NIMBIN MARDIGRASS MAY 1 & 2 2021 – LIKE THERE’S NO CORONA
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Nimbin MardiGrass 2021
President Nimbin HEMP Embassy & Aust HEMP Party
51 Cullen st, Nimbin, NSW 2480
0266891842 or 0472760236
hempembassy.net & nimbinmardigrass.com
australianhempparty.com
The law is the real crime!
Hemp Products in Australia
Kath Noneofyourbusiness Industrial Hemp
Below is a list of hemp suppliers in Australia covering a wide range of products and services: Foods and beverages, clothing and textiles, body care products, and so on.
- Hemp Embassy Online Shop
- At Hemp
- Braintree Hemp
- Hemp Clothing Australia
- Hemp Collective
- Hemp Culture
- Hemp Hemp Hooray
- Hemp Gallery Australia
- Hemp-Life
- Hemp Market Store
- Hemp Organics
- HempPet
- Hemp Store Australia
- Hemp Wholesale Australia
- Hemp Worx
- Made in Hemp
- Margaret River Hemp Co
- Sativa Hemp Skincare
- The Cannabis Co
- The Good Oil
- The Hemp Lady
- Tilba Hemp Co
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 442
Kath Noneofyourbusiness Cannabis News, News
TOP STORIES
Cannabis in Australia – 2020 recap
University of Sydney – Cannabis as Medicine Survey 2020
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The Limits of Canberra’s Cannabis Legalisation
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SCIENCE & TECH
The top cannabis research studies of 2020
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Why Using THC Is Good for the Eyes
CBD suppository to debut
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POLITICS & LAW
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PETITIONS & SURVEYS
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 441
Kath Noneofyourbusiness Cannabis News, News
TOP STORIES
Where has all the flower gone? Medical Cannabis supply shortage, harming patients
The War on Drugs with Johann Hari
AUSTRALIA/NZ
Vaping is safer than smoking but needs to be regulated
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MardiGrass 1-2 May 2021
NORTH AMERICA
U.S. students can get hemp lesson
Strong December drives 2020 Oregon cannabis tally to more than $1.1B
Michigan Gov. Signs Bill Allowing Veterinarians to Discuss Cannabinoids with Clients
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Illinois Judge Rules Against Craft Cannabis Growers Seeking Immediate Licenses
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WORLD
‘Not interested’: Goa India CM scuttles proposal to allow cannabis cultivation
Hong Kong Drugs chief rules out legalization of Cannabis
Israeli court to ease rules on cannabis use for officers and NCO
Low CBD prices? Chinese foodmaker says it’s no problem
Hemp ‘viable’ in Bahamas, but cross-pollination is a worry
First Hemp Production License In U.S. Virgin Islands Issued
Fresh call for Indonesia to legalise medical marijuana
SCIENCE & TECH
Canadian Hemp & Cutting Edge CBD Research
HEALTH
The Best Ways to Use CBG
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Medical Marijuana Not Always An Affordable Alternative To Prescription Drugs
Cannabis and Schizophrenia – Not a Testable Hypothesis
Hemp baby greens may be the next salad superfood, researchers say
How a Famous Tree Scientist Seeks Well-Being in Nature During the Pandemic
POLITICS & LAW
USA Arrests for Cannabis Possession Decline, But Remain Higher Than Arrests for Violent Crime
HISTORY & CULTURE
PETITIONS & SURVEYS
Nimbin MardiGrass 2021
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We’re planning MardiGrass like there’s no Corona! What else are we supposed to do? And who knows what will be happening on the first weekend in May this year. If Corona is loose we’ll go virtual or minimal or whatever is allowed. Maybe you’ll have to have the jab to be allowed in! God only knows what they have in store for us.
But we have to protest. Somehow. It’s all just too ridiculous. Does the Hillsong Church really support a war on the best pain killing plants in the Creation?
America consumed an amazing 67% more legal weed last year than the year before. About $18 Billion worth, $7 Billion more than in 2019. Medical pot is legal in 37 states with 15 states also legal for all adults.
Most states declared cannabis an essential product during the pandemic. Online ordering and curbside pickup is booming. Mental health and covid stress were overwhelmingly the main reasons people gave for using more pot.
