Embassy HEADLINES Issue 480
TOP STORIES
“Jesus Used It Back in the Day”: An Interview With Legalise Cannabis / HEMP’s Michael Balderstone
AUSTRALIA/NZ
Cann’s Proposed NSW Cannabis Project In Public Comment Period
Monthly SAS-B approvals hit 13,666 with flower taking 40% market share in September
Police seize over a kilogram of marijuana from cancer survivor
NORTH AMERICA
Illinois Marijuana Sales Near $1 Billion In 2021 With Sizable September Numbers
New York Marijuana Regulators Approve Patient Access To Flower Cannabis
Colorado Cultivators Grew 24% More Cannabis in 2020
Cannabis lounges coming to Nevada
Marijuana seizures at the Michigan-Canada border are booming. Here’s why.
Massachusetts enacts law allowing hemp sales in MJ dispensaries
Connecticut: Medical Marijuana Home Grow Law Takes Effect
California Releases Guidelines for $100M Cannabis Industry Grants
California ends mandatory minimum drug sentence rules under bill signed by Gov. Newsom
100,000 Cannabis Plants Seized In Historic San Francisco Bay Area Bust
WORLD
Malaysia: Possibility of allowing marijuana for medical purposes being studied
Malta presents first reading on cannabis reform
Czech magazine, editor face absurd charges of ‘promoting toxicomania’
UK: Middle-class drug users will be named and shamed
Lambert Initiative unveils research on ‘mother of all cannabinoids’
HEALTH
I’m pregnant. Can I take CBD?
Study provides new insights into how cannabis extracts may work to treat epilepsy
POLITICS & LAW
TGA slaps Invigorate Labs with $18k+ in fines for breaching medical cannabis advertising laws
Justin Bieber and Sir Paul McCartney join the green rush
HISTORY & CULTURE
BILLS, PETITIONS, CAMPAIGNS & SURVEYS
Petition: Legalise Recreational Adult use of Cannabis in NSW (COVID-19 Recovery)
Unharm’s 2021 Drug Experiences and Attitudes Survey
Petition: End discrimination against medicinal cannabis patients in Australian drug driving laws
University of Canberra – Investigating non-clinical psilocybin (magic mushroom) use in Australia: Intention, mindset, setting and outcomes
Unharm’s Community conversations: It’s time to find the common ground
Imprisoned for Healing the “Incurable” with Medicinal Cannabis Therapy. Drop Alan’s Charges
Cannabis experiences in the ACT
It’s Time to Legalise Cannabis in NSW
NSW Greens Cannabis Leglisation Bill 2021 – Discussion Paper
University of Sydney – The QUEST Initiative – Study into the quality-of-life of medical cannabis patients
Curtin University – Global survey of cannabis cultivators
Monash University & UOW – Researchers Seek To Further Understand The Effects Of Cannabis
EDUCATION
Green Market – Episode #1 – Driving Laws and Cannabis
Nimbin Mardigrass Hemposium 2021 on YouTube
- Legal Advice including Roadside Drug Testing and Medicinal Cannabis with Steve Bolt and David Heilpern
- Medicinal Cannabis and Mental Health with Prof Kylie O’Brien PhD, Director of Research & Education, Releaf Group Ltd
- Cannabinoid Therapy and Integrated Health with Dr John Teh, Medical Director, Plantmed
- Why will Australia be the last to legalise Weed? with David Heilpern
- Cannabis Laws and Legislation with Steve Bolt, Cate Faehrmann and David Shoebridge
- Isolates versus Whole Plant with Prof Kylie O’Brien, Greenlight Health Dr Jamie Rickcord, Dr John Teh, Ray Thorpe, & Dr Teresa Towpik
- Recent Cannabis Law Reform Campaigns – Victoria, NSW and WA with Mandy Nolan, Cate Faehrmann, Sophia Moermond, Emma Sinclair, Dr Brian Walker & Dr Alex Wodak AM
- Cancer, my greatest Teacher. A doctor’s story with Dr Teresa Towpick, Medihuanna
- No Extradition: Bring Julian Home! with John Shipton, Julian Assange’s Father