TOP STORIES The TGA reveals why data on medical cannabis is so hard to access Have you ever wondered why data on medical cannabis is so difficult to access in Australia? The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) may have accidentally revealed the answer during an interview with Health Europa’s Medical Cannabis Network (MCN). It’s one year […]
TOP STORIES Global survey of cannabis cultivators The International Cannabis Cultivation Survey has gone live! This anonymous online survey aims to better our collective understanding of small-scale cannabis cultivation and culture around the world. To take the survey or find out more, head to the website: https://worldwideweed.nl/ NSW Police increases roadside drug testing Police have […]
TOP STORIES Police Chiefs Have Backed Calls for Medicinal Cannabis Cards in the UK The “Cancard”, devised by campaigner Carly Barton, would effectively decriminalise possession for patients. A curious mouse in Canada was caught chomping on cannabis leaves before being found passed out on its back Four images show the inquisitive mouse nibbling at the stem […]
TOP STORIES TGA proposes over-the-counter sales of CBD products The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has announced an interim decision to reclassify cannabidiol (CBD) products so they can be purchased over the counter at pharmacies. The TGA’s provisional ruling entails the down-scheduling of low dose CBD products from Schedule 4 to Schedule 3 of the Poisons […]
TOP STORIES In USA nationwide sales of adult-use cannabis further eclipse those of medical marijuana While the United States has three times as many state medical marijuana markets than adult-use programs, recreational sales are expected to be roughly 30% or more above MMJ in 2020. Legal adult-use sales in the U.S. likely will top $10 […]
Michael Balderstone’s Submission to Victoria’s Cannabis Inquiry Firstly, thank you for this inquiry. I believe it’s much more important than most people realise. I have been embroiled in cannabis law reform for over thirty years, in fact it has almost taken over my life since I woke up to the massive social consequences of what the […]
TOP STORIES Nimbin HEMP Embassy Opens Online Store Nimbin’s HEMP Embassy has used the COVID lockdown time to create an online store. Make a submission: Inquiry into the use of Cannabis in Victoria Your submission is valuable to the Inquiry into the use of Cannabis in Victoria and to the Parliament. The deadline is approaching […]
Nimbin HEMP Embassy Opens Online Store Nimbin’s HEMP Embassy has used the COVID lockdown time to create an online store. HEMP Embassy president Michael Balderstone says it was a group effort during the lockdown but is particularly grateful to Nimbin resident Dr Geoff Lynne who took on the job of setting up the shop online. […]
AUSTRALIA/NZ Make a submission: Inquiry into the use of Cannabis in Victoria Victorian folk please consider contributing to this inquiry. There is a very simple survey/submission form on the site to use https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/lsic-lc/article/4261 $50 Million Hemp Fibre Processing Facility To Be Built In NSW The plant will be capable of processing hemp fibre for use […]
AUSTRALIA/NZ Launch of SHOP.HEMPEMBASSY.NET by MP Janelle Saffin on Friday August 14 We’re having a live video event to celebrate the launch of our new online shop. Tune in to watch the live stream from the HEMP Embassy in Nimbin as the online shop is officially opened by our local NSW MP Janelle Saffin at […]
