Pro-cannabis campaign flies high in Canberra [The Northern Star] A blow-up phial of medicinal cannabis stood tall in the nation’s capital today as marijuana advocates from around Australia and the North Coast campaigned for the legal use of the controversial drug. Nimbin Hemp Embassy president, Michael Balderstone estimated 20 people from the Nimbin area were […]
EMBASSY Headlines Issue 237
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH PROTEST RALLY [MCUA] Parliament House Canberra ~ Tuesday 7th February ~ 10 Am – 1pm Bring a picnic basket and a placard and join the CannaWarrior Coalition for lunch on the green. Australians united for full legislation of cannabis! Australia’s first medicinal cannabis clinical guidelines released [Queensland Government] Queensland doctors now have […]
EMBASSY Headlines Issue 236
Doctors Have No Idea What To Do With Medicinal Cannabis In Australia [BuzzFeed] While Australian GPs are now able to prescribe medicinal cannabis, most jurisdictions still haven’t created frameworks to distribute it to patients. States are left to decide who qualifies to use and dispense the product. “Doctors haven’t had any training,” Sydney GP Brad […]
EMBASSY Headlines Issue 235
NEXT NIMBIN MEDICAL CANNABIS WORKSHOP SATURDAY JAN 21 [Hemp Embassy] There is a big day planned for the Nimbin HEMP Embassy’s next MEDICAN Workshop on Saturday January 21, from 11 am in the village Hall. “It’s all about education”, says Embassy president Michael Balderstone,” and finally there are a lot of ears wanting to listen. […]
Help from medical cannabis users needed urgently!
We need help to redirect the focus of the Government’s poor public policy on Medicinal Cannabis back to the plight of those that are suffering. We urgently need stories and accompanying photos which we will post on a pop—up website for the information of the Prime Minister, new Health Minister and MP’s. This will be […]
EMBASSY Headlines Issue 234
NEXT NIMBIN MEDICAL CANNABIS WORKSHOP SATURDAY JAN 21 [Hemp Embassy] There is a big day planned for the Nimbin HEMP Embassy’s next MEDICAN Workshop on Saturday January 21, from 11 am in the village Hall. “It’s all about education”, says Embassy president Michael Balderstone,” and finally there are a lot of ears wanting to listen. […]
NEXT NIMBIN MEDICAL CANNABIS WORKSHOP SATURDAY JAN 21
MEDIA RELEASE from NIMBIN HEMP Embassy NEXT NIMBIN MEDICAL CANNABIS WORKSHOP SATURDAY JAN 21 There is a big day planned for the Nimbin HEMP Embassy’s next MEDICAN Workshop on Saturday January 21, from 11 am in the village Hall. “It’s all about education”, says Embassy president Michael Balderstone,” and finally there are a lot of […]
EMBASSY Headlines Issue 233
A STEP TOO FAR THIS TIME AGAINST MEDICAL CANNABIS USERS [HEMP Party] In the wake of another medical cannabis supplier being raided, HEMP Party president Michael Balderstone said, “The government has overstepped the mark this time on medical cannabis and poked a hornets nest in SA. People are furious about Jenny Hallam’s bust. Not only […]
A STEP TOO FAR THIS TIME AGAINST MEDICAL CANNABIS USERS
MEDIA RELEASE AUSTRALIAN HEMP PARTY Jan 5 2017 A STEP TOO FAR THIS TIME AGAINST MEDICAL CANNABIS USERS In the wake of another medical cannabis supplier being raided, HEMP Party president Michael Balderstone said, “The government has overstepped the mark this time on medical cannabis and poked a hornets nest in SA. People […]
EMBASSY Headlines Issue 232
Surge in support to decriminalise marijuana, multi-decade survey finds [The Sydney Morning Herald] For the first time more Australians support decriminalising the use of marijuana than those who back retaining its classification as an illicit drug, a survey conducted over three decades has found. There has been a significant shift in sentiment around marijuana use […]