Nimbin MardiGrass Postponed!
MEDIA RELEASE March 17 2020 Nimbin MardiGrass Postponed! We’ve reluctantly decided to postpone MardiGrass 1-3 May 2020 due to the uncertain times surrounding the corona virus. The plan is to let things settle and move the dates forward once we are in the clear. Tickets will be fully refunded or carried over to the next […]
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 […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 401
AUSTRALIA/NZ Australian Senate committee issues report on medical cannabis barriers An Australian Senate committee wrapped up its inquiry on barriers to regulated medical cannabis and published its final report this week. The committee’s final report came with 20 recommendations, covering a range of areas. including: More education for doctors on the endocannabinoid system and patients […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 400
AUSTRALIA/NZ What legal cannabis in California could mean for NZ In September, we get to vote on whether to legalise personal possession of cannabis in New Zealand. For a glimpse into what that might look like, Harrison Christian reports from California, where the legal pot business is booming – bringing good times (and some bad) […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 399
AUSTRALIA/NZ Nimbin MardiGrass [and most other events] Postponed! We’ve reluctantly decided to postpone MardiGrass 1-3 May 2020 due to the uncertain times surrounding the corona virus. The plan is to let things settle and move the dates forward once we are in the clear. Tickets will be fully refunded or carried over to the next […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 398
AUSTRALIA/NZ Passionate Plea For Doctors To Take MedCan Opportunity With exactly one month until the medicinal cannabis regulations come into effect, the industry is passionately appealing to doctors to attend New Zealand’s first ever medicinal cannabis summit in just over two weeks. NORTH AMERICA Illinois sells $1 million in legal cannabis—per day Just two months […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 397
AUSTRALIA Tiny school one of first in Australia to have hemp uniforms For Dunoon Public School principal Genevieve Slocombe, making the switch from polyester to hemp-based school shirts has had nothing but benefits. Dunoon Public School students Charlie Davy, 10, Year 5 and Autumn Reardon, 7, Year 2, sporting the new hemp uniforms. Photo: Marc […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 396
AUSTRALIA Renting space with room to “grow” within the ACT, 100% legally PotPlace.com.au is a local, Canberra born Real Estate portal dedicated to the letting of designated garden space to those wishing to grow marijuana, all 100% legally and by the book. Using our special, legally binding – whilst in accordance with the Residential Tenancies […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 395
AUSTRALIA NSW police treated millions in damages for misconduct as ‘cost of doing business’ Since 2016 NSW police has reported paying out more than $238m in legal liability but has repeatedly rejected requests for information about the cost of particular issues. “Up till now, commanders who have had police officers under their command have not […]
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, […]