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: Town Hall Verandah, 45 Cullen Street, Nimbin – Enter via the Hemp Bar All members are invited to attend the annual general meeting at 11am on Saturday 16 November 2019 at the Town Hall, 45 Cullen […]
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: Town Hall Verandah, 45 Cullen Street, Nimbin – Enter via the Hemp Bar All members are invited to attend the annual general meeting at 11am on Saturday 16 November 2019 at the Town Hall, 45 Cullen […]
NEXT MEDICAL CANNABIS WEEKEND WORKSHOP IN NIMBIN October 26/27
HEMP EMBASSY MEDIA RELEASE September 18 2019 NEXT MEDICAL CANNABIS WEEKEND WORKSHOP IN NIMBIN October 26/27 This is a weekend about sharing information from healers and users and growers and makers of medical cannabis. Everyone is welcome and it’s a rare chance to meet and get advice from the cannabis healing […]
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 […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 373
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Cannabis regulation in Australia could be about to become way less complex [Business Insider] A report into the Narcotic Drugs Act has been tabled in Parliament, recommending a number of changes to the licensing regime regulating the business of medical marijuana and other cannabis products in Australia. The report acknowledged the […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 372
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND MedCan 2020: New Zealand set to have its first medicinal cannabis summit [Stuff] The summit, called MedCan 2020, is open to everyone and people will learn about medicinal cannabis from local and international health professionals, academics, researchers and patients. Roadside drug tests for cannabis return false results, research finds [ABC] A study […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 371
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Cannabis prohibition doesn’t work anywhere. It’s New Zealand’s turn to legalise it [The Guardian] On Wednesday, the Helen Clark Foundation released a report which sets out the case for legalising and regulating cannabis. New Zealanders have the opportunity to vote for that in a referendum next year. Clearly, the prospect of […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 370
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Medicinal cannabis company to build one of the world’s largest production facilities in regional Victoria [ABC] Australian company Cannatrek has been given the final green light to develop the $160 million plant near Shepparton. There are plans to produce 160 tonnes of medicinal cannabis each year and create 400 jobs in […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 369
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND Tottie Goldsmith backs Olivia Newton-John’s fight for medicinal cannabis to be legalised [news.com.au] The niece of Olivia Newton-John has come out strongly in support of the Australian icon as she fights to make medicinal cannabis more available for every day Australians. Tottie Goldsmith, 56, says it has been remarkable to see […]
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 […]