Embassy HEADLINES Issue 486
TOP STORIES
NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann introduces cannabis driving bill to parliament
South Australia Greens table new recreational cannabis bill
AUSTRALIA/NZ
Western Australia’s Inquiry into Cannabis and Hemp is now accepting submissions
Mother and daughter jailed for importing tea the ABF wrongly identified as drugs
Community conversations on drug policy and fairness: what we have learned
ANTG is hiring medical cannabis growers in NSW
Sustainable Nutrition Group Partners With Australian Plant Proteins
New streamlined process for medicinal cannabis applications
This country town is a secretive centre for big pharma drug production and an alleged cartel
Clarko’s career twist: Coaching great joins medicinal cannabis firm
Psilocybe subaeruginosa: Australia’s Most Famous Magic Mushroom
NORTH AMERICA
First Responders No Longer Disqualified For Past Marijuana Use In Austin, Texas
Michigan: Bills would cut down how much medical marijuana caregivers could grow
NY Senator’s Proposal: Offer Cannabis Equity Benefits To Transgender And Non-Binary People
WORLD
Malta: Parliament starts debating radical cannabis reform
Hemp probed to clean land in South Africa’s toxic gold mining areas
The UK countryside is ablaze with hemp farms. But how do they help the climate?
HEALTH
What To Know About Using Cannabis For Sleep During These Sleepless Times
USA: FDA doubles down on rejecting over-the-counter CBD without more study
US medicinal cannabis clinic network offers Covid-19 vaccine to patients
Exercise increases the body’s own ‘cannabis’ which reduces chronic inflammation, says new study
POLITICS & LAW
USA: House Approves Bill Authorizing Cannabis Research for Veterans
This Harry Potter Actor Was Fired For Growing Weed
USA: Here’s what’s in the new Republican marijuana legalization bill
How hemp-based products are weeding their way into skincare and beauty space
BILLS, PETITIONS, CAMPAIGNS & SURVEYS
Join Legalise Cannabis! Join the federal and/or state party at legalisecannabis.org.au
Petition: End discrimination against medicinal cannabis patients in Australian drug driving laws
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
EDUCATION
Ending Discrimination: Medicinal Cannabis & Drug Driving Law Questions Answered
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
Voices from the Real World – Medical Cannabis Testimonials
Entheogenesis Australis – ‘Garden States Microdose’ Webcast series: A monthly encounter with a selection of Australian Ethnobotanical and Psychedelic Minds
How Neuroscience put Psychedelics back into Psychiatry with Professor David Nutt (UK)
TRIPSIT Guide to Drug Combinations
Thanks to Hudsen Birden and Byron BayFM for continued support for the Hemp Embassy and MardiGrass