TOP STORIES NSW Greens MP Cate Faehrmann introduces cannabis driving bill to parliament South Australia Greens table new recreational cannabis bill AUSTRALIA/NZ Western Australia’s Inquiry into Cannabis and Hemp is now accepting submissions A Health Based Approach To Drug Use – Virtual Town Hall, 28 November 2021 Mother and daughter jailed for importing tea the […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 485
TOP STORIES Australian Cannabis Summit gears up for third year California Celebrates 25 Years Of Medical Cannabis AUSTRALIA/NZ The TGA is changing sponsor requirements for unapproved medical cannabis products Australian politicians are ‘too busy’ to legalise cannabis Walker Walks Away From Creso Pharma Role WA select committee calls for industry submissions Organised crime is overpowering […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 484
TOP STORIES Congratulations to Nimbin Hemp Embassy’s Andrew Kavasilas for his Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 Hemp, Health & Innovation Expo, 6 November 2021, Online AUSTRALIA/NZ NZ Government Backing Medical Cannabis Cultivation Research The Society of Cannabis Clinicians Australian Chapter: fighting for change, but still work to be done Unharm 2021 Drug Use and Drug Regulation […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 483
TOP STORIES Ending Discrimination: Medicinal Cannabis & Drug Driving Law Questions Answered AUSTRALIA/NZ End discrimination against medicinal cannabis patients in Australian drug driving laws. MedReleaf unveils concession scheme for disadvantaged Australians Why cocaine users escape conviction more than ice and heroin offenders NORTH AMERICA Three years after legalization, what’s the state of the cannabis industry […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 482
TOP STORIES Hemp Leaf, Sprouts and Roots as Food in Australia Activist Apes Erect 2,001-Pound Monolith In Front Of DEA Headquarters, Demanding Feds ‘Evolve’ On Drug Policy AUSTRALIA/NZ Western Australia Inquiry Into Hemp And Medical Cannabis This could be Australia: schools in Nevada got $159 million from one year of cannabis sales NORTH AMERICA Bay […]
HEMP LEAF AS FOOD IN AUSTRALIA
MEDIA RELEASE: Thursday October 21 2021 HEMP LEAF, SPROUTS AND ROOTS AS FOOD IN AUSTRALIA A NEW LEAF FOR LOW-THC CANNABIS Australian industrial hemp farmers can look forward to joining the trade in hemp plant products, as an application has been accepted by Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ). This application is […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 481
TOP STORIES A Glimpse Into Afghanistan’s Traditional Cannabis Culture AUSTRALIA/NZ Reflections on Goulburn’s hemp crop pioneers Why does the ‘Victorian Police continue to oppose the legalisation of cannabis’? Western Australian Government open to medicinal cannabis select committee An Australian First – Fixed Site Pill Testing Announced NORTH AMERICA South Carolina Says Delta-8 Not Legal Under […]
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 GPs caution against telehealth websites promising consultation for vaping scripts ‘in minutes’ Police seize […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 479
TOP STORIES L.A. County to Toss Nearly 60,000 Cannabis Convictions AUSTRALIA/NZ Queensland medical cannabis user says police conducted a “targeted attack” to arrest him Melbourne mayor presses ahead with cannabis plan Legalise Cannabis Party to take on Kristina Keneally in Fowler Who really benefits from Australia’s cannabis black market? NORTH AMERICA Canadian retail marijuana sales […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 478
TOP STORIES Drive Change Webinar 30 September: Ending Discrimination: Medicinal Cannabis & Drug Driving Law Questions Answered HEMP party agrees name change to ‘Legalise Cannabis Australia’ AUSTRALIA/NZ Unanimous support for Melbourne council’s medical cannabis plan Legalise Cannabis WA’s Dr Brian Walker: ‘this is how we end prohibition’ Bod Australia to trial new CBD medication for […]