But here Downunder, where the police get to have the final say on drug policy, it seems we ignore the experts who continually recommend decriminalising personal amounts of all drugs. And not just our police commissioner, who gets paid even more than the PM himself by the way, but Gladys the premier, and the opposition Labor leader, both sided with the cops against the appointed experts. Why even have an ice inquiry if we ignore the findings?
And how come the police have such power in these decisions when they have massive vested interests. Half their work and arrests comes from the war on drugs! Why not ask Big Pharma what they think as well?
So when our leaders are just not getting it we need to somehow do our best to get the issue on the agenda. You can bet your bottom dollar the professional Pharma highly paid lobbyists haven’t stopped working. It’s all about how much profit they can make out of our pain relief. The stakes are huge and the last thing they want to happen is we are allowed to grow our own medicine in our backyard. No one profits then. It’s off the Monopoly board.
Nimbin MardiGrass 2021
President Nimbin HEMP Embassy & Aust HEMP Party
51 Cullen st, Nimbin, NSW 2480
0266891842 or 0472760236
hempembassy.net & nimbinmardigrass.com
australianhempparty.com
The law is the real crime!
Medical Cannabis supply shortage, harming patients
Kath Noneofyourbusiness Cannabis News, Media Releases
Media Release MCUA of Australia Inc 4/1/21
Where has all the flower gone?
With over 80,000 approvals for medical cannabis and a flourishing cannabis industry, patients all over Australia are missing out on their treatments because of lack of supply. And no one seems to care.
Patient advocacy group Medical Cannabis Users Assoc of Australia inc (MCUA) is hearing from legally prescribed patients that they are being left high and dry in their search for the life changing herb.
“Many of these patients have given up conventional medications with toxic side effects in search for a better quality of life – which many have been experiencing since switching to the herbal alternative.” said Deb Lynch, President of the MCUA. “Patients have had enough of the supply issues and want the problem fixed.”
One comment posted by a patient on social media sums up just how broken the system is :
“We pay Top dollar to obtain scripts, and what we seem to be paying for is the worst and most inefficient operation I have ever seen in my life. From the Doctors, pharmacies, suppliers, and TGA the whole system has more holes then Swiss cheese. Not once in 3 years of using legal has anyone from the above list surveyed my opinion to improve its operations (I’ve sure given it numerous times). Many of us rely on legal cannabis for pain relief and sanity in lieu of heavy medicines such as anti-seizure medicines and opioids. How can we use this as a medicine when it’s constantly having supply issues even pre-covid???”
And from another:
“Actually what p*****s me off about the whole medical thing is why can’t we try another brand of the same THC amount without having to get a new script? I guess I see it the same as pharmacy drugs using generic brands or different producers of the product”
And another:
“And this is also where the law falls down. While there is no stock and you’re approved you can’t get an alternative. You have to spend big $$$ and time to go back to TGA”.
It is obvious that industry has let patients down in its chase for profits. Way back in 2018 when Fed Health minister Greg Hunt opened local production to export he promised “no Aussie patient would be left behind”.. and the industry agreed.
“By helping the domestic manufacturers to expand, this, in turn, helps to ensure an ongoing supply of medicinal cannabis products here in Australia,” Hunt said in a statement.
But this has not been the case.
Aussie patients have NOT come first. Local producers have had several harvests but still the greater majority of approvals are for expensive imported products that pass thru many sets of hands – and this continues to be the case.
Patients are reporting supply shortages all over the country on social media patient groups like MCUA and The Medical Cannabis Australia Support Group.
Patient comments include:
“I’m so mad right now. Every one of the FOUR different flowers I am PRESCRIBED is out of stock and no idea when this can be fixed.”
“Tilray was out of stock for 4 weeks, this is the 4th time in the last 6 months, I’m swapping to an Aussie brand as soon as my doctor is back in mid January”
“Told yesterday by the chemist “Sorry, can’t get any as out of stock and no idea as to what’s going on.”
“Takes minimum 2 weeks from payment waiting for it and they wonder why people prefer illicit, get sorted in half an hour as opposed to 2-4 weeks plus doc appointments and costs.”
“In 8 months have spent $12,152 without consultation fees included. All off someone on DSP, who tried to go back to work to cover costs as it was the only thing that’s worked in 10yrs of pills But can’t do my job as involves driving which you can’t do with THC in your system. Then we run out of supplies and dr forgot to send invoice, so I rang today, to be told he will try and get scripts in post today, otherwise it will be our next postal run. WTF this has replaced all the nasty pills i was on like blood pressure, heart, sleeping, depression, pain Been without for nearly 3 weeks while chasing dr and stuff….”
