Cannabis News Embassy HEADLINES Issue 498 Kath Noneofyourbusiness February 10, 2022 February 24, 2022 TOP STORIES Donations For the Legal Fees of Mitchell Rice Colorado Bill Would Prevent Termination for Off-the-Clock Cannabis Use AUSTRALIA/NZ Australia’s Murray River Council Gets Behind Hemp Research Nimbin MardiGrass – 10 Important Things To Know NSW Greens: Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis – Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2021 ODC announces new medicinal cannabis advisory council members NORTH AMERICA Canadian airport set to open ‘world’s first’ cannabis store New York Regulators Crack Down On Businesses ‘Gifting’ Marijuana New York boosts medical marijuana access as legal pot market looms Mississippi Electrical Supplier May Pull Plug on Cannabis Businesses Hawaii’s medical marijuana industry calls for less regulation WORLD Albania’s prime minister asks public if country should legalize medical pot Thailand Contemplates Building Cannabis Tourism Zones Thailand cannabis change opens opportunities for low-THC hemp products Cannabis to partially come off Thailand’s illegal narcotic list in about 4 months Stakeholders in Malaysia decry slow development of hemp program By Treating CBD Flowers As A Tobacco Product Has Belgium Established A Pathway For Other European Countries To Follow? European Nations Are Moving to Legalise Recreational Cannabis In Switzerland, 85% of CBD Products Do Not Meet Safety Criteria SCIENCE & TECH This Company Is Growing Cannabis Without The Plants Hemp extraction to mushroom extraction? Why some say the pivot is natural Study: THC Levels in Blood Not Linked with Changes in Simulated Driving Performance HEALTH Loneliness, Depression & Our “Inner Cannabis” How To Pass A Drug Test Getting the giggles isn’t just fun, it’s good for you Why Cannabis Use is Linked to More Sex and Better Orgasms The difference between cannabis and tobacco’s impact on lung function Is CBN The Fountain Of Youth? How Psychiatry Shaped My View of Cannabis POLITICS & LAW USA: Police Seizure Of Marijuana Dispensary Cash Leads To Federal Litigation USA: Legalizing recreational pot may have spurred economic activity BUSINESS & INDUSTRY PepsiCo launches new drink infused with hemp seed under Rockstar brand Australia: CA Clinics launches online ordering service Industry bodies flag concerns over CA Clinics’ new online ordering service Jim Belushi Says Cannabis Prisoners Are The Real Industry Pioneers HISTORY & CULTURE Aleister Crowley and ‘The Herb Dangerous’ Luge, bobsled track at Winter Olympics slides to exciting finish with Canadian hemp content Legalisation Doesn’t Lead To More Young People Using Drugs EVENTS NZ MedCan Summit 2022, 10-11 February 2022, Virtual Event Unharm’s Community conversations about drug legalisation, 16 or 17 or 22 February 2022, Online Medicinal Cannabis Industry Australia’s ACannabis conference, 15-16 March 2022, Virtual Event 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 BILLS & INQUIRIES NSW Greens: Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis – Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2021 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 FUNDRAISERS Donations For the Legal Fees of Mitchell Rice 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
