Cannabis Law and Politics

FINALLY a comprehensive and sensible approach to an obvious problem. Cant find where else this is being discussed so have posted here. Change cant happen without public pressure (and education). EVERYONE JOIN http://adlrf.org.au/ AND SUPPORT THIS MOVEMENT!!!! I have just joined and am going to talk to as many people as I can to do the same thing. I have hardly been involved with this forum but I am moved by what has happened today and I know that without some kind of reassessment of the current legal situation, Australia will never move forward so DO SOMETHING AND GET LOUD!!

Carol George, a 28 year-old Wurundjeri woman from Melbourne, has won the 2nd National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music Competition. The annual competition asked entrants to compose and record a song that addresses how cannabis negatively affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The first prize in the competition was $5,000 cash and a two-day workshop to professionally record their song with SkinnyFish Music, Australia's leading music label for Indigenous artists. NCPIC is based at the University of New South Wales and is an Australian Government initiative supported by the Department of Health…

Carol George, a 28 year-old Wurundjeri woman from Melbourne, has won the 2nd National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music Competition. The annual competition asked entrants to compose and record a song that addresses how cannabis negatively affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The first prize in the competition was $5,000 cash and a two-day workshop to professionally record their song with SkinnyFish Music, Australia's leading music label for Indigenous artists. NCPIC is based at the University of New South Wales and is an Australian Government initiative supported by the Department of Health…

http://www.smh.com.au/national/health/experts-will-have-their-say-at-forum--and-so-can-you-20120520-1yz11.html Experts will have their say at forum - and so can you May 21, 2012 http://images.smh.com.au/2012/05/20/3311520/ipad-art-wide-alex-20wodak-420x0.jpg Dr Alex Wodak ... one of six experts who will discuss drug law reform at the forum. Photo: Stefan Postles The Drug Debate – check out the WikiCurve to have your say TONIGHT, The Sydney Morning Herald, in conjunction with Sydney Ideas, will host a public forum on the issue ''Should the government decriminalise drugs''. The forum, at the University of Sydney, will feature a discussion between a panel of experts. A…

Cannabis. It's legality in the next 10 to 20 years. Where can you see it? Will logic and science reign supreme in the motives behind legalization and prohibition, or will it continue on its path of ignorance and unfounded suppression?

Link to the recent debate held in london.. lots of political leaders, Branson.. Great to see some actual discussion on the subjecthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSrN2zIRwN8

I have sent this message to the Australian drug law reform foundation and would appreciate anyone that wants to help me with some research. I would really like to hear from people with a high level education and some experience in research, but any help will do, no disrespect to people with out it (me included). "To whom it may concern, I am a person who hopes for marijuana reform in NSW but have become frustrated with the people who are behind most of the campaigns who seem to be arguing for medicinal use which I feel is not evidence based and is to me a bit of a lie. Even if a law was to pass allowing medical use it would still force me to lie about something I do bec…

Well, looking at the situation in Aus... I see that there is a movement in Nimbin with HEMP embassy and nearly NORML. I'm wondering if there are any other groups in the entire country. Granted, I have only done 2 days of research. Here in the states, we have a NORML group in virtually every major city. The best situation was in Austin, TX when I lived there. We would do banner drops over the interstate and on major buildings downtown. The theme there was "no victim, no crime". I went to every banner drop and every Texas NORML meeting. Basically, we would just get involved with the community. If there was a festival, carnival, parade etc... we would always have a "tent", b…

http://www.smh.com.au/polls/drugs-and-decriminalisation-20120124-1qemy.html It's got 2 days to go, and the results so far are pretty outstanding. Whether anybody in public office listens is another thing, but this is just another opportunity for us all to voice our opinions on decriminalisation. Ending prohibition won't happen because of one incident/report/poll, but from a culmination of voices being heard in many formats all saying the same thing: Decriminalise now, the public supports it.

Get your voice heard and help get legal medical cannabis in Australia. Use the 'Petition' link below to download the petition. Print out as many copies as you need and get them signed by as many people as you can. (please read the note at the bottom of this post) Then return them to ACLRM c/- OS, Po Box 146, Kenthurst NSW 2156 and we will present them to the Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales when we have 10,000 signatures. Help legalise cannabis Australia! Petition Front Page PETITION front page.doc Petition Extra Pages PETITION extra pages.doc Please Note: For the petition to meet rules of submission...... 1. The petition must…