Embassy HEADLINES Issue 473
TOP STORIES
HEMP Party’s early AGM hope to change name excluding ‘Marijuana’ from the title
20 August Webinar: Victorian Cannabis Report breakdown with Sofia Moermond and Brian Walker
AUSTRALIA/NZ
Demand a fair go for medical cannabis drivers
NT might be the best place in Australia to grow hemp
Cannabis use increased during Australia’s first Covid lockdown
Unharm’s 2021 Drug Experiences and Attitudes Survey
Hemp Seed Farming
NORTH AMERICA
Health Canada issues reminder on cannabis potency labeling after Pure Sunfarms complaint
Ohio Activists Submit Revised Marijuana Legalization Petition For 2022 Ballot
Humboldt County Offers Support Program for Cannabis
Washington Governor Unveils New Process To Commute Hundreds Of Drug Possession Sentences
Texas cancer patients and people with PTSD will soon be able to join state’s expanded medical marijuana program
New Yorkers Can Smoke Marijuana At This Year’s State Fair Post-Legalization
Oregon begins double-testing hemp for THC to root out illicit marijuana
Four States Report Record-Breaking Marijuana Sales In July
Gallup Poll Finds Almost Half Of US Adults Have Tried Marijuana
WORLD
Hemp growers confront water challenges on top of oversupply
HEALTH
Autism, Rare Cannabinoids & the Endocannabinoid System
CBD Now Clearly Linked to Reduced Alcohol Consumption
Cancer patients less likely to use cannabis than the wider public
Marie struggled with chronic back pain for three decades until she tried medicinal cannabis
POLITICS & LAW
“Where is your humanity,” says MP Sophia Moermond
Will the Drug Liberation Movement Make Room for Nicotine?
Cannatrek gets behind medicinal cannabis research program for children
EVENTS
20 August Webinar: Victorian Cannabis Report breakdown with Sofia Moermond and Brian Walker
Hemp, Health & Innovation Expo, 5-7 November 2021, Canberra ACT
GARDEN STATES 2021 A Forum for Cultivating Ethnobotanical Plant Knowledge and Community, 3-5 December 2021, Melbourne VIC
Australia’s 2021 Medical Cannabis Symposium, Postponed until 2022 due to Covid. New dates to be announced shortly, Sunshine Coast Q
BILLS, PETITIONS, CAMPAIGNS & SURVEYS
Unharm’s 2021 Drug Experiences and Attitudes Survey
Petition: End discrimination against medicinal cannabis patients in Australian drug driving laws
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
Green Market – Episode #1 – Driving Laws and Cannabis
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