Medical Cannabis Workshop in Nimbin this coming weekend 18-19 January
MEDIA RELEASE January 13 2020 Medical Cannabis Workshop in Nimbin this coming weekend 18-19 January Nimbin HEMP Embassy is holding one of its popular Medican Workshops next weekend on January 18/19, at the Bush Theatre in the village. “The next gathering after this is MardiGrass, first weekend in May, and we’re not doing these Medicans […]
Cannabis Education Session in Maryborough, Queensland
ASSANGE SOLIDARITY MEETINGS IN MULLUM AND NIMBIN:
MEDIA RELEASE December 7 2019 HELP JOHN SAVE JULIAN: ASSANGE SOLIDARITY MEETINGS IN MULLUM AND NIMBIN John Shipton, Julian Assange’s father, who is campaigning to build a world-wide movement to save his son, will speak in Mullumbimby at the RSL on December 8 and in the Nimbin Town Hall on December 12. Mr Shipton has […]
HEMP Embassy Hosts a Medical Cannabis Weekend January 18/19 2020
HEMP EMBASSY HOSTS A MEDICAL CANNABIS WEEKEND OCTOBER 26/27
HEMP EMBASSY MEDIA RELEASE October 11 2019 Medican time again October 26/27 Nimbin’s HEMP Embassy is hosting another of its popular Medican weekends on October 26/27. There’s a full program lined up says Nimbin HEMP Embassy President Michael Balderstone. “And as a special treat the new movie Green Light about a couple of […]
MardiGrass Organizing Body AGM 2019
IT’S TIME AGAIN FOR THE MardiGrass Organizing Body’s ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Time: 12pm Date: Saturday 16 November 2019 Location: Nimbin Hemp Embassy, 51 Cullen Street All members are invited to attend the annual general meeting at 11am on Saturday 16 November 2019 at the Nimbin Hemp Embassy, 51 Cullen Street. Nominations for an elected position […]
Nimbin Hemp Inc AGM 2019
IT’S TIME AGAIN FOR THE Nimbin Hemp Embassy’s ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Time: 11am Date: Saturday 16 November 2019 Location: Nimbin Hemp Embassy, 51 Cullen Street All members are invited to attend the annual general meeting at 11am on Saturday 16 November 2019 at the Nimbin Hemp Embassy, 51 Cullen Street. Nominations for an elected position […]
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 […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 394
AUSTRALIA Melbourne gets its first cannabis dispensary – and it may be the first of many Melbourne’s first stand-alone medical cannabis clinic and dispensary opens in St Kilda this Saturday – and it’s tipped to be the first of many. The Releaf Clinic will include a dispensary, doctors who specialise in prescribing medical cannabis, complementary […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 393
AUSTRALIA It’s Now Legal to Smoke Cannabis in Australia’s Capital: An Interview With HEMP’s Michael Balderstone Sydney Criminal Lawyers spoke to Mr Balderstone about what could occur in this country now cannabis can be used recreationally in at least one jurisdiction, why he believes it was outlawed in the first place, and how greater use […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 392
AUSTRALIA 117 Public Submissions for Senate Inquiry Read the submissions made to the Senate inquiry into current barriers to patient access to medicinal cannabis in Australia. ACT cannabis laws come into effect on Friday, but they may not be what you hoped for The laws prompt the obvious question: if people are growing cannabis plants, […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 391
AUSTRALIA Consultation: Single Licence Model Last years’ Report on the Review of the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 by Professor John McMillan AO made 26 recommendations, all of which have been accepted by the government. This includes a recommendation to replace the current licensing scheme, under which licences for cultivation and production, research and manufacture are granted separately, […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 390
AUSTRALIA Senate Inquiry into Current barriers to patient access to medicinal cannabis in Australia – Submission Deadline is 17 January. If you’re a medical cannabis user, you might like to consider telling the inquiry about your experience accessing medical cannabis. What barriers have you encountered, and how might this be fixed? Events coming up in […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 389
AUSTRALIA Senate Inquiry into Current barriers to patient access to medicinal cannabis in Australia – Submission Deadline is 17 January. If you’re a medical cannabis user, you might like to consider telling the inquiry about your experience accessing medical cannabis. What barriers have you encountered, and how might this be fixed? Here’s a link to […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 388
AUSTRALIA Senate Inquiry into Current barriers to patient access to medicinal cannabis in Australia – Submission Deadline is 20 January. New Zealand finalises medical cannabis regulations On 19 December, the Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Regulations 2019 were published, setting out the regulations for a New Zealand cannabis industry and making significant changes to patient […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 387
Cannabis News Highlights for 2019: Australia & NZ Something is rotten in the state of Oz: Desperate patients turn to black market for medicinal cannabis despite spike in legal prescriptions [ABC] Earlier this week, the ABC revealed more than 3,000 medicinal cannabis scripts had been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) from March 2018 […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 386
2019 has been a heady year for the humble weed, and another one to come! See you for the next round of cannabis news in 2020! NORTH AMERICA One in five US high school students vaped marijuana in 2019, report says [The Guardian] Vaping nicotine is still more popular but vaping marijuana grew more quickly, […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 385
AUSTRALIA Making Australia an international leader in medicinal cannabis [Greg Hunt] The Morrison Government is maximising the economic potential of Australia’s medicinal cannabis industry, with Major Project Status granted for the development of new facilities in South East Queensland and regional Victoria. NZ Referendum website and initial cannabis Bill launched [Beehive] The first release of […]