Today is the day! Nimbin MardiGrass 2024 HAS ARRIVED! This edition has lots of content to fill your info needs. A downloadable and printable PROGRAM is available here. If your a Social Media User, there’s been plenty of activity. The main group can be found HERE. 2 Community Chats have […]

“I remember too well the helicopter raids that drove Bob Hopkins to lead the first MardiGrass protest on May the first back in 1993,” says Michael Balderstone, president of Nimbins Hemp Embassy, organising the one pub villages annual cannabis law reform protest and gathering. “The raids were like a war, […]

Welcome to Hemp Embassy Headlines Issue 608! Good Morn to you all, Nimbin MardiGrass 2024 is just a week away! I’ve provided heaps of info, there’s also a downloadable and printable PROGRAM. Socials is getting a big push this year and it is looking great. The main group can be […]

Welcome to another week of Hemp  and Cannabis News. There’s a large segment for Legalise Cannabis QLD in this weeks headlines. As we fast approach October for the Queensland Elections and also in the interim the many bi-elections taking place. LCA and LCQ have both been busy updating their websites […]

Good Morning Medicine Lovers!!! Thanks for joining me for another edition of the Hemp Headlines. Each week I aim to bring you you good content that’s been moderated just for you to save you the ads and all the rest 🙂 Going to throw a personal <3 out to a […]

Good Morning Universe!!!Welcome to Issue 600!!!!!!!!That’s 600 weeks or 11.5 years of the Hemp Headlines!!!!That’s definitely an achievement, well done and thanks to all those who have and continue to contribute to the cause!A friendly reader dropped us some words of advice on keeping cool while the heat keeps up, […]

Break out your sunnies and slather on the sunscreen, folks!Mother Nature decided to crank up the heat a notch today.It’s so hot, I saw a lizard fanning itself with a hemp leaf. 😀Welcome to another balmy Friday!In the news this week:Germany going ahead with its plans to vote today.We likely […]

Happy Friday Everyone!The news is looking great this week.Cannabis studies are looking more and more positive all the time, and rightly so.The pollies really can’t argue that there’s no evidence anymore.I think at this rate I am publishing an article about a new study that highlights how great our plant […]

Good Morning all,we’re back again, like that catchy song you can’t get out of your head(but hopefully less annoying!).The weather changed to cool and moist here, we are all ever so grateful.I basically spent my day yesterday walking around in the rain.The Northern Rivers get a bit anxious over rain, […]

Good Morning!There’s some great articles from Australia this week.A couple I took a personal shine to were: HempCo’s article on Hemp Farmers Frustration of lack of progress in Australia; and an article from SBS dubbed “Young Australians are drinking less alcohol but some are trying ‘California sober’”; New Cannabis Company […]

Good Evening!This is a very belated edition of last weeks headlines.. apologies to any who missed it.Life’s been a bit chaotic of late, I thought the moon retrograde theme was quite fitting.Nimbin’s been a bit quiet with all the weather around the coast but we are glad to see tourists […]

Good Morning!Well looks like the weather is starting to set in, not too bad right now, some minor flooding and some pretty spectacular lightning shows. For the most part, everyone’s always ready for the wet.The news gave me a few surprises this week.There’s actually going to be a recognised TAFE […]

Good Evening from Sunny ole Nimbin!The weather has been kind here, giving us some pretty warm days broken up with some cool nights.This week in the news, Canada has been featured fairly heavily around the place. Reportedly destroying over 3.7 million pounds of unpackaged cannabis since 2018, due to old […]

Hulloo and Welcome to 2024! Are all those resolutions in place?I’m sure people from all around the world have made resolutions to love our little plant just that little more 🙂 Headlines may look a little different this week, I’m experimenting, not sure how that will pan out so I […]

Happy New Year All!I hope your Full Moon was fruitful.Lots of Business going on across the World.Australia’s been a little quiet this week but plenty happening overseas. I’m sure we are all aware of the chaos that is happening around us, pretty hard to avoid anything else.Hemp is progressing well […]

Ello There,Thanks for joining me for Edition #590 of the Hemp Headlines.I’ve really enjoyed some of the stories that have been in the news this week.There’s so much good stuff happening it’s actually starting to feel like the general populace and EVEN MORE SO the Gubberment are starting to get […]

https://mailchi.mp/hempembassy.net/hemp-embassy-headlines-issue-589-dec-15-2023 Greetings and Salutations from Nimbin! It’s been pretty hot here of late but I guess we are seeing that everywhere. Days seem to go forever when the sun goes down at 9pm. Best wishes to those preparing for cyclones, fires or anything else Australia has to throw at us. […]

Good Morning Heatwave!I listened to a Cannabiz podcast featuring Rachael that was very informative and you can hear the excitement and enthusiasm in her voice.I do love listening to Rachael speak, she’s all cannabis and compassion.We are winning and it’s thanks to those who continually put themselves out there for our […]

Good Afternoon from the Bush,Another beautiful sunny day in Nimbin, perfect for gardening  🙂This week in the news, one of the top stories, Jeremy Buckingham MP pulling out a gorgeous looking flower in the middle of Parliament introducing a bill to legalise the drug.The upper house member said he obtained […]

