Embassy HEADLINES Issue 448

By Published On: February 25, 2021Categories: Cannabis, News

TOP STORIES

89% of Victorian cannabis inquiry submissions want legal cannabis

Study: Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization Is Not Independently Associated with Increased Risk of Crash Victims Testing Positive for Cannabis

AUSTRALIA/NZ

NSW Greens introduce bill to legalise recreational cannabis

Is New Zealand’s Medical Cannabis Market in Trouble?

University of Sydney launches study into the quality-of-life of medical cannabis patients

Nimbin Medican March 27 with Two Pot Doctors and an ex-Magistrate

NORTH AMERICA

New Jersey Governor Signs Cannabis Legalization Bills Into Law

North Dakota House Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill

Florida’s marijuana industry nearly doubled jobs, approached $1.23 billion in sales in 2020

U.S. Legal Marijuana Industry Employs 321,000 Full-Time Workers

These States Have The Highest Cannabis Sales Taxes In America

Cannabis Taxes Supply $858,000 to Public Schools in Illinois

Ontario accelerates cannabis store licensing to 120 per month

WORLD

Malta set to decriminalise cannabis, Prime Minister announces

‘Huge potential’: Can India’s medical Cannabis market thrive?

Legalize Marijuana. It’s Time Kenya Stopped Being Cowards

Italy authorizes consortium for pharma-grade CBD production

Pakistan sees key role for hemp in tech, textiles, energy

Iceland’s Health minister proposes drug decriminalisation

Norway to Decriminalize Personal Drug Use in ‘Historic’ Shift

French MPs propose lighter regulation for CBD industry

Growing Cannabis Seeds: Here’s Everything You Need To Know

HEALTH

How to Understand CBD Lingo

Combining Herbal Remedies – What to Mix With Cannabis and How it Can Benefit You

Could Lesser-Known Cannabinoids be the Future of Cannabis?

Study: CBG Effective at Treating Progression of Glioblastoma

HISTORY & CULTURE

Buds & Baby Boomers

Kevin Smith says Jay and Silent Bob are getting a weed store

EVENTS

Mind Altering Medicines, 24 March 2021, Online

Garden States Microdose – Cannabis & San Pedro Cultivation, 24 March 2021, Online

Nimbin Medican with Two Pot Doctors and an ex-Magistrate, 27 March 2021, Nimbin NSW

Nimbin MardiGrass Protestival, 1-2 May 2021, Nimbin NSW

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

PETITIONS & SURVEYS

University of Sydney – The QUEST Initiative – Study into the quality-of-life of medical cannabis patients

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

Monash University & UOW – Researchers Seek To Further Understand The Effects Of Cannabis

EDUCATION

Cannabis and Driving Webinar

Voices from the Real World – Medical Cannabis Testimonials

Adam Miller’s Cannabis Conversations Series