Cannabis Hemp News

https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/lrrcsc/inquiries/article/2812 http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/inquiry-into-drug-laws-in-victoria-recommends-exploring-legal-cannabis/news-story/eb33e1d64b2ccc1c656e254d37fa73c2 Inquiry into drug laws in Victoria recommends exploring legal cannabis VICTORIA will explore legalising cannabis as part of wide-ranging drug reforms recommended in a lengthy report released on Tuesday. VICTORIA could follow in the footsteps of US states Colorado and California by legalising recreational cannabis use. The parliament’s drug law reform inquiry released a 680-page report on Tuesday considering 230 submissions and recommending 50 chan…

Don't we all wish we had sheds like these https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/dollar18-million-cannabis-farm-with-almost-4000-plants-uncovered-west-of-brisbane-police/ar-AAvbHjI?li=AAgfYrC

“It really puzzles me to see marijuana connected with narcotics dope and all of that stuff. It is a thousand times better than whiskey. It is an assistant and a friend.” Posted from the OZ Stoners mobile app

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-23/multimillion-dollar-cannabis-haul-goes-up-in-smoke/9479630?pfmredir=sm Posted from the OZ Stoners mobile app

The fire started in an exhaust fan, but, report states he was diverting power for the grow. No sympathy https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/no-sympathy-for-man-who-lost-everything-in-house-fire/ar-BBJeYcK

http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-01-09/security-paramount-as-medicinal-cannabis-farm-nears-completion/9313830 "We cultivate, we produce, we manufacture, we bottle and then we distribute onsite, which I think for accountability is very important.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/sf-will-wipe-thousands-of-marijuana-convictions-off-the-books/ar-BBIwIvs San Francisco will retroactively apply California’s marijuana-legalization laws to past criminal cases, District Attorney George Gascón said Wednesday — expunging or reducing misdemeanor and felony convictions going back decades

https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/national/2018/01/12/medicinal-cannabis-australia/ tl;dr Medicinal cannabis use is all very well, but it involves really complicated science and politics to get right so while the knuckle dragging suits in Canberra figure out how to do it safely, FFS just let adults grow a couple of plants in private for personal use and divert all those law enforcement resources to more useful endeavors. Greens at least having a whinge: Senator Richard Di Natale said “the government model” of using the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to control patient access to medicinal cannabis had been a “failure”. His comments come after an investigati…

https://events.csiro.au/Events/2017/August/22/Australian-Industrial-Hemp-Conference Free! Call for registrations and papers The objective of the AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRIAL HEMP CONFERENCE is to serve as a platform for growers, researchers, processors and end-market buyers to present and discuss concepts, key issues, hot topics and the latest findings in growing, producing, and the marketing of all types of industrial hemp products. This Conference is conceived and designed to add value to, and assist in the future expansion of the industrial hemp industry and its community. The Conference is planned as the first biannual conference of many to come that will become the ‘Go …

http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-01-09/security-paramount-as-medicinal-cannabis-farm-nears-completion/9313830?WT.ac=statenews_qld Secrecy, security paramount as Queensland's first licensed medicinal cannabis farm nears completion The first medicinal cannabis 'mother' plants are expected to be imported from Israel within a month, with manufacturing scheduled to begin within the first half of this year, to supply 5,000 Australian patients. Journalists were required to sign non-disclosure agreements, promising not to reveal the location of the multi-million dollar facility, before Medifarm director Adam Benjamin led a convoy to the high-security site. At the e…

With news running a story about the latest US State to change, they have a poll in the article asking "Should recreational marijuana use be legalised in Australia?". The poll is currently running at 91% 92% saying yes and 9% 8% saying no. https://www.9news.com.au/national/2018/01/02/08/58/us-recreational-marijuana-laws-sparks-debate-in-australia?ocid=Social-9News

Cannabis is a life healing if not live saving gift for most if not many. This wondrous gift given to us all needs to be recognized and looked at for what it can be and is for so many: A Gift from the powers that be to help and to heal!