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If I remember correctly an older retired couple discovered the specie in the blue mountains region and as they got older they gave the seeds, plants to Mongy for safe keeping breeding. MONGY WEED can be crossbred with most cannabis strains. Mongy does not give out seeds or cuttings..If you want to know more he's usually in the chat room..however he may or may not want to talk about it..... http://forums.strainhunters.com/topic/8960-the-4th-cannabis-specy-discovered/ https://www.reddit.com/r/cannabis/comments/2swwor/mongy_the_new_cannabis_species_from_australia/
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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/first-medicinal-cannabis-crop-harvested-at-secret-victorian-site/news-story/072886d0f35ef65eed6f7d0c601a1b26 THE Andrews Government has harvested Australia’s first medical cannabis crop. Canberra has also given the green light for a commercial company to also start growing plants. The cannabis, planted at a secret site last April, will be reserved for children with severe epilepsy this year. The crop is now being tested and formulated in preparation for the first patients. Victoria last year became the first Australian state to legalise cannabis for medicinal purposes. STATE PARLIAMENT APPROVES LEGALISATION OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS The Office of Drug Control on Tuesday awarded the first Federal Government licence to Melbourne based Cann Group to legally cultivate and conduct research on the plants. Cann Group chairman Allan McCallum said he was confident of securing a further licence to cultivate its crop to manufacture and sell medicinal cannabis in Australia. “The licence allows us to apply for a permit to progress our research and development programs, which are particularly focused on the breeding, cultivation, extraction and characterisation of cannabinoids,” he said. “It will also mean we can further discussions we have under way with a number of leading Australian research and technology organisations to access additional expertise and resources.” DRUG AND RESEARCH GIANTS EYE VICTORIA TO GROW MEDICINAL CANNABIS CROPS Agriculture Minister Jaala Pulford said the state’s scientists had broken new ground. “Every step along the way takes us closer to being able to provide product to Victorians who need it the most,” she said. Construction has also been completed on a cultivation and manufacturing facility for supplying cannabis to patients. Health Minister Jill Hennessy said medicinal cannabis made a profound difference on the lives of sick children. “We promised Victorians they would be able to access this life-changing treatment. “Every day brings us one step closer to delivering on this Australian-first commitment,” she said.
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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/medical-cannabis-needs-real-law-behind-it-one-nation-mp-20170214-gucb1y.html One Nation MP Steve Dickson has begun his first week in Parliament representing his new party by proposing steps to make whole cannabis plants available for sick Queenslanders - and subsidised by the government. The member for Buderim, who has been moved from his place among his former colleagues to a lonely seat in the back row since defecting from the LNP, introduced a private member's bill on Tuesday morning. Mr Dickson cited medicinal cannabis as his reason for leaving the LNP, but members of his party voiced their doubt. The Public Health (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill passed in 2016, allowing doctors to apply for access to medicinal cannabis for patients. But growing whole plants for personal medicinal use remains illegal. Speaking in Parliament, Mr Dickson said local production was not yet available for Queenslanders and the "wheels of government are not turning fast enough". "These people have been relying on illegal, black-market options and there is no relief in sight," Mr Dickson said. He suggested the CSIRO could become involved to ensure products were safe. SHARE SHARE ON FACEBOOKSHARE SHARE ON TWITTERTWEET PIN TO PINTERESTPIN LINK http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/c/d/p/f/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gucb1y.png/1487047445309.jpgOne Nation MP Steve Dickson, Independent MP Rob Pyne and councillor Jonathan Sri lead a rally supporting medicinal cannabis outside Queensland Parliament. Photo: Felicity CaldwellThere are no businesses licensed to manufacture medicinal cannabis in Australia, meaning products must be imported. Mr Dickson said it could take some time for people to receive products from overseas, and an amnesty was required. His bill asks the health minister to "take steps to ensure whole plant medicinal cannabis is affordable". It asks the minister to negotiate with the Commonwealth to ensure the "applicable law of the Commonwealth regulating the importation of whole plant medicinal cannabis does not unnecessarily restrict the importation of whole plant medicinal cannabis from particular foreign manufacturers". It also calls for state or federal governments to subsidise the cost of lawful treatment with whole plant medicinal cannabis imported from overseas. Mr Dickson spoke at the Enough is Enough rally, organised by the Australian Cannabis Coalition and held outside Parliament on Tuesday morning, which was also attended by Greens councillor Jonathan Sri. "This is a real product that needs real law behind it to allow everybody to use it every day that needs it in this country, without prosecution from the law, without the government knocking on your door late at night," Mr Dickson told the rally. "That's why I put my job on the line, that's why I've got Senator Hanson pushing the Prime Minister in the federal government as we speak to change the law so that everybody has got the use of whole plant medical cannabis." Mr Dickson told the small group he was limited in what he could propose in a bill in Queensland. A supporter yelled out: "Steve Dickson for Premier!" as he finished his speech. Independent member for Cairns Rob Pyne, who also attended the rally, said he would support Mr Dickson's bill. Mr Pyne said dealing with serious illness was expensive and stressful. "Why should we force people to spend money on pharmaceutical products if you can grow the whole plant organically in your backyard for medicinal use?" Mr Pyne said. "Police have better things to do than to look over fences of the ill." Mr Pyne said he also supported an amnesty for anyone charged for purchasing or accessing medicinal cannabis. "I have previously stated my support for Steve Dickson on this and continue to do so," he said. The bill has been referred to a parliamentary committee for consideration.
