Cannabis News Embassy HEADLINES Issue 448 Kath Noneofyourbusiness February 25, 2021 February 25, 2021 TOP STORIES 89% of Victorian cannabis inquiry submissions want legal cannabis Study: Adult-Use Marijuana Legalization Is Not Independently Associated with Increased Risk of Crash Victims Testing Positive for Cannabis AUSTRALIA/NZ NSW Greens introduce bill to legalise recreational cannabis Is New Zealand’s Medical Cannabis Market in Trouble? University of Sydney launches study into the quality-of-life of medical cannabis patients Nimbin Medican March 27 with Two Pot Doctors and an ex-Magistrate NORTH AMERICA New Jersey Governor Signs Cannabis Legalization Bills Into Law North Dakota House Approves Marijuana Legalization Bill Florida’s marijuana industry nearly doubled jobs, approached $1.23 billion in sales in 2020 U.S. Legal Marijuana Industry Employs 321,000 Full-Time Workers These States Have The Highest Cannabis Sales Taxes In America Cannabis Taxes Supply $858,000 to Public Schools in Illinois Ontario accelerates cannabis store licensing to 120 per month WORLD Malta set to decriminalise cannabis, Prime Minister announces ‘Huge potential’: Can India’s medical Cannabis market thrive? Legalize Marijuana. It’s Time Kenya Stopped Being Cowards Italy authorizes consortium for pharma-grade CBD production Pakistan sees key role for hemp in tech, textiles, energy Iceland’s Health minister proposes drug decriminalisation Norway to Decriminalize Personal Drug Use in ‘Historic’ Shift French MPs propose lighter regulation for CBD industry SCIENCE & TECH Genetic editing offers hemp and marijuana companies a way to improve plant strains Growing Cannabis Seeds: Here’s Everything You Need To Know HEALTH How to Understand CBD Lingo Combining Herbal Remedies – What to Mix With Cannabis and How it Can Benefit You Could Lesser-Known Cannabinoids be the Future of Cannabis? Study: CBG Effective at Treating Progression of Glioblastoma POLITICS & LAW Hemp in US animal feed is one step closer to fruition The U.S. Hemp Authority Releases Newest Certification Standard HISTORY & CULTURE Buds & Baby Boomers Kevin Smith says Jay and Silent Bob are getting a weed store BUSINESS & INDUSTRY Tobacco giant studying CBD How Seun Adedeji turned $50,000 into a multimillion-dollar dispensary empire Hemp CBD oversupply has farmers questioning their 2021 strategy Pondering Pot – Australia’s Largest Database of Cannabis Companies The Green List – An online business directory and marketplace for the Australian cannabis and hemp industry EVENTS Mind Altering Medicines, 24 March 2021, Online Garden States Microdose – Cannabis & San Pedro Cultivation, 24 March 2021, Online Nimbin Medican with Two Pot Doctors and an ex-Magistrate, 27 March 2021, Nimbin NSW Nimbin MardiGrass Protestival, 1-2 May 2021, Nimbin NSW Australia’s 2021 Medical Cannabis Symposium, 13-15 August 2021, Sunshine Coast Q PETITIONS & SURVEYS University of Sydney – The QUEST Initiative – Study into the quality-of-life of medical cannabis patients Closes 4 March 2021 – Qld Parliament E-Petition: Cannabis law reform University of Sydney – Cannabis as Medicine Survey 2020 Curtin University – Global survey of cannabis cultivators Monash University & UOW – Researchers Seek To Further Understand The Effects Of Cannabis EDUCATION Cannabis and Driving Webinar Voices from the Real World – Medical Cannabis Testimonials Adam Miller’s Cannabis Conversations Series