Embassy HEADLINES Issue 496

By Published On: January 27, 2022Categories: Cannabis, News

TOP STORIES

Thailand gives green light to growing cannabis at home amid push to promote it as a cash crop

Sisters of the Valley Plan to Mail 13,000 Hemp Seeds to 1,000 Customers

AUSTRALIA/NZ

Legalise Cannabis NSW also gets rego

Western Australia’s Hemp Squared Scores State Government Grant

Medicinal cannabis products by active ingredients

Australia’s largest ever cannabis crop found near Coonabarabran

NORTH AMERICA

British Columbia launching program to promote Indigenous cannabis products

New York State Expands Medical Cannabis Access

Missouri Marijuana Legalization Measures Take Differing Approaches to Expungement

Washington weed industry should be safe, equitable. To do it, modernize Liquor and Cannabis Board

Wisconsin Senate Republicans vote against recreational cannabis

Delta-8 THC is legal in Texas… for now

Rhode Island Governor Includes Marijuana Legalization And Expungements In Budget Request

Full Mississippi House Votes to Legalize Medical Marijuana

Massachusetts Marijuana Tax Revenue Now Exceeds Alcohol By Millions

Colorado Hits New Record with $423 Million in Annual Revenue From 2021

Arizona’s Adult-Use Cannabis Sales Top $520 Million in 2021

Utah Boosts Medical Cannabis Accessibility

WORLD

Thailand decriminalises cannabis, extracts with high-inducing THC still an illicit drug

European Adult-Use Cannabis Markets Should Follow A Wine – Not Pharmaceutical – Pathway

French court temporarily halts ban on smokable hemp flowers

Proposed THC limit for CBD is major threat to sector in the UK

Why is British Drug Policy so Disjointed?

Belfast mayor Kate Nicholl calls for cannabis legalisation

Flowered steering: How well do drivers fare after smoking cannabis?

How hemp cultivators can reduce and eliminate plastic use

HEALTH

We ask a cannabinoid scientist if cannabis can prevent COVID-19

Regular cannabis use leads to fewer diabetes diagnoses in women

Is CBD Stronger When You Eat It, Like THC?

Why doctors have a moral imperative to prescribe and support medical cannabis—an essay by David Nutt

Is CBN Going To Give Melatonin A Run For Its Money?

Cannabis legalisation does not lead to increased psychosis or schizophrenia

POLITICS & LAW

USA: After One Year As President, Biden’s Marijuana Promises Remain Unfulfilled

UK: Police targeted more cannabis manufacturers in the first coronavirus lockdown

The company that acquired GW Pharma has big plans to roll out cannabis medicines beyond epilepsy treatment

HISTORY & CULTURE

Study Shows Cannabis was Food Staple for Ancient Chinese Dynasty

Dabbing 101: What Is It, How To Do It, And Everything You Should Know About It

Cannabis on Canvas – Highlighting the Beauty of Flower

Cannabis Use During the Pandemic

EVENTS

CAMPAIGNS

Legalise Cannabis Australia is ready to roll for the federal election

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