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The sad thing here is that I believe that the Government feels that they are on top of the cannabis culture after many years of anti drugs policy and targeting cannabis users, thanks to people like Jan and the police. The last thing they want to do is give any kind leniency to compassion groups which has the potential to revive the cannabis culture like in the 70's 80's 90's. They just want big pharma to run the show to maintain the power over the people..
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-21/medicinal-cannabis-campaign-from-advocates,-epilepsy-australia/8198044 Updated 21 Jan 2017, 12:07pm RELATED STORY: Queensland parents fear for sick children after SA cannabis oil bustRELATED STORY: 'Fit and proper' people can apply to grow cannabis this weekendMAP: AustraliaSome of Australia's most high-profile medicinal cannabis advocates have banded together to launch a new campaign for better access to the drug. Key points:Federal legislation was to give patients, doctors access to a safe, reliable, legal cannabis sourcePatient advocates say there are too many obstacles in obtaining the drug legallyAdvocates want an amnesty on black market supply while a legal supply chain is establishedFederal legislation passed last year was supposed to give patients access to cannabis for medicinal use but Lucy Haslam and Barry Lambert said it was harder to get than ever before. They are asking Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for an amnesty on compassionate suppliers and for new Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt to take this opportunity to fix the regulations. The Greenlight campaign kicks off tomorrow with a full page ad in a major metropolitan newspaper featuring Mr Lambert's five-year-old grand-daughter, Katelyn, who has a severe form of epilepsy known as Dravet Syndrome which causes developmental problems. The ad asks the Prime Minister and state Premiers to make it legal for Katelyn to eat cannabis extract which her family said greatly reduced the number of seizures she experienced. "Her improvement has been dramatic since she's been on medical cannabis," Mr Lambert said. He had previously donated $33 million to the University of Sydney to fund research into medicinal cannabis but said the Federal and State Governments needed to change the way they scheduled medicinal cannabis. http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/8198128-3x2-700x467.jpgPHOTO: Lucy Haslam ® hugs Katelyn Lambert. (ABC News: Meredith Griffiths) "The laws in this country for medicinal cannabis don't work for the benefit of the consumer and they don't even work if someone wants to grow it either, so it's a complete joke both at the federal and state levels and that needs to change," he said. The Greenlight campaign has been devised in conjunction with Epilepsy Action Australia. The campaign is inviting people from all over Australia who already use medicinal cannabis to share their stories on a website and then come together for a public event in two weeks' time. Ways cannabis might be good for you http://www.abc.net.au/cm/lb/8198680/data/marijuana-leaf-custom-image-data.jpg It's been a long time coming but we're finally investigating (scientifically) the medicinal properties of marijuana. Ms Haslam has been campaigning for medicinal cannabis since her son, Dan, found it eased his suffering when he was dying from cancer. She told the ABC she was concerned that obstacles preventing patients having access to the drug were increasing despite Federal Parliament legalising medicinal cannabis last year. "I just can't sit quietly and be happy and congratulate the Government on what they've done because you know, for people like Katelyn, there is no access," she said. "For every other Australian patient at the moment access is very poor and that's something that really I think is untenable and have to do something about." 'Stop the raids on compassionate suppliers' The campaign launch has been brought forward after recent raids on organisations in Newcastle, Adelaide and the Sunshine Coast that had been supplying medicinal cannabis to patients. "We need to stop the raids on compassionate suppliers — I mean there's a very big difference between people that are supplying a criminal recreational market and people that are supplying for compassionate access, so we need to take that criminality away out of what's happening at the moment because at the moment it is meeting a medical necessity," Ms Haslam said. Mr Turnbull on Wednesday rejected calls from One Nation for an amnesty on medicinal cannabis, saying it would be irresponsible. Ms Haslam said he needed to rethink his stance. "For any young child who has had their black market supply of cannabis interrupted, there is the potential for a catastrophic event for one of these young children and who is going to be responsible for that? That would be my question to the Prime Minister," she said. 