Police Media Reports of Nimbin Raid Exaggerated [Alt Max] It’s wise to be cautious with taking police reports to media at face value and instead look between the lines. It is standard police practice the world over to cast a large net and shake it to see what comes out. Not much consideration is given […]
EMBASSY HEADLINES Issue 206
Vote 1 Marijuana (HEMP) Party to re-legalise and regulate personal, medical and industrial use. The Marijuana HEMP Party has a plan to integrate the whole plant into our everyday lives for medicine, food security, the environment and social harmony. HOW TO VOTE There are a full deal of how-to-vote HEMP / Sex instructions and a […]
EMBASSY HEADLINES Issue 205
Hemp candidate confronts Joyce [SBS] The president of the Hemp party has gate crashed an event being attended by Malcolm Turnbull and his deputy Barnaby Joyce. A Senate candidate has been removed from a campaign event before he could offer the prime minister or his deputy an inflatable joint. Michael Balderstone, president of the Hemp […]
EMBASSY HEADLINES Issue 204
How to Vote There are a full deal of how-to-vote HEMP / Sex instructions and a list of candidates in your state on the HEMP website. You could print a flyer or two. Every Day In Every Way, We Can Do Cannabis Better [Marijuana (HEMP) Party] Better legislation for Cannabis will improve our health, nutrition, […]
EMBASSY HEADLINES Issue 203
Cannabis as medicine and therapy could reinvent the health system. Complete protein and polyunsaturated fats are an essential part of our diet. The hemp plant can address environmental concerns on CO2 levels and soil reparation. Currently we waste millions of tax-payer dollars trying to enforce prohibition. A regulated market would redirect funding to education, health […]
EMBASSY HEADLINES Issue 202
Sex and Hemp parties join forces for election [EchoNet Daily] The Australian Sex Party and the Marijuana (HEMP) Party have reached an historic agreement to win seats at the coming federal election. The parties will share joint tickets in a number of states in an effort to win the last two Senate seats in each […]
EMBASSY HEADLINES Issue 201
Push for amnesty for medicinal cannabis users fails [The Age] The ACT government has rejected a push to create an effective amnesty for medicinal cannabis users by directing police not to charge them with drug offences. Canberrans who rely on medicinal cannabis to treat serious illness or chronic pain are currently forced to break the law […]
EMBASSY HEADLINES Issue 200
Medicinal cannabis users risk prosecution by telling their stories [ABC] Medicinal cannabis users risked prosecution by publicly telling their stories at the 2016 Mardi Grass Hemposium. The Hemposium included speakers who have been using medicinal cannabis, which remains illegal in Australia, to treat illnesses including epilepsy, cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder. Why millionaire Barry Lambert […]
EMBASSY HEADLINES Issue 199
Nimbin’s 24th MardiGrass Nimbin’s 24th MardiGrass, our annual cannabis law reform protest and gathering, finally has something to celebrate this year. Seems the hippies aren’t so stupid after all. Again! So we’re looking for some seriously good vibes at this protestival with a good harvest behind us and finally, after about eighty years, our elected […]
EMBASSY HEADLINES Issue 198
Medical cannabis legal in Victoria [The Age] Victorian patients and their families will be able to legally access medicinal cannabis in exceptional circumstances with the passing of historic legislation in state parliament. Children with severe epilepsy will be given first access to medicinal cannabis from early 2017, following the passing of the Access to Medicinal […]