WELCOME TO THIS WEEK IN THE HEMP HEADLINES Happy Friday,Bit of a slow news week for Hemp and Cannabis. We await the election results which have been criticised for huge delays once again. The electoral commissioner has even been asked to step down. We are all eagerly awaiting the results […]

WELCOME TO THIS WEEK IN THE HEMP HEADLINES Happy Wake and Bake readers, The NSW State Election is here.From this weekend, Saturday the 18th March 2023, Pre-Polling begins.If you or your family and friends aren’t sure how to vote or why they should, reach out to us at:legalisecannabis.org.au or on Legalise Cannabis NSW Facebook Group. Every […]

WELCOME TO THIS WEEK IN THE HEMP HEADLINES Happy Wake and Bake readers, The NSW State Election is here.From this weekend, Saturday the 18th March 2023, Pre-Polling begins.If you or your family and friends aren’t sure how to vote or why they should, reach out to us at:legalisecannabis.org.au or on Legalise Cannabis NSW Facebook Group. Every […]

Are we winning yet? Hello again friends of our little green friend, On Wednesday the 1st in the Nimbin Town Hall, The Greens held a public forum on there upcoming lodgement for legalising cannabis in NSW parliament.I enjoyed it overall and cant really fault them for their approach.I was particularly interested in their advice […]

Medican is this weekend!, <<First Name>> <<Last Name>>?Pop down to the Bush Theatre in Nimbin and come and say hello, and if you miss it, we will have it uploaded for you shortly after for your viewing pleasure.Big week! So much good news and some really conflicting news …Member of Parliament, Rachel Payne of […]

Is the law not a crime?This week there was an abundance of news in Cannabis and Hemp.Much of it was reiterating things we have seen over the past couple of months but we are seeing progress.There are some decent Hemp Stories so they got their own attention and category this […]

Free the Weed,Straight up this week, lets congratulate David Ettershank on his inauguration this week.You can see it on the Legalise Victoria Facebook Page, Legalise Vic Youtube or a bit down the page I’ve inserted it in the newsletter.Also in in The Land Down Under this week,The Cook Islands are looking to the […]

Greetings from Nimbin,This week in Australia, A new Medical Cannabis Awareness Week to be launched in Feburary and a simplified process for veterans to access Medical Cannabis.Overseas, the U.S. continues its successful campaign to legalise Cannabis with even Die hard anti-cannabis lobbyists sitting down prepared to talk.Also in the US, Reviews […]

Welcome to this week in the Hemp Headlines, We see Qld getting some early attention, an AstraZeneca exec taking over Corporate Weed and the fast approaching Medican Event in Nimbin! Also not forgetting the NSW State Election in March which is sure to be a game changer following the results we saw […]

 AUSTRALIA WA: Cannabis Party wants to weed out the drunks – Dr Brian Walker Business:Aurora Cannabis closes sale of Aurora Polaris facility at EIA for $15M – Global News Industry: Australia Legal Cannabis Market Leading Challenges for Manufacturers by 2032 – PRNOB Business: ECS Botanics (ASX:ECS) secures $9.9m cannabis supply agreement – The Market Herald Business: Helius; Dragonfly; Medlab; […]

From the Editor, Dear Friends and Family of the Hemp Embassy Headlines, First off I’d like to introduce myself, My name is Ben Hartley.I took over the Hemp Headlines from Kath in October this year. It’s been an exciting opportunity to redevelop the headlines and myself in this time.I look […]

 TOP STORIES WA: ‘Happy Holi-Blaze!’: WA upper house MP Dr Brian Walker sends controversial cannabis Christmas card – PerthNowMedical: Ingestible oils most common cause of adverse reactions in two annual reports – StratCannUpdates: Medicinal cannabis products by active ingredients – TGAIndustry: ANTG acquires Brisbane facility to keep up with medicinal cannabis demand – Business News AustraliaRelated: New Medical Cannabis Growing […]

 TOP STORIESVictoria: Will Dan Andrews smoke a peace pipe with Legalise Cannabis in the upper house? – Sydney Morning Herald Related: Weed the winner in Victoria’s upper house – AAP Related: The Legalise Cannabis Victoria Election Result Bodes Well for Genuine Law Reform – Sydney Criminal Lawyers Related: Adem Somyurek, Legalise Cannabis MPs win seats as Victorian upper house […]

 TOP STORIES  Victoria: Election late counting week two – Poll Bludger Victoria: Labor, Greens and Legalise Cannabis likely to have combined majority in Victorian upper house – The Growth Op Victoria: Conservatism after the Victorian election – Spectator LCA: Dr Brian Walker named VP of Legalise Cannabis Party as movement tastes success nationwide – Hemp Embassy LCA: President “Michael […]

 TOP STORIES  Hemp: Industry gears for ‘game-changing’ growth after easing of regulation gives green light to farmers – ABC News Victoria: Crossbench contenders vow to push for cannabis decriminalisation if elected – The Guardian Related: The Legalise Cannabis Party Could Pick Up Two Vic Seats, So Who Are They? – PedestrianTV Related: Legalise Cannabis and other progressive […]

International Public Lecture at Australian National University – featuring Professor David Nutt (UK), Head of Neuropsychopharmacology at Imperial College London