Embassy HEADLINES Issue 445

By Published On: February 4, 2021Categories: Cannabis, News

TOP STORIES

What has changed in the year since cannabis possession was legalised in the ACT?

What if Sugarcane Was Outlawed 85 Years Ago Instead of the Marijuana Plant?

AUSTRALIA/NZ

Cannabis oil firms chase approvals as over-the-counter sales are legalised in Australia

Cannatrek signs medicinal cannabis strategic partnership agreement with Chemist Warehouse

SA Greens propose new laws that would let medical cannabis patients drive

Legalise Cannabis WA Registered and Ready To Go

Police chief defends sacking of Port Augusta officer who gave distressed man cannabis

NSW police seize 73 kg of cannabis in a Byron Bay bust

Bong-throwing competition back with Nimbin MardiGrass

NORTH AMERICA

Democratic Senate Leaders Announce Plan To Federally Legalize Marijuana In 2021

Biden legalizing cannabis would be a huge step toward racial equality

Atlanta Mayor Abolishes Pre-Employment Drug Screens for Many Public Employees

Minnesota Lawmakers Reintroduce Recreational Cannabis Legalization Bill

Nebraska Farmers Transition from Hops to Hemp

Kansas Legislature should follow Kelly’s lead on medical marijuana, Medicaid expansion

Toronto mayor ask Ontario to restrict cannabis stores

WORLD

Will Cannabis Tourism Be Over in Amsterdam?

Barbados Reveals Plans For Several Initiatives

Thai FDA sets hemp training seminar

Japan’s hemp business wants to distance itself from image of narcotics

EU market regulator updates cosmetics guidelines to add CBD as legal ingredient

Icelandic Government Proposes Drug Decriminalisation

Sativa Learning: Platform for CBD and Cannabis Education Launches in UK

Hemp for Homes? How Cannabis can be used in Construction

HEALTH

Cannabis Use Associated with Reduced Hypertension in Elderly Subjects

Cannabis Does Not Harden the Arteries, Studies Say

Can CBD help with cancer treatment?

Study Finds Cannabis Dispensaries Linked to Fewer Opioid Deaths

CBD and Mental Health: Does Medical Cannabis Help or Hinder?

POLITICS & LAW

The Media Lies About Drugs

Cancel Cannabis? Some Lawmakers In Newly Legal States Sure Are Trying

The Effect of State Marijuana Legalizations: 2021 Update

HISTORY & CULTURE

Re-contextualising cannabis through design

Moms who smoke weed are not bad moms

EVENTS

Nimbin MardiGrass Protestival, 1-2 May 2021

Australia’s 2021 Medical Cannabis Symposium, 13-15 August 2021, Sunshine Coast Q

PETITIONS & SURVEYS

Closes 21 February 2021 – Survey: Drug Driving in Queensland

Closes 4 March 2021 – Qld Parliament E-Petition: Cannabis law reform

University of Sydney – Cannabis as Medicine Survey 2020

Curtin University – Global survey of cannabis cultivators

EDUCATION

Cannabis and Driving Webinar

Voices from the Real World – Medical Cannabis Testimonials

Adam Miller’s Cannabis Conversations Series