“Ive been waiting since October for my new product to come into stock. And they wonder why we resort to black market”
“… we are paying for the scripts that only last for 6 months at a time, just to be told that some products aren’t available for up to lengthy periods of time. This is unacceptable. It’s a medicine and yet they run out of stock? Who ever heard of someone running out of blood pressure meds or cholesterol meds? This is proof that it’s still not being taken seriously …”
“…I was changed, and charged last week to go from Sensi Star to T20 Mongolian because of supply issues. So they gave me script for T20 which will no longer be available and I’ll have another consult fee to change it again. I’m sure they must have known earlier it was discontinued. Yet still prescribed. I can’t work it out …”
“..Rang up today to fill my script for t20 Mongolian flower to be told I can’t get and have re-book another appointment…. as it is not being stocked again..”
“I put this complaint into my local MP. That if they have a licence, stock should be guaranteed. You could all do the same.”
What other medication supply just dries up without some sort of generic or other replacement being available so that treatment is not interrupted?
The current shortage of legal product is forcing more and more patients back to the green and black market.
It appears that some importers may have jumped at the chance to scoop up “end of model run-out bargains” from international suppliers and patients are suffering because of greedy business practices. Now with the end of this line of products, there are not enough local products to pick up the slack as Aussie companies are opting for the export option rather than feeding the local market.
Its not only the supplier who are profiting from these run out products sold here at ridiculously high prices; but it seems clinics are also benefiting financially with patients having to chase up new approvals every time their product becomes unavailable. This is unacceptable.
It also strengthens the case for smaller local growers supplying the local market rather than just corporations having the monopoly. We need a herbal delivery system sitting along side the pharmaceutical delivery system.
With few if any products likely to be registered on the ARTG or listed on the PBS under the current delivery model in the foreseeable future, a herbal delivery system similar to the US is the best solution for product-starved patients.
But as we have seen, the patients are the last consideration in the Health Minister’s bid to become “the world’s number one medicinal cannabis supplier”. Mr Hunt says that the ultimate goal is to become a top competitor in the global cannabis market – “perhaps even the biggest.”
Suggestions were made by the Barriers to Medical Cannabis Inquiry early last year that could help alleviate this lack of supply issue – but these have still not been addressed.
Recommendation 20 suggests in part, that the States review legislation in relation to amnesties for the possession and/or cultivation of cannabis for genuine self-medication purposes.
NO state has made any moves to allow an amnesty for patients on drug charges for medical use; and they continue to be terrorised, penalised and criminalised for trying to survive the train wreck of a delivery system that has been set up in this country to prevent rather that provide access to this life changing drug.
For more information
Contact Deb Lynch
President MCUA of Australia Inc
PHONE: 0422290212
4th January 2018 = 3 yrs ago
It is also a shrewd business move, with ambitions for Australia to become the biggest producer of medicinal cannabis products in the world.
We would like to be, potentially, the world’s number one medicinal cannabis supplier,” Mr Hunt said.
“One of the conditions of any licence for export is that medicinal cannabis be made available to Australian patients first,” Mr Hunt said. “The sector is fully supportive of that. Australian patients come first.”
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 440
Kath Noneofyourbusiness Cannabis News, News
TOP STORIES
Altruistic medical cannabis – the secret side of the black market
AUSTRALIA/NZ
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Closes 29 January 2021 – TGA Survey: Potential reforms to medicinal cannabis manufacturing, labelling and packaging requirements
NORTH AMERICA
Medical cannabis registrations surge in Canada amid pandemic
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WORLD
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SCIENCE & TECH
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The truth about vaping cannabis
POLITICS & LAW
Six drug policy takeaways from 2020
4 myths about legal cannabis supporters
Multi-State Marijuana Regulators Association Expands And Sets Policy Priorities
HISTORY & CULTURE
3 Cannabis Cocktails to Try for the Holidays
PETITIONS & SURVEYS
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 439
Kath Noneofyourbusiness Cannabis News, News

COP STORIES
Australian police seize $203 million of cannabis in 2020 despite records levels of consumption
NSW crime data shows Cannabis Cautioning Scheme has gone to pot and become a ‘class war’
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AUSTRALIA/NZ
Australia loosens CBD rules, but stakeholders say it’s not enough
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New Zealand textile maker nears startup of hemp production line
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NORTH AMERICA
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SCIENCE & TECH
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HEALTH
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HISTORY & CULTURE
Australia’s Largest Database of Cannabis Companies
CBD Oil to hemp, producers to importers, retailers to non-profits, and more. If they work with the cannabis plant and conduct business in Australia, you’ll find them here.
