HEMP Embassy hosts High Tea for Peacebus
HEMP EMBASSY MEDIA RELEASE June 19 2019 The Nimbin HEMP Embassy will be hosting a High Tea for Peacebus 4.20 pm Friday 21 June 2019 at the Hemp Bar, Cullen Street, Nimbin The event will raise funds to keep Graeme Dunstan’s Peacebus rolling.See https://chuffed.org/project/keep-peacebus-rolling-on As the director of the 1973 Aquarius Festival, the event […]
NEXT MEDICAL CANNABIS WEEKEND WORKSHOP IN NIMBIN JUNE 22/23 now includes the movie “High as Mike” on Saturday night
HEMP EMBASSY MEDIA RELEASE June 17 2019 NEXT MEDICAL CANNABIS WEEKEND WORKSHOP IN NIMBIN JUNE 22/23 now includes the movie “High as Mike” on Saturday night. The acclaimed new movie about medical cannabis “High as Mike” will be shown on the Saturday evening June 22 of Nimbin’s next Medican weekend. The film starts […]
NEXT MEDICAL CANNABIS WEEKEND WORKSHOP IN NIMBIN JUNE 22/23
HEMP EMBASSY MEDIA RELEASE May 30 2019 Nimbin’s HEMP Embassy is gearing up for it’s next Medican Workshop to be held at the villages Bush Theatre over the weekend of June 22/23. This is a weekend about sharing information from healers and users and growers and makers of medical cannabis. Everyone is welcome, entry is […]
HEMP PARTY CAMPAIGN LAUNCH ON MONDAY IN LISMORE
MEDIA RELEASE FROM HELP END MARIJUANA PROHIBITION (HEMP) PARTY MAY 9 2019 The Nimbin based Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party will officially launch its Election campaign in Lismore on Monday at midday in front of local National party MP Kevin Hogans office in Lismore. The HEMP Party has senate candidates running in every state […]
May Day March 2019
MAYDAY MARCH for cannabis law reform Wednesday May 1 …at 1 pm from Lismore Court House to our local MP’s offices Nimbin’s MardiGrass organisers say they are ready for the big crowds expected to descend on the village this weekend. We start our annual protest tomorrow with our Mayday March from Lismore Court House to […]
WELCOME TO NIMBIN’S 27th MARDIGRASS
Nimbin is home of the Cannabis law reform protest and the gathering we call MardiGrass. This is the 27th year in a row that we’ve rallied to change these ugly, ridiculous, and extremely damaging and hurtful laws. Why should we be treated as criminals for using a plant that our ancestors have loved as a […]
Nimbin’s 420 Smoke-In!
Featuring the BIG Joint from 2pm ~ Music, hemp food and 4:20 Smoke In ~ Mingle Park Nimbin ~ 4:20pm April 20 2019 Nimbin April 20 Day invitation… words assembled by Luke Summ It is widely disputed who started FOUR20 world wide, some say it started as a time when many are finished work and […]
Meet Dr David Bearman, Cannabis Physician & Author from the USA
Meet Dr David Bearman, Cannabis Physician, Expert Witness & Author from the USA. Midday onwards Monday 25 March @ Nimbin Hemp Embassy. Book signing and Q&A. Nimbin Hemp Embassy51 Cullen StreetNimbin, NSW 2480 AustraliaTel: +612 6689 1842/0326hempembassy.netaccounts@hempembassy.netinfo@hempembassy.netOpen 7 Days
2019 UIC Australian Medicinal Cannabis Symposium
22-24 March 2019, Tweed Heads NSW Over 3 days hear from world experts as we grapple with the problems around patient access, guidelines and supply. Keynote Speakers Buy Tickets
MEDICAL CANNABIS WORKSHOP, NIMBIN JANUARY 19th & 20th 2019
The Nimbin Hemp Embassy hits the ground running in 2019 with another of their popular Medican Workshops on the weekend of January 19 and 20. Special Guest Leah Bisiani (MHlthSc/DipBus/RN1/Dementia Consultant/Learning & Advisory) will be a key speaker. Leah has 35 years experience within aged-dementia care establishing a highly skilled knowledge basis as a global […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 368
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Priority Licencing For Some Australian Medical Cannabis Projects [Hemp Gazette] Australian Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced last week the Federal Government will prioritise medical cannabis projects granted Major Project Status. So, what does this mean? According to Minister Hunt, projects with this status will be given priority for medicinal cannabis […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 367
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND The ‘most significant drug reform in 40 years’ is about to become law [The Spinoff] New Zealand’s Misuse of Drugs Act Amendment bill has passed its third reading in what MPs and harm reduction advocates are calling the most significant reform in the Act’s 44 year history. Under the amendment, the […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 366
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND ‘Where’s the dope, Daniel?’: Neil Mitchell wants to know what’s happened to government cannabis crops [3AW] It has been more than 18 months since the Andrews government harvested the first crop of government grown cannabis, but questions remain over what is happening to the drug. Govt knuckles down ahead of ‘reeferendum’ […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 365
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Former WA premier to fight for drug reform in new role [ABC] Former Western Australia premier, Geoff Gallop, has been appointed a member of the Global Commission on Drug Policy. Australia’s Chronic Pain Sufferers Want Access To Medicinal Cannabis [Hemp Gazette] July 22 marked the beginning of National Pain Week in […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 364
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Let’s Talk About Home Grow [United in Compassion] UIC’s thinking on self-supplied cannabis & cannabis products. Legalise Drugs to Reduce Violent Crime: An Interview With LEAP’s Greg Denham [Sydney Criminal Lawyers] As the 2015-16 NSW Crime Commission Annual Report points out, while “commendable law enforcement efforts” nationwide have led to “larger […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 363
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND World’s leading medicinal cannabis researchers converge on Wollongong [The Illawarra Mercury] Set up two years ago – with hubs in Newcastle and Wollongong – the Australian Centre for Cannabinoid Clinical and Research Excellence (ACRE) researchers are working hard to develop a national research and policy framework to ensure Australians have access […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 362
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Cannabis advocate avoids drug-driving conviction [Northern Star] HEMP Party president Michael Balderstone has conceded he drove with a detectable quantity of cannabis in his system, but he’s been spared a criminal conviction. His solicitor, Steve Bolt, hopes to debate a broader issue around drug-driving laws and testing in the future. Medicinal […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 361
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND ‘Significant help’: experts, community laud launch of national epilepsy helpline [The Sydney Morning Herald] A new service aims to help the 250,000 other Australians living with epilepsy. Launched on Wednesday, the Epilepsy Nurse Line provides access to nurses trained in epilepsy treatment between the hours of 9am and 5pm, seven days […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 360
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND The NSW Cops Spent An Eye-Watering Amount Of Money Policing This Small Town Festival [Junkee] Every year, the northern NSW town of Nimbin hosts MardiGrass, an event that’s part festival, part protest, and 100 percent committed to all things weed. Naturally, a celebration of all that cannabis has to offer attracts a […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 359
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Medicinal cannabis trial begins for Australian veterans with PTSD [ABC] An Australian-first trial using medicinal cannabis to treat returned servicemen and women suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been launched today that targets defence personnel who have not had a response to conventional treatments. The investigation, coordinated by Cannabis Access […]