'Current laws not working' Federal legislation came into effect in October which the Government said would "give patients and doctors access to a safe, reliable and legal source of cannabis for medicinal use". But Ms Haslam said the Government had failed to consult broadly and it drew up the regulations before establishing the expert advisory council it had promised. http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/8198112-3x2-700x467.jpgPHOTO: (L to R) Joy Lambert, Michael Lambert, Lucy Haslam, Katelyn Lambert and Barry Lambert. (ABC News: Meredith Griffiths)She advised Mr Hunt to seek advice from all sides of the debate, including experts from Israel, the United States or Canada, where medicinal cannabis is an accepted therapeutic practice. "I think very much it's clear the Government is being influenced by, I would say, by a conservative medical profession who don't know anything about it," she said. "They mistake their authority for expertise. There is no, or very few, Australian medicos who have any expertise in medical cannabis." Mr Lambert said last year's legislation had actually made it uneconomical to grow cannabis. He has invested in a company, Ecofibre, which has been growing hemp in Australia for years but which has now moved its operations to the United States. Mr Lambert said his financial interest in Ecofibre had not influenced his involvement in the Greenlight campaign. "Obviously no, this is all about Katelyn and compassion. I don't need to have vested interests in this, it just so happens that I helped out another business, and that business by the way is unprofitable so we're still helping them out," he said.
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http://www.businessinsider.com.au/australias-largest-medicinal-cannabis-grower-is-packing-its-bags-and-moving-to-the-us-2016-12 GEOFF WINESTOCK, AFR.COMDEC 5, 2016, 8:32 AM Australia’s largest medicinal cannabis grower, which is backed by finance sector identities Barry Lambert and Chris Cuffe, has decided to stop production here and move to the US where it says the legal framework is much more favourable. Ecofibre recently completed a $12 million capital raising with cash from Mr Lambert and Mr Cuffe. But it will close a business that has grown cannabis on 340 acres in the Hunter Valley in NSW – used for medical experiments on rats at the University of Sydney during the past year – and move to Kentucky in the US. Mr Lambert, a BRW rich-lister who last year gave $34 million to Sydney University for research into medicinal cannabis, says a federal law passed this year that was supposed to legalise medicinal cannabis has so many restrictions that it is practically unworkable. He says the law goes well beyond what is required to prevent diversion to recreational use and Ecofibre has made a commercial decision not to apply for a licence under the new law. “We have an Australian company, Australian seeds, Australian shareholders, but we have to go to America because of the legislation,” Mr Lambert said. Ecofibre is expanding rapidly in the US market, where medicinal cannabis is now legal in over 30 states, including five which approved propositions to that effect at the last US election. Black market Mr Lambert says he has has gone public with his concerns because in Australia sick people looking for pain relief and treatment for diseases from epilepsy to multiple sclerosis contact him almost every day because they still cannot access medicinal cannabis. “It is driving people to the black market,” he says. Despite the legal uncertainty, Mr Lambert ‘s family is using cannabis extract to treat his granddaughter for a rare form of epilepsy. The regulations passed in October require that a grower must prove in advance that they have a specific manufacturer lined up who is supplying for specific approved users. But this is a Catch 22 because it is almost impossible to get permission to use cannabis. In the US growers are licensed to operate anywhere in that country and can then look for markets, including for export to Australia. Another problem with the Australian law, Ecofibre says, is that medicinal cannabis must be grown in costly high-security glasshouses. Ecofibre says this is a step back because it has been allowed by NSW and Queensland law for some time to grow cannabis outdoors on condition it only uses breeds that are very low in THC, the ingredient that makes people high. It would require complicated refining to turn the cannabis grown by Ecofibre into something that can be smoked for recreational purposes. Mr Lambert says it is bizarre that low-THC cannabis for food or for fibre is legal but there are restrictions on growing exactly the same crop if it is theoretically for medicinal purposes. “The law takes a different approach based on the purpose for which it is is grown,” Mr Lambert says. Ecofibre already has 500 acres under cultivation in Kentucky, where it is strongly backed by Republican Congressmen, including Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, and former tobacco growers. It expects to plant 1200 acres next year and is also