2023
Australian Cannabis predictions - 2023
Here's my list of Australian cannabis predictions for 2023. Make of them what you will, and in a year we'll re-visit and see how many (if any) of them are correct.
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HomeGrowAmnesty
How to kill the illicit cannabis market - a guide.
It should also be allowed to freely traded and gifted, an approach which was demonstrated best by the example set by Thailand when the government freed 3000 cannabis prisoners and gave away one million cannabis plants.
HomeGrowAmnesty
Amnesty on home grow voted down in the Australian Senate.
Today is the first time an amnesty provision has been voted on, in either house of an Australian Parliament.
vape
17 years for SoCal vape scammer
Bunevacz claimed that he had a longstanding relationship with a Chinese manufacturer of disposable vape pens and he obtained “raw pesticide-free oil”
MediCann Health
MediCann Health raises $1M
The company had a pre-valuation of $51.09M and a share price of $0.35.
homegrow
Homegrown cannabis is not your enemy
I'm of the opinion that the continued opposition to home growing is damaging the sector itself, and more widely, the other many industries who took the leap of faith needed to support it.
Biden
Biden drops the banger.
As I’ve said before, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana. Today, I’m taking steps to end our failed approach. Allow me to lay them out.
ASX:MXC
TGA hits hard.
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued 73 infringement notices worth $972,360 to 3 licensed medical cannabis companies.
greens
Greens make a call for legal cannabis.
Specifically, leading constitutional law Professor Patrick Keyzer, Dean of Law has given advice that there are 3 heads of Commonwealth power that would enable it to regulate and legalise cannabis, they are:
CGB
CGB goes into suspension
ASX listed Cann Global Limited (ASX:CGB) have requested that trading in their stocks be suspended until October 4 or when the announcement about an acquisition is made.
cannabis
6 years down the “legal” cannabis path and the patients continue to be arrested.
“I have no problem with the medical use of cannabis just as I have no problem with the medical use of opiates.”
Cannabis Research
Recreational cannabis legalization does *not* increase use by 20%
You'll be seeing quite a lot of stories over the next few days that reference a study called, Impacts of recreational cannabis legalization on cannabis use: a longitudinal discordant twin study.
CHS
From the people that brought you NarCan®..
"This patent allowance is welcome news, and a testament to our commitment of bringing innovative science to the treatment of addictions and drug overdose,”
segra
Cannabis Mitoviruses
Segra has just announced the publication of a whitepaper that talks about recent identification of mitoviruses(1) in cannabis cultivars.
spaceweed
2023 - A Space Amnesty
Australians will likely see legal weed in space before we see legal weed in the backyard.
CEN
At what point does a cost benefit analysis kick in..
How many people need to die on the side of the road in sight of a hospital before resources are redirected from arresting patients to saving them?