Recreational Marijuana Considered In Senate Committee Hearing [Huffington Post] A senate committee has held a hearing in Sydney on the legalisation of marijuana for recreational purposes, as part of a series of hearings on personal choice and community impacts. The Senate Economics References Committee met at the Erskineville town hall on Friday, hearing submissions on […]
EMBASSY HEADLINES Issue 193
WA drug drivers could go free because of unreliable test kits [Perth Now] MACHINES used by WA police to test whether drivers have used drugs could be failing to pick up cannabis use. NSW police have documented that a testing kit called the Drager 5000 has produced inaccurate readings under some conditions when it comes […]
EMBASSY HEADLINES Issue 192
Australia’s recreational drug policies aren’t working, so what are the options for reform? [The Conversation] Some of the greatest harms from using illicit drugs are because they are illegal. Illegal drug production is unregulated and many drugs are manufactured in backyard labs. Users cannot be sure what’s in them or how potent they are, so the […]
NIMBIN MEDICAL CANNABIS WORKSHOP MARCH 12
MEDIA RELEASE FEB 29 2016 NIMBIN MEDICAL CANNABIS WORKSHOP MARCH 12 Nimbin’s HEMP Embassy will hold another of it’s popular Medican Workshops, on Saturday March 12, from 11 am until 4.20 pm, with healthy hempseed food available at the Hall Cafe. “It’s the only workshop we’ll be organising before MardiGrass at the tail end of […]
Roadside Saliva Drug Testing Advice
Roadside Saliva Testing: Defence of “honest and reasonable mistake of fact” It is an offence to drive with THC present in your saliva. Police can stop a driver for no particular reason and require them to provide a saliva sample. If there is any amount of THC found in the sample, the charge is made […]
EMBASSY HEADLINES Issue 191
Christmas Island cannabis trials closer after Senate approves new drug laws [ABC] Plans to set up a medicinal cannabis industry on Christmas Island have moved “a big step closer” after the Senate passed historic laws. The company behind the plans, Perth-based AusCann, is already readying itself for the business opportunities presented by the new laws […]
New Medical Cannabis Laws in Australia
Cannabis laws clear Australian parliament [Yahoo News 7] On the one-year anniversary of medicinal cannabis campaigner Dan Haslam’s death, parliament has passed laws allowing the cultivation of medicinal cannabis. Senators paid tribute to the tireless efforts of Mr Haslam’s mother, Lucy, who was instrumental in campaigning for change after medicinal cannabis helped her son with […]
Medical Marijuana Hunger Strike in Victoria
Heather Gladman and Liam Hotham are facing court on cultivation and possession of cannabis charges. Heather’s on a hunger strike and calling for an amnesty for altruistic growers like her. Watch Heather’s story on the Project on Ten
Drug-Driving Laws In Doubt
4 February 2016 Acquittal of man caught drug-driving nine days after smoking cannabis throws NSW drug laws into doubt [ABC] New South Wales’s roadside drug testing laws have been thrown into doubt after a magistrate acquitted a man who tested positive for cannabis he had smoked nine days before he was pulled over. Lismore magistrate David […]