Australia has recently seen an increase in the number of persons registering for the use of medical cannabis. It has also started seeing the government and policy makers start to talk about decriminalizing cannabis. Hemp food products are said to be legal since 2018. Australia was the largest importer of cannabis oil from Canada in 2019. It also exported medical cannabis to the UK for the first time.Australia has moved cannabidiol (CBD) to its Schedule 3 meaning it can be procured without a prescription. Australia's Capitol Territory has legalized cannabis for recreational purposes since Jan, 2020. According to The Conversation - 'For the first time in the survey’s history, more Australians support
the legalisation of cannabis (41%) than oppose it (37%). This is almost
double the level of support in 2007 (21%).'
All this has come about against the backdrop of more and more people abusing opioids, prescription drugs, methamphetamine, cocaine and alcohol to meet their medical and recreational needs. The proximity to China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and other Asian countries has led to a sharp spike in the flow of fentanyl, opiates and, especially, methamphetamine into Australia often through the internet based trade and delivery mechanisms. Methamphetamine comes from as far as the US to Australia. There have been reports that especially among the older population, heroin and alcohol use along with the abuse of prescription medication is on the rise. Events such as music festivals now often see drug testing by voluntary organizations who check the potency and constituents of recreational drugs that are procured by the event attendees.
As the awareness of the benefits of cannabis increase and the harms of opioids, alcohol, methamphetamine, synthetic cannabinoids, novel psychotropic substances and prescription medication abuse increase, there is likely to be a build up of common consensus that cannabis needs to be legalized mirroring the legalization movements in North America and Europe. So called conservative politicians will soon need to sit up and pay close attention.The medical cannabis industry is said to be picking up in Australia with more individuals registering themselves as cannabis patients.
There is a possibility that Australia may possess some indigenous varieties of cannabis that have survived among the aborigines. Hopefully these have not been completely wiped out in the name of progress. If these varieties can be revived and cultivated, these could form the backbone of trade with other nations, as well as for medical, industrial, agricultural, business, economic, environmental and recreational use for its own people. Being a water stressed nation, the growth of cannabis could provide a sustainable boost to the economy, industry and agriculture. Indigenous communities could use the crop as a way to reach sustainability instead of being pushed to extinction or forced to migrate to the harsh life that the cities have to offer. Australian cannabis could boost tourism if sufficiently local varieties are revived. It would provide a healthier and safer alternative to heroin, opioids, methamphetamine, novel psychotropic substances, synthetic cannabis, tobacco and alcohol for the Australian people especially its farmers, indigenous communities, youth and elders.
To me it looks like only a matter of time before enough public support builds up to push through legalization for adult recreational use. The key factor holding it back is possibly the colonial white dominating attitude and the so-called conservative politics that probably still runs deep in many sections of Australian society. This is the same attitude that brought about cannabis prohibition in India, the US and Europe in the first place, viewing cannabis as a threat, as a plant whose prohibition could be used to control non-white people and as a plant that stood in the way of emerging big businesses 150 years ago.
All this has come about against the backdrop of more and more people abusing opioids, prescription drugs, methamphetamine, cocaine and alcohol to meet their medical and recreational needs. The proximity to China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand and other Asian countries has led to a sharp spike in the flow of fentanyl, opiates and, especially, methamphetamine into Australia often through the internet based trade and delivery mechanisms. Methamphetamine comes from as far as the US to Australia. There have been reports that especially among the older population, heroin and alcohol use along with the abuse of prescription medication is on the rise. Events such as music festivals now often see drug testing by voluntary organizations who check the potency and constituents of recreational drugs that are procured by the event attendees.
As the awareness of the benefits of cannabis increase and the harms of opioids, alcohol, methamphetamine, synthetic cannabinoids, novel psychotropic substances and prescription medication abuse increase, there is likely to be a build up of common consensus that cannabis needs to be legalized mirroring the legalization movements in North America and Europe. So called conservative politicians will soon need to sit up and pay close attention.The medical cannabis industry is said to be picking up in Australia with more individuals registering themselves as cannabis patients.
There is a possibility that Australia may possess some indigenous varieties of cannabis that have survived among the aborigines. Hopefully these have not been completely wiped out in the name of progress. If these varieties can be revived and cultivated, these could form the backbone of trade with other nations, as well as for medical, industrial, agricultural, business, economic, environmental and recreational use for its own people. Being a water stressed nation, the growth of cannabis could provide a sustainable boost to the economy, industry and agriculture. Indigenous communities could use the crop as a way to reach sustainability instead of being pushed to extinction or forced to migrate to the harsh life that the cities have to offer. Australian cannabis could boost tourism if sufficiently local varieties are revived. It would provide a healthier and safer alternative to heroin, opioids, methamphetamine, novel psychotropic substances, synthetic cannabis, tobacco and alcohol for the Australian people especially its farmers, indigenous communities, youth and elders.