With more than 420+ cannabis companies across 50+ categories, The Green List helps hemp and cannabis companies to promote their products, services, and events online.
EVENTS
FUNDRAISERS/CAMPAIGNS/PETITIONS/SURVEYS
Donate to Cannabis Law Reform Alliance
Survey: Drug Driving in Queensland
Legalise Cannabis Western Australia Party
Cannabis as Medicine Survey 2020 launched
The Cannabis Law Reform Alliance presents Drive Change
Global survey of cannabis cultivators
Vaping saved your life. Help us save millions more!
2020 Industrial Hemp Update: INDUSTRIAL HEMP TASKFORCE VICTORIA
Sign the petition! Legal Vaping in NSW
Cannabis law reform – SIGN THE PETITION TO QLD PARLIAMENT
TGA proposes over-the-counter sales of CBD products
Nimbin Hemp Embassy’s New Online Store
Inquiry into the use of Cannabis in Victoria
-
Michael Balderstone’s Submission to Victoria’s Cannabis Inquiry
-
The Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party’s Submission to the Victorian Inquiry into Cannabis
New Parliamentary Friends of Medicinal Cannabis Group
Legalise Cannabis Queensland launched!
Help Entheogenesis Australis [EGA] fundraise for a new website
Petition: Help Stop Suicides – Legalise Cannabis Now
Story Lab: It’s time for a new conversation about drugs in Australia.
Embassy HEADLINES Issue 438
Kath Noneofyourbusiness Cannabis News, News

TOP STORIES
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AUSTRALIA/NZ
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Shop for Christmas at Nimbin HEMP Embassy’s Online Store!
Donate to Cannabis Law Reform Alliance
NORTH AMERICA
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WORLD
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Slovakian government OKs amendment to remove CBD from drug list
Cannabis Reform in Spain
The ABCs of CBD in Portugal
Mexico’s president says small ‘mistakes’ behind delay in landmark cannabis bill
Italian co-op says it can grow, build big with hemp locally
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Researchers Develop Test to Determine Cannabinoid Dominance in Cannabis
HEALTH
Women Are More Likely Than Men to Swap Pharmaceuticals for Pot
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POLITICS & LAW
ICC finds ‘basis to believe’ crimes vs humanity committed in Duterte’s drug war
Why The Federal Government Doesn’t Need To Legalize Marijuana
How a 6-foot-8 steel-town mayor became 2020’s unlikely legalization rock star
Those caught in possession of cannabis for personal use may not face criminal charges in Ireland
HISTORY & CULTURE
Australia’s Largest Database of Cannabis Companies
CBD Oil to hemp, producers to importers, retailers to non-profits, and more. If they work with the cannabis plant and conduct business in Australia, you’ll find them here.
With more than 420+ cannabis companies across 50+ categories, The Green List helps hemp and cannabis companies to promote their products, services, and events online.
EVENTS
FUNDRAISERS/CAMPAIGNS/PETITIONS/SURVEYS
Donate to Cannabis Law Reform Alliance
Survey: Drug Driving in Queensland
Legalise Cannabis Western Australia Party
Cannabis as Medicine Survey 2020 launched
The Cannabis Law Reform Alliance presents Drive Change
Global survey of cannabis cultivators
Vaping saved your life. Help us save millions more!
2020 Industrial Hemp Update: INDUSTRIAL HEMP TASKFORCE VICTORIA
Sign the petition! Legal Vaping in NSW
Cannabis law reform – SIGN THE PETITION TO QLD PARLIAMENT
TGA proposes over-the-counter sales of CBD products
Nimbin Hemp Embassy’s New Online Store
Inquiry into the use of Cannabis in Victoria
-
Michael Balderstone’s Submission to Victoria’s Cannabis Inquiry
-
The Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party’s Submission to the Victorian Inquiry into Cannabis