NSW Greens Cannabis Leglisation Bill 2021 – Discussion Paper
Legalise Cannabis Party win two seats in Western Australia
Media Release
Legalise Cannabis Party win two seats in Western Australia
Nimbin’s HEMP Embassy president Michael Balderstone says members of the Embassy and HEMP Party are over the moon about the two Legalise Cannabis WA candidates who won seats in parliament.
“This is a genuine world first,” he said. “Many have tried but Sophia Moermond and Dr Brian Walker are the very first cannabis party candidates ever to be elected.”
“Hopefully the result will sharpen the focus on the seriousness of cannabis law reform as an issue. The legal medicine you can get via your doctor is only for the ‘well to do’ and there is no valid reason at all why we cannot be growing our own at home instead of paying prohibitive prices.”
“It’s no wonder there is a new wave of determination among cannabis consumers. They feel ripped off and the sentiment has galvanised into the Legalise Cannabis movement which is enthusiastic about becoming registered in every state and territory. Go to LegaliseCannabis.org.au to join your state party!”
“The mainstream media loves the war on drugs, it sells ‘cops n robbers’ stories. Businesses only care about profit rather than the harm to society that’s caused by prohibition. Big Pharma wants to keep you on the drugs that they own.”
“Our health system was seriously compromised when vested interests took control of pain relief policy. Besides, our health should be out of the profit making zone if we are a compassionate society. Instead, law-makers have managed to turn cannabis from a very safe herb that anyone could grow at home, into some dangerous creature we are all to be afraid of and is only available via your doctor.”
“We only have to look at North America to see the consequences of legalising cannabis and they are all good. It’s time Australia made a move. We look like being the last nation in the western world to treat cannabis consumers with some respect.”
“We’ve invited The Honourable Sophia and Dr. Brian to MardiGrass and both are keen to attend, only covid can get in the way. In fact, there will be more politicians at MardiGrass than ever before which is encouraging and means something. The Greens always come, but NSW Labor’s Rose Jackson MLC is also coming this year.
See the full and still growing 2021 program online at NimbinMardiGrass.com
For more comment…contact Michael on 0472760236 or 0266897525
Michael Balderstone
President, Australian HEMP Party and Nimbin HEMP Embassy
51 Cullen Street
Nimbin NSW 2480
HEMP.org.au
hempembassy.net
nimbinmardigrass.com
“The war on drugs seems to be all about who gets to profit from our pain relief, a truly sick business.”
WESTERN AUSTRALIANS VOTE YES TO CANNABIS LAW REFORM
Media Release MCUA of Australia Inc 7/4/21
WESTERN AUSTRALIANS VOTE YES TO CANNABIS LAW REFORM
Jubilation spread across cannabis groups on social media late yesterday as word got around that the Legalise Cannabis Western Australia Party (LCWA) had won its second Upper House seat.
This is a HUGE win for the Legalise Cannabis movement that was spawned at state level last year in Queensland by the rising fury of cannabis activists, advocates and medical users who were fed up with not being listened to.
Both Qld and Western Australia branches were formed and registered in their respective state within weeks of announcing their intentions.
Both contested elections just weeks after registration on a shoestring budget.
“Success has come swiftly if not a little unexpectedly,” according to Sophia Moermond newly elected MLC for South West Region.
“This is a reflection of the Will of the People and WA’s win has energised the rest of the nation with hope that we might see some movement on cannabis law reform in this country,” said Michael Balderstone, President of the federal HEMP Party. “ The Legalise Cannabis movement has successfully harnessed the passion of personal users and the anger of medical users. We believe it will also translate to votes at a national level.”
Tony Hopkins, Legalise Cannabis Qld (LCQ) Party President, is thrilled by the win. “The Legalise Cannabis Parties will continue setting up branches in every state to contest this round of state elections. Already NSW VIC SA and TAS are in the process,” he said.
Sophia Moermond and Dr Brian Walker will take their seats in the new WA Parliament holding the hopes of many in their hands.
“The delivery system in place for medicinal cannabis is a disgrace and many patients being excluded by the prohibitive costs, are still being arrested for self supply. There is price gouging and erratic supply issues, often leaving patients without products for weeks at a time,” said Deb Lynch President of Medical Cannabis Users Assoc of Aust (MCUA) Inc and LCQ Candidate in last years QLD state election.
