Embassy HEADLINES Issue 466
TOP STORIES
Mexico’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Marijuana Prohibition After Lawmakers Fail To Act
AUSTRALIA/NZ
Narcotic Drugs Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill passes Senate
Gina Rinehart invests $15 million in WA cannabis company Little Green Pharma
NORTH AMERICA
Canada posts second straight month of record cannabis sales
Multiple Adult-Use Legalization Laws to Take Effect This Week
New Mexico Marijuana Legalization Law Officially Takes Effect
Pennsylvania legislature eases medical marijuana regulations
Nevada Gives Green Light to Cannabis Consumption Lounges
New York’s Cannabis Plan Doesn’t Add Up
South Dakota farmers eschew CBD in favor of fiber and grain
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe First in New York State to Pass Adult-Use Ordinance
WORLD
Mexican President Considers Putting Marijuana On Ballot Following Supreme Court Ruling
Portugal Parliament Ignites Adult-Use Conversations All Over Europe
40,000 acres of fiber hemp fuels China’s ‘one county, one industry’ strategy
Corporate Cannabis Gobbles Market in South Africa
Ireland gives green light to medical cannabis prescriptions in ‘milestone’ move
Singapore: Treatment-resistant epilepsy patient gets nod to use medical cannabis as last resort
How Britain’s Three Crown Dependencies Are Stealing A Cannabis March On the Mainland
UK Government Looks To Remove Hemp and Cannabinoids From Home Office Oversight
Medical cannabis innovation hub launches in Israel’s Negev desert
Greece Officially Legalizes the Sale and Cultivation of Medical Marijuana
Nigeria isn’t ready to legalize marijuana: A scientist’s view
SCIENCE & TECH
There’s probably too much THC in your cannabis
THC-O Acetate: More Potent, Psychedelic and Spiritual Than Delta 9 THC
HEALTH
Canadian company seeking participants in Adelaide for medical cannabis and chronic pain study
Study: Cannabis Smokers Exposed to Fewer Toxicants Than Tobacco Smokers
POLITICS & LAW
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Slams Feds’ Marijuana Stance As ‘Contradictory’
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
Cultivators Dial Back Operations Amid Historic Pacific North-West Heat
States continue weighing options as hemp-derived delta-8 THC disrupts marijuana markets
Cannabis Workers Strike
Is There a Hiring Crisis in Cannabis?
Althea (ASX:AGH) enters South Africa’s medical cannabis market
HISTORY & CULTURE
How to Cook with Hemp Extracts
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