TOP STORIES Check out California’s Largest Dispensary. There is a parallel pot universe going on in Nth America, people . . . Drug-sniffing dogs sent into early retirement by cannabis legalisation AUSTRALIA/NZ NimbinCann bringing ‘seed to shelf’ medical cannabis directly to Australian patients Tyagarah Nth NSW – $2 million plus drug bust Tasmania Health responds […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 466
TOP STORIES Mexico’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Marijuana Prohibition After Lawmakers Fail To Act Driving after cannabis use presents “less risk” than some prescription medicines AUSTRALIA/NZ Narcotic Drugs Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill passes Senate Gina Rinehart invests $15 million in WA cannabis company Little Green Pharma Opening the gates to hemp fed livestock in Australia […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 465
TOP STORIES Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce ‘Open To The Conversation’ Of Marijuana Legalisation Colgate-Palmolive has developed antiperspirant with CBD AUSTRALIA/NZ Senator Adam Bandt: “I would bet that a majority of members of parliament have smoked grass” Gladys Berejiklian: Why won’t you legalise cannabis? Don Fuggle is ready to challenge ScoMo in his own Electorate […]
Talking Point: Beware the futility of the war on drugs
From The Mercury The demand for drugs will never diminish and removing some traffickers and product from the streets will only create an opportunity for others to fill the gap, says GREG BARNS. INSANITY is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. While this pithy and accurate summary of the […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 464
TOP STORIES Historic U.S. Federal Bill Introduced to Decriminalize Drug Possession ‘It’s discriminating’: Study finds no justification for medicinal cannabis driving ban AUSTRALIA/NZ Medical cannabis: Progress and promise – Australian Journal of General Practice PM’s Continuing ‘War on Drugs’ Rhetoric Ignores That There’s a Better Way Vast Majority Of Australians Want Weed Legalised For Recreational […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 463
TOP STORIES WA’s two pro-cannabis MP’s push for cannabis legalisation & decriminalisation in inaugural speeches AUSTRALIA/NZ Roadside Drama Teaching Western Australian MP Brian Walker on cannabis -“it makes no social sense” MardiGrass Hemposium: Isolates versus Whole Plant with Prof Kylie O’Brien, Greenlight Health Dr Jamie Rickcord, Dr John Teh, Ray Thorpe, & Dr Teresa Towpik […]
Roadside Drama Teaching
Losing your driving licence for three months is a massive punishment, especially for country people. Incomparable to the cautions police give you for possession of up to fifteen grams of pot. The drug driving rules were introduced to catch truckies on speed as I remember, but instead they’re catching tons of stoner dolphins in their […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 462
TOP STORIES Drug tests taken over Nimbin MardiGrass weekend ‘invalid’ says MP Amazon Commits to No Longer Test Most Employees for Marijuana and Endorses Federal legalization in USA AUSTRALIA/NZ Police crackdowns aren’t stopping cannabis use from increasing in South Australia AusCann reports medicinal cannabis dog trial results promising Cann Pharmaceuticals submits development plans to build […]
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 461
TOP STORIES Australian Premiere + Panel Discussion : CBD Nation, 29 May 2021, Byron Bay NSW Legalise Cannabis WA MP’s Brian Walker and Sophia Moermond are sworn into office AUSTRALIA/NZ Bruised Footballers would love Cannabis after a Game! Local author’s cannabis cookbook censored by Facebook, eBay QUT To Research Medical Cannabis For Kids With Advanced […]
Bruised Footballers would love Cannabis after a Game!
Media Release – May 20 2021 from the AUSTRALIAN HEMP PARTY Bruised Footballers would love Cannabis after a Game! “Willie Rioli’s excessive punishment for an ounce of weed does not fit the crime, which is possibly an AFL specialty, like soft free kicks in front of goal,” says Michael Balderstone, President of the HEMP Party. […]