Cannabis News Embassy HEADLINES Issue 494 Kath Noneofyourbusiness January 13, 2022 January 13, 2022 TOP STORIES Legalise Cannabis Australia is ready to roll for the federal election AUSTRALIA/NZ Ready to change the conversation about drugs? Registration for StoryLab 2022 is now open, and you’re invited. “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 SCIENCE & TECH Cannabis fly-tippers to be traced with ‘smart water’ in first-of-its-kind trial Texas researchers say they may have solved the problem of hot hemp Effects of cannabis the same for both sexes, Lambert study finds 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 POLITICS & LAW Florida: Changes in Marijuana Laws Not Associated with Increased Traffic Fatalities Exploring Equity and Social Justice Initiatives within UK Cannabis Reform Canada effectively legalises psychedelics for medical use BUSINESS & INDUSTRY Aurora sends its largest ever medical cannabis shipment to Israel, worth CA$10 million Exploring Televend, an innovative combination of technologies for trading prohibited drugs USA: Past Marijuana Use Won’t Cost You A Federal Job, Top Official Loosens Restrictions HISTORY & CULTURE Why Vaping Provides A Different High Than Smoking This Is What Happens When You Mix Cannabis With Caffeine The best books on psychedelics and culture EVENTS Australian Industrial Hemp Conference, 22-25 March 2022, Launceston Tas Nimbin MardiGrass, 29 April – 1 May 2022, Nimbin NSW Hemp, Health & Innovation Expo, Postponed until May 2022, Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park NSW UIC’s 2022 Medical Cannabis Symposium, 20-22 May 2022, Sunshine Coast Q CAMPAIGNS Ready to change the conversation about drugs? Registration for StoryLab 2022 is now open, and you’re invited. 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 Spread the Word!TwitterFacebookPrintEmail Related