Cannabis Law and Politics

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http://australianhempparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/red-with-greens.jpg There are a number ways of influencing parliaments in Australia to advance whatever your political agenda may be. You could try: bribing some politicians; demonstrating in the streets; constructing a lobby group; or registering a political party. Political parties differ from the other methods because, by definition and required by the electoral act, their aim is to actually elect a representative in to a parliament – the place where laws are made. There are three ways to make use of elections to further a party’s objectives: you can timidly direct your preferences to whichever parliamentary pa…

Great article and pictures from the 420 rally held in Flagstaff Gardens here

http://australianhempparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/votesign3-150x150.jpgThe Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party has nominated a father and daughter, James and Tayla Moylan, to be their Senate Candidates in Western Australia. Mr Moylan, outlined the approach the HEMP Party is taking to the re-run of the WA Poll. “We did quite well at the Federal Election and WA polled highest percentage of all the six states. We averaged about 0.7% across all States and more importantly managed to get our message out to a huge number of interested Aussies.” “The HEMP Party Campaign will be supported by all our branches across Australia. We will focus on the areas where all…

http://australianhempparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/parallel-weed.jpgHEMP PARTY SAYS AUSTRALIA IS IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE ON POT! “It’s ironic that alcohols ugly side hits the headlines just after blind Barry O’Farrell says even dying people will not be allowed to try Cannabis, throwing out his Governments special committee recommendations in one single dumb press release,” says Michael Balderstone, HEMP Party President and WA Senate candidate. “So dumb and impossibly stupid it looked like it was written by Big Pharma. Would someone please tell Barry, Pharmaceuticals kill more people in Australia now than car accidents!” “How come in Australia we are so far behin…

I am looking for other like minded people who really would be interested in starting a Cannabis Activism Group. As I have stated in a couple of other posts I can be contacted at endthedrugwar@hotmail.com or twitter @NoMoreDrugWarAu best option to contact me is my email address as I have several twitter accounts which is ridiculously difficult to maintain. What I am NOT interested in doing is walking down the street puffing away on a big fat spliff singing anti prohibition songs in protest of the repressive drug laws. I believe that would not be well received by the Australian public who are mostly brainwashed through years of Drug War Propaganda. I feel the focus shou…

Thursday, 16 January 2014 – A successful, world-first study led by the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC) at UNSW has revealed a break-through for dependent cannabis users, employing a cannabis-based medication, Sativex (nabiximols), that has been shown to provide significant relief from withdrawal symptoms. “One in ten people who try cannabis go on to become dependent. As cannabis use increases around the world and more people seek treatment to help them quit, it is surprising there is no approved medication to alleviate symptoms of withdrawal. The success of this study offers considerable hope for those struggling to get through a cannabis withd…

Thursday, 16 January 2014 – A successful, world-first study led by the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC) at UNSW has revealed a break-through for dependent cannabis users, employing a cannabis-based medication, Sativex (nabiximols), that has been shown to provide significant relief from withdrawal symptoms. “One in ten people who try cannabis go on to become dependent. As cannabis use increases around the world and more people seek treatment to help them quit, it is surprising there is no approved medication to alleviate symptoms of withdrawal. The success of this study offers considerable hope for those struggling to get through a cannabis with…

The Beyond Prohibition Foundation is an independent and non-profit association, advocating for a sensible and transparant marijuana policy. They believe that it's important to cooperate with eachother as much as possible to achieve that goal one day. Attitudes regarding marijuana have changed significantly over the past few years. More and more countries are starting to either legalize cannabis (for both medical and recreational purposes) or decriminalize the posession of cannabis. The rules and lawes concerning cannabis are easing. However, in many countries, cannabis is still a forbidden substance and only one country has fully legalized marijuana; Uruguay.

Hi everyone, I realised recently that there are not any real facebook groups supporting changes to current cannabis laws in Australia. At least none that I could find. Although polls have shown that most Australians are generally supportive of less prohibitive laws, it seems like most cannabis users themselves are not very vocal in their politics. For such a large underground community I would like to see us represented with a larger and more unified voice in the public arena. I created the facebook group in the hope of spreading more accurate and scientifically valid information about cannabis to counteract the ridiculous amount of propaganda most people encounter…

http://australianhempparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/pepe-mujica.jpg José “Pepe” Mujica, the President of Uruguay, will go down in history as a great leader. Uruguay is the first among all of the civilised countries of the United Nations to fully opt out of the International Cannabis Madness. Time for some widespread celebration folks. The particular thing that sets José apart is that he seems to be a politician who has managed to make the transition into incumbency without also instantly becoming a drug law hypocrite. He seems to be saying the same things after his election as he promised before his elevation! (Hmmmm? Very odd indeed.) And while this consistency i…