Embassy HEADLINES Issue 465
TOP STORIES
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce ‘Open To The Conversation’ Of Marijuana Legalisation
Colgate-Palmolive has developed antiperspirant with CBD
AUSTRALIA/NZ
Senator Adam Bandt: “I would bet that a majority of members of parliament have smoked grass”
Gladys Berejiklian: Why won’t you legalise cannabis?
Don Fuggle is ready to challenge ScoMo in his own Electorate
Cannaponics to build a 160-acre medical cannabis production facility in Western Australia
NORTH AMERICA
BC legal cannabis sales grow briskly: report
Florida medical marijuana providers set to nearly double
Ohio Adds New Rules to Govern the Controversial Delta-8
Wisconsin struggles with shortfall after licensing takes a dive
Massachusetts Cannabis Cultivation Workers Vote to Approve First Union Contract at Cresco
Connecticut Governor Signs Marijuana Legalization Into Law
Rhode Island Senate Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill
Nova Scotia’s regulated cannabis prices fell 28% annually
WORLD
Court sides with Brazilian patient over import of CBD product
Cannabis strains to get Heritage listing in Thailand
Italian stakeholders parry in struggle to free the entire plant
Mexico’s Supreme Court Moves To End Marijuana Prohibition Itself After Lawmakers Fail To Act
Amendments to Lithuania’s hemp law could spark €100 million market
Hong Kong Gets Its First Cannabis Restaurant
Little Green Pharma enters Poland’s medical cannabis market with an exclusive distribution deal
THCP and CBDP – Powerful New Cannabinoids Found
POLITICS & LAW
Cresco Labs Launches Summer of Social Justice
Australia should legalise cannabis to get kids to stop using it
Boy Walks 1000 Miles to Highlight Medical Cannabis Injustice
Enactment of Adult-Use Marijuana Laws Doesn’t Encourage Drugged Driving Behavior
BILLS, PETITIONS, CAMPAIGNS & SURVEYS
University of Canberra – Investigating non-clinical psilocybin (magic mushroom) use in Australia: Intention, mindset, setting and outcomes
Unharm’s Community conversations: It’s time to find the common ground
Imprisoned for Healing the “Incurable” with Medicinal Cannabis Therapy. Drop Alan’s Charges
Cannabis experiences in the ACT
It’s Time to Legalise Cannabis in NSW
NSW Greens Cannabis Leglisation Bill 2021 – Discussion Paper
University of Sydney – The QUEST Initiative – Study into the quality-of-life of medical cannabis patients
Curtin University – Global survey of cannabis cultivators
Monash University & UOW – Researchers Seek To Further Understand The Effects Of Cannabis
EDUCATION
Nimbin Mardigrass Hemposium 2021 on YouTube
- Legal Advice including Roadside Drug Testing and Medicinal Cannabis with Steve Bolt and David Heilpern
- Medicinal Cannabis and Mental Health with Prof Kylie O’Brien PhD, Director of Research & Education, Releaf Group Ltd
- Cannabinoid Therapy and Integrated Health with Dr John Teh, Medical Director, Plantmed
- Why will Australia be the last to legalise Weed? with David Heilpern
- Cannabis Laws and Legislation with Steve Bolt, Cate Faehrmann and David Shoebridge
- Isolates versus Whole Plant with Prof Kylie O’Brien, Greenlight Health Dr Jamie Rickcord, Dr John Teh, Ray Thorpe, & Dr Teresa Towpik
- Recent Cannabis Law Reform Campaigns – Victoria, NSW and WA with Mandy Nolan, Cate Faehrmann, Sophia Moermond, Emma Sinclair, Dr Brian Walker & Dr Alex Wodak AM
- Cancer, my greatest Teacher. A doctor’s story with Dr Teresa Towpick, Medihuanna
- No Extradition: Bring Julian Home! with John Shipton, Julian Assange’s Father