about to launch a branded low-THC cannabis product. It hopes for an initial public offering within two years. A spokesman for the federal Department of Health said it had received several applications for licences under the new regulations and Ecofibre was free to apply. The department said that, under the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs Act of 1961, Australia was obliged to prevent stockpiling of narcotic drugs. “As such, the Australian legislation is designed to prevent cultivation on ‘speculation’ that there will be a market. Hence the need for good business planning and contracts,” the spokesman said. The department said the regulations on security could be relaxed for low-THC cannabis. “It would be possible to grow medicinal cannabis either indoors, in a glasshouse, or under field conditions,” the spokesman said. At the moment no state governments have fully legalised use of medicinal cannabis, although the laws are afoot in Queensland and Victoria and the NSW government is doing three clinical trials that could open the way for certain approved drugs. However, because of Australia’s tight laws the cannabis used in the NSW trials on humans has to be imported from Canada and the Netherlands. https://cannabis.community.forums.ozstoners.com/topic/76314-australias-first-medicinal-cannabis-farm-in-nsw/page-2?do=findComment&comment=496049 I wonder how Lucy Haslam is going if others are leaving...
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The problem here is most still don't understand or refuse to understand the medical benefits.....I for one only got medical benefits from it after I tried growing a few different strains and found one that suited my purposes.. Plus cannabis needs to be dried and cured properly.. Yes politicians need to wake the fuck-up and let people make their own decisions and choices..
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-05/medicinal-cannabis-supplier's-home-raided-in-sa/8162998 http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/police-raid-medicinal-cannabis-producer-jenny-hallams-home-at-hillier/news-story/a409f577e091e04c2061c94ac0c38355 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-05/medicinal-marijuana-queensland-parent-fear-for-sick-children/8163606 Medicinal cannabis supplier raided by South Australia police, reported for drug offencesUpdated about 2 hours ago http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/7076484-3x2-340x227.jpgPHOTO: Michael Oakley (left) feels his son Ben Oakley's life is in danger now. (ABC News: Emily Laurence)RELATED STORY: Proposal to turn Holden site into cannabis factory deserves 'more attention'RELATED STORY: Bill introduced to legalise industrial hemp in SAMAP: Hillier 5116An Adelaide woman who gives away cannabis oil products to the sick and terminally ill for free has been reported for drug offences after police raided her home, her lawyer says. Parents fearful after cannabis oil busthttp://www.abc.net.au/cm/lb/8163980/data/suli-peek-data.jpg Concerned parents have expressed fears for the lives of dozens of sick Queensland children following raids on a South Australian cannabis oil producer. Jenny Hallam, 44, had a number of products and equipment seized from her Hillier home, in Adelaide's north, after it was raided by police on Wednesday morning. Her lawyer Heather Stokes said Ms Hallam gives away the cannabis oil products for free and her actions should not be regarded as criminal. "The fact that it happened at all, simply because there's some black and white letter in South Australia at the moment that says it's against the law is close to outrageous," Ms Stokes said. "In some places, like New South Wales, there are directives for police to exercise some discretion about whether they charge some people. "There are certainly people who will suffer, absolutely no doubt there are people who will suffer." Ms Hallam tweeted a case study of a Queensland child who uses some of her cannabis oil, saying the girl would die without it. The girl's father, Steve Peek, said their supplies were now running low, putting the health of his daughter at risk. "We only have enough to last until next week," he said. "Yesterday, to try and stretch it out, we didn't give her the midday dose and at a quarter to six last night she started having seizures." One of Ms Hallam's customers, Ben Oakley from Wollongong, said he uses the drug to relieve pain and life-threatening seizures he suffers from the rare neurological condition known as stiff person syndrome. Mr Oakley said his syndrome used to prevent him from leaving his home. Medicinal cannabis 'changed user's life'Before using the oil Mr Oakley said he had suffered from more than 600 spasms over four years, some of which lasted up to two hours. While being on the medicinal cannabis over the past 19 months, he said he has only had three spasms, which lasted no more than 20 seconds each. "My supplier, a person who has changed my life, if not saved my life, Jenny Hallam, you are incredible," he said. "You've been able