Channel 7’s Sunrise renews cannabis ‘fears’ with old study
Edwina Bartholomew opened the segment with claims that 'new research' has revealed that 880,000 Australians aged 14 and over would...
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Channel 7’s Sunrise renews cannabis ‘fears’ with old study
Edwina Bartholomew opened the segment with claims that 'new research' has revealed that 880,000 Australians aged 14 and over would try cannabis if it was legalised. And that 500,000 Australians who have used cannabis would use it more regularly...
Read moreThe plantdemic: COVID-19 causes cannabis street deal seizures to double
From January to June last year, Adelaide police interrupted 127,560 cannabis street deals. That number has more than doubled when compared to the first half of this year, as police seized cannabis from 281,520 deals. But what's caused this trend? ...
Read moreAustralia’s medical cannabis will double to a value of $200 million this year
Dave Martyn, the founder of Canadian company Compass Cannabis recently spoke to Austrade about Australia's medical cannabis industry. Martyn is so confident in Australia's budding medical cannabis industry that he and his family are about to relocate to Australia...
Read moreAlcohol and cannabis prohibition: the same debate a hundred years apart
When people argue for the legalisation of cannabis, they often point to the similarities between alcohol prohibition in the early 1900s and cannabis prohibition today. But how closely linked are the two? Apparently very, according to a new report. The...
Read moreCannaponics hires local businesses to break ground on its new 5,600 SQM cannabis facility
Medical cannabis company Cannaponics has officially started developing its large-scale cannabis facility in Collie - a small town located 200 kilometres from Perth. The company first released details of its new facility in mid-June. The facility will include a...
Read moreMater to launch medical cannabis and advanced cancer trial in Queensland
Catholic not-for-profit organisation Mater is about to begin a new clinical trial that will test medical cannabis on advanced cancer patients. The trial will give people with advanced cancers a cannabis oil that contains 20 parts CBD and one...
Read moreStudy finds livestock could eat hemp as a summer diet
A new pilot study conducted by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has found that hemp could make a great summer feed option for livestock. The pilot study was funded by AgriFutures Australia and was conducted...
Read moreAustralian government says cannabis market is ‘large and relatively stable’
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission releases a yearly 'Illicit Drug Data Report' summarising data on illicit drugs including consumption, supply, demand, arrests, seizures, and more. The latest report from 2018-2019 shows the Australian government knows just how large the...
Read moreNSW police uncover a secret cannabis garden in a family home
New South Wales police have uncovered a secret cannabis garden hidden inside the bedroom of an ordinary family home Batemans Bay on the South Coast. Police raided the family home on Tallwood Crescent in Rosedale at 10:30 am on...
Read moreQueensland man fined $1,000 for minor drug possession and attempting to grow cannabis
A man from Queensland's cannabis capital has been fined after he was caught with minor quantities of cannabis and cocaine and a poorly maintained cannabis garden. The man was arrested after police searched his Wilsonton Heights home on the...
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