Embassy HEADLINES Issue 494

By Published On: January 13, 2022Categories: Cannabis, News

TOP STORIES

AUSTRALIA/NZ

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“Brute Force and Paternalistic Grand Standing”: Sniff Off on NSW Police Drug Dog Use

NSW Police scrap controversial search targets after quota rise during pandemic

Ten Underlying Reasons Behind Opposition to Vaping

SAS-B approvals more than doubled in 2021, TGA data shows

Three out of four Australian women with endometriosis are illicitly using cannabis to ease the pain

NORTH AMERICA

The Canadian province where only the jabbed can buy cannabis and alcohol

USA States Have Collected More Than $10 Billion In Adult-Use Marijuana Tax Revenue

Arkansas dispensaries sold more than 40,000 pounds of medical cannabis in 2021

Arizona Adult-Use Cannabis Sales Reach a Record $60M

Michigan Breaks Another Marijuana Sales Record For December 2021

How Much Cannabis Can You Legally Possess In Oregon? New Rules Taking Effect In 2022

‘Something’s not right in southern Oregon’: alarm at rise of illegal pot farms

‘Battle royale’: Cannabis regulation bills pit Washington regulatory agency against some marijuana businesses

LA County Considers Fining Unlicensed Cannabis Operators $30K per Day

Texas Governor Says People Shouldn’t Be Jailed Over Marijuana Possession

50 Years of Legal Pot – How Alaska Legalized, Recriminalized, then Legalized Again

WORLD

St Vincent and the Grenadines granted permission to export medical cannabis

Stakeholders say amended law in Portugal wrongly targets flower producers

South Africa’s ‘King Khoisan’ arrested over cannabis plants at president’s office

Italian Officials Certify Signatures For National Marijuana And Psilocybin Referendum

Initiative in Italy aims to develop national hemp processing center

Model supply chain in Paraguay starts with small farmers, ends with exports

Work To Start On UK Mainland’s First Commercial Cannabis Cultivation Facility For Over 20 Years

Concerns UK CBD Industry Is To Become Isolates Only

UK: Project Twenty21 Medical Cannabis Price Hikes

Fight Back Underway As New French Law Looks Set To Blow A €100m Hole In CBD Industry

Largest study to date on delta-8-THC finds users say it’s delta-9’s ‘nicer younger sibling’

HEALTH

Encouraging Cancer Research

What is the entourage effect? And why is it important?

Blood THC Content? The New Way to Get a DUI

Study Finds Cannabis Compounds Prevent Infection By Covid-19 Virus

CBD shows early promise in reducing size of brain tumours

Cannabis & Erectile Dysfunction: What’s The Relationship?

Science vs. Stigma: True Cost of Psychedelic Censorship

How 15 Minutes of Strength Training Can Reduce Pain Via Endocannabinoid System

Exploring Equity and Social Justice Initiatives within UK Cannabis Reform

Canada effectively legalises psychedelics for medical use

USA: Past Marijuana Use Won’t Cost You A Federal Job, Top Official Loosens Restrictions

EVENTS

CAMPAIGNS

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Join Legalise Cannabis!  Join the federal and/or state party at legalisecannabis.org.au

PETITIONS

Unharm’s Legalise Cannabis Petition

End discrimination against medicinal cannabis patients in Australian drug driving laws

Imprisoned for Healing the “Incurable” with Medicinal Cannabis Therapy. Drop Alan’s Charges

RESEARCH

University of New South Wales: Cannabis experiences in the ACT

Monash University & UOW – Researchers Seek To Further Understand The Effects Of Cannabis

EDUCATION

Australian Cannabis Summit 2021 Catchup

Ending Discrimination: Medicinal Cannabis & Drug Driving Law Questions Answered

Voices from the Real World – Medical Cannabis Testimonials