Embassy HEADLINES Issue 500

TOP STORIES

Victoria drug reform: ‘This is intelligent and evidence-based change’

Canada: Retail Cannabis Market Generates $11 Billion in Sales, More Than 90,000 Jobs

AUSTRALIA/NZ

Victoria finally drops need for state approval to prescribe schedule 8 medicinal cannabis

Is it time for Australia to legalise marijuana? Grace Tame’s giant bong photo sparks calls for an end to war on dope

Chlöe Swarbrick slams NZ police plans to revive cannabis crackdown

Opportunity beckons for industrial hemp

UIC and SCCAC announce RACGP-accredited course for healthcare professionals

Newly retired NSW Police commissioner Mick Fuller did not declare racehorse shares to NSW government

NORTH AMERICA

Arizona Marijuana Sales Topped $1.4 Billion In 2021

Three In Four Florida Voters Support Legalizing Marijuana, New Poll Finds

California: Why I Think Higher Taxes on Cannabis Could Bolster Illegal Sales

Cannabis business school helps Nevadans entering industry

New Mexico Cannabis rule changes spark criticism

New Mexico Marijuana Company Pushes Insurers To Cover Medical Cannabis Under State Law

New York Native Nations Assert Right to Cannabis Economy

New York to give hemp farmers first dibs at growing, processing adult-use marijuana

New Jersey: Fears grow that Black businesses will be left out of recreational marijuana market

WORLD

What’s happened to Amsterdam’s cannabis coffee shops during Covid

France allows medical cannabis cultivation and production

Colonizer Cannabis: Who Owns the African Market?

European Commission Validates Five Natural Plant CBD Novel Food Applications In Milestone For Industry

Italian project aims to clean up polluted land, turn out fiber products

Colombia sets two-tier THC framework for hemp, priming sector for takeoff

London drug trial a vital but ‘tiny’ step

Medical cannabis on Isle of Man: Minister welcomes sector growth

USA: National Institute On Drug Abuse To Fund Studies On Legal Marijuana

Review: Cannabinoids Effective for Mitigating Back Pain