Embassy HEADLINES Issue 491
TOP STORIES
AUSTRALIA/NZ
Any Australian politician against changing our approach to cannabis is not fit for parliament
More Backing For Hemp Fibre From NZ Government
Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration issued a safety warning about THC levels in a hemp oil product
Increased demand and regulation reform allows domestic cannabis industry to blossom
TGA dishes out fines to WA pharmacy and SA individual for alleged advertising breaches
How basketball legend Lauren Jackson won the battle against prescription painkillers with medicinal cannabis
Greens leader tweets he would be ‘proud’ if teenagers took two years off to smoke weed
Byron Bay woman allegedly sacked by wellness clinic Church of Ubuntu for getting COVID jab
Will the government start making harmful things illegal? Sophia Moermond asks WA parliament
NORTH AMERICA
Canadian Retail Cannabis Sales Increased 36% in October to $364 Million
How Canadian retailers choose from a growing array of cannabis products
Iowa Democrats Announce Plan To Let Voters Decide On Marijuana Legalization
Pot farms hiding behind hemp in Oregon called ‘military-weapons zones’
California cannabis companies warn tax and red tape are killing the legal industry
Marijuana Group Helps Thousands Of California Hospitals Get Ready For Patient Access Under New Law
TerraLeaf Opens Cannabis Education Center in West Virginia
Missouri’s first Black-owned cannabis dispensary to open in St. Louis
New York Bill Would Extend Marijuana Equity to Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People
Former Illinois Drug Czar Joins the Cannabis Lobbying Sector
WORLD
Is Jamaica’s ‘Good Ganja Sense’ Campaign the Future of Cannabis Education?
Thai Ministry pushes full cannabis legalisation
UK Epileptic Children Denied Cannabis Prescriptions
Berlin Public Transit Is Selling Edible, Hemp-Infused Tickets To Help Riders To Relax This Holiday
How Will Germany Regulate the Legal Cannabis Market?
German Company in Talks With Afghanistan On Cannabis Cultivation
Polish group’s whole-plant strategy stresses innovation, sustainability
Luxembourg Publishes Details on Domestic Recreational Cannabis Plan
Is Marijuana Powder A Game Changer For Edibles?
HEALTH
Can CBD reduce cannabis-induced anxiety?
Australia – Inside Catalyst: Honahlee’s new cannabis medicine database
Dr. Sanjay Gupta adds to chorus of cannabis research on autism in 2021
POLITICS & LAW
USA: Is Cannabis Prohibition Unconstitutional?
USA: Lawmakers File Bills To Streamline Research Into Marijuana, Psychedelics And Other Schedule I Drugs
Legal marijuana must bring true equity
The Psychedelic Renaissance Is Ushering In a New Genre Of Electronic Music — And With It, New Revenue Streams
EVENTS
BILLS, PETITIONS, CAMPAIGNS & SURVEYS
Join Legalise Cannabis! Join the federal and/or state party at legalisecannabis.org.au
Unharm is looking for a digital campaigner to join our growing team
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
Australian Cannabis Summit 2021 Catchup
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