to give me the life I thought I was going to lose. "It's pretty disappointing the police have raided her and taken all of her crops." Faces of medicinal cannabishttp://www.abc.net.au/cm/lb/8163652/data/medicinal-cannabis-users-michelle-and-jai-whitelaw-data.jpg Medicinal cannabis users are risking prosecution by speaking out about how the drug is helping them treat illnesses from epilepsy to post traumatic stress disorder. But he said he did not blame the police. "Unfortunately, with the laws that are still in place, they had no other alternative, they had to do their job and take the medication," he said. Mr Oakley said he will run out of the oil in a few months and does not know whether he will have access to another product before his supply runs out. He said he believed Ms Hallam supplied the oil to 200 people nationwide. "Are we going to get on a legal supply before then, are we going to find a backup supply before then?" he said. "It should be just as simple as going in and talking to your doctor and getting on a legal supply of medicinal cannabis. If only that were the case." Investigations continuing into cannabis raid, police sayHis father, Michael Oakley, said he felt his son's life was now in danger. "Even after multiple meetings with the board for medicinal cannabis [and] with the [NSW] Premier himself only a few months ago, Ben does not have a legal supply," he said. "Ben has exponentially improved since he started on medicinal cannabis 18 months ago, to the point where I can now say he has a better-than-fair chance of survival. "Can I go with other suppliers? Yes. Do I trust them? Not necessarily. "I am in mortal fear that my son is going to regress." A police spokesperson confirmed to the ABC a 44-year-old woman from Hillier had been reported for drug-related offences on Wednesday and that chemicals and other substances were seized from the address. Police said the chemicals would be forensically analysed and that investigations were continuing. Where is medicinal cannabis legal?Federal Government Medicinal cannabis use is still illegal and only available through trials and limited special access schemes. But, earlier this year, the Federal Government passed legislation legalising the cultivation of cannabis for medicinal purposes. Queensland Queensland doctors will soon be able to prescribe it for their patients' treatment. New laws will give certain specialists including oncologists, paediatric neurologists and palliative care specialists the right to prescribe medicinal cannabis from March 2017. Other doctors would be able to apply to Queensland Health for permission to prescribe the drug for patients with certain conditions. Tasmania The State Government announced in April specialist medical practitioners would be allowed to prescribe the drug to patients suffering serious and chronic illness from 2017. NSW In July, NSW Premier Mike Baird said 40 children in the state with the most severe cases of drug-resistant epilepsy would now have access to a cannabis-based treatment under a compassionate access scheme. NSW is conducting a trial for patients suffering vomiting and nausea as a result of chemotherapy. Western Australia The WA Government previously said it would not conduct medicinal cannabis trials until it received the results of testing in New South Wales. Northern Territory Not legal. South Australia In April, SA Health Minister Jack Snelling ruled out changing the law in South Australia at this stage. Victoria It's legal here. It was the first state to pass legislation legalising the use of medicinal cannabis.
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Crippling anxiety/paranoia. Suggest a NARCOTIC STRAIN
lookinggoodguys replied to smokditup's question in Medical Cannabis Discussions
For depression anxiety a good strain is Skywalker og....best strain for this..helped me 100% -
Hey Mctavish understand your situation and frustration. We live in a very regulated society and cannabis is a very misunderstood medicinal plant especially here in Oz. It has helped me in quite a profound way and now working for the Government which I never though possible and using the herb. Go figure..Anyway our society reminds me of the the series the vikings pagans versus the Christians...weed being the pagan if understood we can learn a lot and vice versa...PM me
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I would stay away from the area and try to grow at home..
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Cannabis and Ship Cruises
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Oil capsules would be the way to go..Customs might detect the weed in the x-ray machines. -
Daily cannabis users more likely to be dependent on nicotine
lookinggoodguys replied to OZ Stoners's topic in The NCPIC
Here is some more recent NCPIC propaganda linking cannabis use to alcohol abuse ... http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/australia-needs-to-take-marijuana-addiction-more-seriously-experts-say/news-story/ec21613465beea12591b3b951ab563a4