Tag medicinal cannabis
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(You can’t fool) the children of the prohibition
It’s official – most Australian adults use recreational drugs. In 2016 around 42 per cent of the population used alcohol weekly or more often and 10 per cent used cannabis.
August 14, 2018 | The Echo | 6 -
Hemp Embassy president on drug driving charge
The president of Nimbin’s Hemp Embassy, Michael Balderstone, has revealed he tested positive for cannabis during a recent random drug test in the area. The lifelong cannabis advocate says he has yet to decide whether to fight the matter in court.
July 23, 2018 | Chris Dobney | 5 -
Government commits $2.5m towards growing cannabis
Southern Cross University teams up with Solaris Nutraceuticals to research potential benefits of medicinal cannabis.
February 22, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 5 -
Restrictive medicinal cannabis laws see black-market boom
Despite the state and federal governments purportedly making medicinal cannabis legal, they have in fact created a web of rules and regulations so restrictive that accessing it is virtually impossible.
December 27, 2017 | Paul Bibby | 10 -
S Sorrensen’s Here & Now: Cannabis week
‘Whoa! Look at that!’ says a big bloke with a big red beard, pointing across the road as he leaves the pub. His excitement is so great he stumbles over the step onto the footpath, losing a thong. ‘Must have a been a bumper crop...’
October 19, 2017 | S Sorrensen | 2 -
Australian medical marijuana company gets green light
An Australian-owned company that plans to grow, refine and produce medicinal cannabis products has this morning announced it has been approved to go into production and envisages it will have products on pharmacy shelves by next year.
July 11, 2017 | Chris Dobney | 1 -
Man arrested with ‘range of restricted drugs’ in Fingal
Man told police he had 'just found' a carry bag that police say contained a range of restricted prescription medications.
December 5, 2016 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Call for stay on prosecution of medical-cannabis users
North coast cannabis law-reform campaigners have called for an amnesty on prosecution of people using medicinal cannabis, as the first trials of its use are soon to begin in NSW.
July 28, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 2 -
Amnesty call for growers as SCU begins cannabis research
North Coast growers involved in the production of medicinal cannabis should be granted an amnesty from prosecution given the widespread use and growing acceptance of the plant’s medicinal qualities, according to the Nimbin Hemp Embassy.
June 19, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 3 -
Greens push medicinal cannabis reform at every level
John Kaye, Richard Di Natale and Jenny Leong for the Greens. During the recent election campaign, Australian Greens health spokesperson Senator Richard Di Natale joined his Greens NSW counterpart MP John Kaye in Sydney with Greens candidate for Newtown Jenny Leong to outline their approach to medicinal cannabis reform.
April 10, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Chopper cannabis raids destroy life-saving medicine
Chibo Mertineit, Nimbin. Good on you Michael Balderstone from the HEMP Embassy for exposing the decades-long police exaggeration of the results of the cannabis-eradication helicopter raids in the northern rivers.
April 8, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 3 -
Nimbin to host medicinal cannabis workshop
A medicinal cannabis-making workshop will be held in Nimbin on Saturday following “thousands” of enquiries from across Australia.
January 6, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 9 -
Health ministers back NSW cannabis trial
Australia's health ministers have offered their support to NSW in its bid to get a clinical trial of medicinal cannabis off the ground.
October 14, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Medical-cannabis hero jailed, then released pending appeal
North coast medical-cannabis producer and campaigner Tony Bower, a hero to many sufferers of debilitating illness, was given a one-year jail term yesterday when he faced court for cultivating cannabis, but his lawyers immediately appealed.
August 29, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 10 -
Old dope, new tricks: the new science of medical cannabis
Medicinal cannabis is back in the news again after a planned trial to grow it in Norfolk Island was blocked by the federal government last week. In fact, cannabis science is one of the fastest moving frontiers in pharmacology.
August 28, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Cannabis medicine man ‘not your standard criminal’
Medicinal cannabis advocate Tony Bower is a free man after being placed on parole for 12 months and described in court as not ‘your standard criminal’.
August 15, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 10 -
Black market medicinal cannabis in short supply
The demand for black market medicinal marijuana has become so intense the Nimbin Hemp Embassy is urging people to ‘do it yourself’.
August 6, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 5
