Cannabis Hemp News

heyy everyone. weird question not trying to prmote these guys or anything but they sound promising for australia. Anyway ive been on facebook a bit lately and ive been seeing a heap of ads coming from the liberal democrats fb page. I think they are sponsored or something but is anybody else getting these ads? they are promising legalizing cannabis not just for medical but rec too and they are saying they want to lower or cut the tax or something for tobacco. they got all sorts of shit promised. have a look here: ( ldp.org.au/policy ) but more importantly, back to the cannabis and the actual potential of it? anybody know the background of these people? how long have they …

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/fiona-patten-why-the-backpedalling-on-medical-marijuana-20160603-gpb5tf.html http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/s/h/6/2/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gpb5tf.png/1465272408085.jpgLeader of the Australian Sex Party, Victorian upper house MP Fiona Patten. Photo: James Brickwood I think I am the only member of parliament in Australia to acknowledge my recreational use of cannabis. In fact, I have enjoyed the many blessings that cannabis can bestow for a lot of my adult life and have not lost my mind or become a serial killer. Indeed, I became a politician and some have even said I would not have been elected without it! Jo…

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-23/qld-father-gave-cancer-stricken-daughter-cannabis-oil-sentenced/7270222?WT.ac=localnews_Brisbane A Queensland father has been handed a two-year good behaviour bond for giving his sick daughter cannabis oil. The 32-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty in Brisbane's Supreme Court to four counts of supplying a dangerous drug to a minor and one count of possessing a dangerous drug. The court heard the man's daughter was diagnosed with cancer in 2014 when she was two years old. She was diagnosed with a stage three neuroblastoma and given a 50 per cent chance of long-term survival. The Supreme…

The Queensland government has taken another step towards approving the use of medicinal cannabis, with a new bill set to establish the framework for the prescription, dispensing and administration of the drug. The bill was announced by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, who said she had been "moved by the stories of families with young children with epilepsy, suffering life-threatening seizures, and what they go through on a daily basis". http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/m/q/1/7/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.goqgaf.png/1462840601209.jpgPremier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the medicinal marijuana bill is not a "green light for the recreational u…

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/queensland-cracks-down-on-cannabis-as-canada-moves-to-tax-legal-use-20160507-goouj1.html Queensland government moves to give cannabis the same status as heroin and cocaine as the most dangerous drugs will push marijuana users onto harder drugs, according to a visiting Canadian advocate. Dana Larsen, who operates cannabis dispensaries in Vancouver, will give a public talk on Sunday about Canada's new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plans to legalise and regulate cannabis use. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/g/j/m/m/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.goouj1.png/1462632427046.jpgCannabis. Photo: Queenslan…

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http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/richard-nixon-used-america%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98war-on-drugs%e2%80%99-as-excuse-to-target-%e2%80%98anti-war-left-and-black-people%e2%80%99-claims-former-aide/ar-BBqQg2N#image=1 America’s so-called “war on drugs” began as little more than a ploy to enable Richard Nixon to go after his political enemies, one of the disgraced President’s former policy gurus admitted in an interview which has surfaced for the first time. John Ehrlichman, who had advised Nixon on domestic policy, told the journalist Dan Baum that the drugs war was an excuse to target “the anti-war left and black people”, Mr Baum writes, in a new report advocating drug lega…

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