“We need a moratorium on patient arrests as was proposed by the Barriers to Medical Cannabis Inquiry and rejected by the federal Govt.” she said.
“Cannabis should be, as a natural, healthy, healing herb, available to all that need it or all who want it,” according to Dr Walker who snatched a seat in East Metro in a nail biting finish.
There are many Cannabis related issues that need addressing across the country including convictions given to patients and personal users who self supply and random roadside drug testing regimes looking for presence rather than impairment, that are ruining people’s lives are among them.
Voters in WA have had their say. Advocates and patients across the country are hopeful that the returning Labor Govt will work with Sohpia and Brian to bring about much needed Cannabis law reform in WA that will have a flow on effect across the nation.
More info and links to join state Parties can be found here https://legalisecannabis.org.
For more information
Contact Deb Lynch
President MCUA of Australia Inc
PHONE: 0422 290 212
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 454
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EDUCATION
Everything you wanted to know about Medicinal Cannabis – Dr. Brian Walker
Understanding Cannabinoids with Dr. Saoirse O’Sullivan and Dr. Andy Yates
Fresh Cut: Teaching Seniors About Cannabis Medicine, with Nancy Southern
Cannabis and Driving Webinar
Voices from the Real World – Medical Cannabis Testimonials
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WORLD
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EVENTS
Saturday March 27! NIMBIN MEDICAN THIS WEEKEND
Fantastic Fungi Screenings, 30 March Byron Bay & 12 May in Cairns
Medicinal Cannabis for Cancer Symptoms and Palliative Care, 30 March 2021, Online
Australian Hemp Masonry Company Workshops – Mar-April 2021
Nimbin MardiGrass Protestival, 1-2 May 2021, Nimbin NSW
Australia’s 2021 Medical Cannabis Symposium, 13-15 August 2021, Sunshine Coast Q
BILLS, PETITIONS & SURVEYS
Closes 12 April: Australian Medical Cannabis Users Experience Survey
NSW Greens Cannabis Leglisation Bill 2021 – Discussion Paper
University of Sydney – The QUEST Initiative – Study into the quality-of-life of medical cannabis patients
Curtin University – Global survey of cannabis cultivators
Monash University & UOW – Researchers Seek To Further Understand The Effects Of Cannabis
Saturday March 27! NIMBIN MEDICAN THIS WEEKEND
11am – 4.20pm
Saturday 27 March 2021
Nimbin Town Hall, Cullen Street, Nimbin
NIMBIN MEDICAN March 27
Nimbin’s HEMP EMBASSY hasn’t held a MEDICAN in over a year and we are looking forward to coming together and sharing our experiences again, says Embassy President Michael Balderstone.
“We’re so fortunate in this part of the world to have some enlightened doctors who embrace and understand using cannabis as medicine. Their training in physiology and pharmaceuticals make them ideal for advising not just beginners, but hippies also, on using weed as medicine. We know it works, but they can explain how and help with fine tuning.
“The medical properties of cannabis are in the news every day now. Just this week they discovered CBD can have not only a protective role with the Covid virus but also a therapeutic role “effectively reversing” the hyperinflammatory response brought on by the virus.
“Also this week out of Israel came the first scientific confirmation that microdosing THC actually works for chronic pain, just as our Aussie doctors were told not to recommend it to patients as there was no evidence of cannabis working for chronic pain! It’s not easy sorting out which is the fake news and that’s why we have such gatherings as the Medican this Saturday in Nimbin.”
“Doctor John Teh from the PlantMed Clinic in Brisbane is on to speak first starting at 11 am, followed by Dr Jamie Rickord from the Ananda Clinic in Byron Bay. Then after lunch ex magistrate David Heilpern will tell us why he is so passionate about the drug driving tests, especially on cannabis, and why he thinks Australia will be last in the western world to abandon the war on drugs. I’m sure he will also be happy to answer legal questions.”
“The Medican is in the Nimbin Town Hall or School of Arts, in the centre of the village, and we aim to live stream it from the hemp embassy facebook page. It will also be on YouTube in no time if you cannot make it, but nothing compares to the real thing!”
For more info email head@hempembassy.net or watch this wonderful promo video thanks to Greendorphin.