabis oil was freely available to people with chronic painful conditions, there should be an amnesty for suppliers like herself who were meeting a legitimate need. “I’m just asking for an […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 268
Drugs, driving and policing: Byron Community Forum [Greens] 15 September 6 – 8pm @ Byron Community Centre, 69 Jonson Street Byron Bay NSW. Free Admission. Come along to hear Greens MP David Shoebridge talking about the evidence-free roadside testing regime. We will also hear from locals and experts about broader concerns about policing and drugs, […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 267
The Canna Nanna’s Cannabis Education & Awareness Tour [Facebook] 9am Saturday 2 September, Tugun Village Community Centre, Tugun Q. Featuring cannabis medicine information, patient testimonials, demonstrations, advocacy/activities workshop, hemp food information and demonstrations, How to apply for cannabis in your state. Australia’s Failed War on Drugs Wipes Out 29 Young Men on Cannabis Charges in […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 266
Medicinal cannabis ‘red-tape’ pushing doctors and patients back to illegal products [ABC] A mountain of red tape for legal medicinal cannabis is forcing the families of seriously ill patients back into the black market, according to doctors and advocates. ‘Harder to get than a gun’: Medicinal cannabis laws broken, campaigners claim [9 News] A NSW […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 265
Nimbin drug arrests: 29 young men pay price for government law and order decision [The Sydney Morning Herald] Thirty-year resident Jan Levy’s two sons were among the “Lane Boys” charged. One received a suspended sentence. The other is awaiting sentencing. “When I see the hullabaloo over the alleged drug busts in Sydney and Dubai this […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 264
New Druglawed film released! [Druglawed] “Druglawed: Spokeswoman” has just been released. The production crew wants to thank all the fine Australians who supported this production! Special thanks go out to the good folk of Nimbin and the Nimbin Hemp Embassy. “Spokeswoman” is filmed on location in Sydney, Melbourne and Nimbin, featuring outspoken Member of Parliament […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 263
Sex Party leader backs Nimbin’s Lane Boys [Echo NetDaily] Leader of the Australian Sex Party and Victorian MP Fiona Patten has condemned the jail sentences handed down to seven Nimbin locals last week for selling cannabis as a pointless, life shattering waste of resources when other jurisdictions are basking in the success of tax-and regulate […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 262
Seven Nimbin ‘Lane Boys’ cop jail, others get suspended sentences [Echo Netdaily] Seven of the 30 Nimbin ‘Lane Boys’ received jail sentences today during sentencing in the Lismore Local Court but all were granted bail to appeal. The 23 others dealt with received a mixture of suspended sentences, or adjournments. Just a handful of doctors have prescribed […]
MEDICAL CANNABIS WORKSHOP in Nimbin Sat August 5
Nimbin’s HEMP Embassy has organised another of its popular Medical Cannabis Workshops for Saturday August 5 at the Bush Theatre, beside the river on the northern edge of the village. From 11 am until about 4.20 pm and everyone is welcome, as are donations. “We’re only doing them every few months now,” said President Michael […]