To me it looks like only a matter of time before enough public support builds up to push through legalization for adult recreational use. The key factor holding it back is possibly the colonial white dominating attitude and the so-called conservative politics that probably still runs deep in many sections of Australian society. This is the same attitude that brought about cannabis prohibition in India, the US and Europe in the first place, viewing cannabis as a threat, as a plant whose prohibition could be used to control non-white people and as a plant that stood in the way of emerging big businesses 150 years ago.
In December 2020, the UN voted to remove cannabis from its most
restricted Schedule IV category of the 1961 Single Convention on
Narcotic Drugs. It does however still remain in Schedule I, which is the
least restrictive. This one move by the UN itself should be sufficient
to bring about the recreational legalization of cannabis in every nation
and an overhaul of national drug laws.
Listed below are articles taken from various media related to the above subject. Words in italics are the thoughts of your truly at the time of reading the article.
'In a covert, country location - inside what looks like a jail we can show you a closely guarded secret.
A state-of-the-art greenhouse growing small narcotic plants, the first of its kind in NSW, that hold big healing promise.
NSW Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall says the plants will be available to patients to purchase.'
https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/healthmedicine/medical-cannabis-supply-to-reach-new-high-with-first-ever-pot-factory-in-nsw-c-61425
'For the first time in the survey’s history, more Australians support the legalisation of cannabis (41%) than oppose it (37%). This is almost double the level of support in 2007 (21%).
This is significant, because while there has been overwhelming community support for removing criminal penalties for cannabis possession (sometimes referred to as “decriminalisation”), this has not been the case with legalisation.'
https://theconversation.com/more-australians-back-legalising-cannabis-and-57-support-pill-testing-national-survey-shows-142720
'England and Wales and Australia are examples of places where cocaine and amphetamines have competed for their share of the stimulant market over the past 20 years. Germany and the United States are examples of places where cocaine and amphetamines have together led the changes in the stimulant market
Within the stimulant markets, there are also examples of substitution effects in the “ecstasy” market. In England and Wales, for example, trend data on the use of “ecstasy”, mephedrone and NPS in the period 2005–2019 suggest that first mephedrone and later NPS filled the market space left by the decreasing supply of “ecstasy”, mainly due to a supply shortage, until 2012. Once “ecstasy” started to regain its previous share, the other substances declined sharply' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
A state-of-the-art greenhouse growing small narcotic plants, the first of its kind in NSW, that hold big healing promise.
NSW Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall says the plants will be available to patients to purchase.'
https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/healthmedicine/medical-cannabis-supply-to-reach-new-high-with-first-ever-pot-factory-in-nsw-c-61425
'For the first time in the survey’s history, more Australians support the legalisation of cannabis (41%) than oppose it (37%). This is almost double the level of support in 2007 (21%).
This is significant, because while there has been overwhelming community support for removing criminal penalties for cannabis possession (sometimes referred to as “decriminalisation”), this has not been the case with legalisation.'
https://theconversation.com/more-australians-back-legalising-cannabis-and-57-support-pill-testing-national-survey-shows-142720
'England and Wales and Australia are examples of places where cocaine and amphetamines have competed for their share of the stimulant market over the past 20 years. Germany and the United States are examples of places where cocaine and amphetamines have together led the changes in the stimulant market
Within the stimulant markets, there are also examples of substitution effects in the “ecstasy” market. In England and Wales, for example, trend data on the use of “ecstasy”, mephedrone and NPS in the period 2005–2019 suggest that first mephedrone and later NPS filled the market space left by the decreasing supply of “ecstasy”, mainly due to a supply shortage, until 2012. Once “ecstasy” started to regain its previous share, the other substances declined sharply' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_BOOKLET_4.pdf
'By contrast, wastewater analysis in Australia shows that increasing
amounts of methamphetamine are consumed each year in the country, from
an estimated average of 8.4 tons in 2016/17 to 11.5 tons in 2018/19.66
The wastewater analysis conducted in 2019 was carried out at 22 sites in
state capitals and 36 regional sites, and covered 57 per cent of the
population and a wide range of catchment sizes. Overall, the average per
capita consumption of methamphetamine was highest at regional sites:
1,500 mg per 1,000 population per day, compared with an average of 1250
mg per 1,000 population per day at state capital sites.67 The largest
amounts of methamphetamine were consumed in New South Wales, followed by
Victoria and Queensland' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,
World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_2.pdf
'Globally, an estimated 19 million people were pastyear users of cocaine in 2018, corresponding to 0.4 per cent of the global population aged 15–64. The main cocaine markets continue to be North America and Western and Central Europe, with a prevalence of use of 2.1 per cent and 1.4 per cent, respectively, while the highest prevalence of past-year cocaine use is in Australia and New Zealand, at 2.2 per cent of the population aged 15–64. Cocaine use is also higher than the global average in Central America (0.7 per cent) and South America (1.0 per cent).' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_2.pdf
'The most significant trafficking activities worldwide of opiates not of Afghan origin concern opiates produced in South-East Asia (mostly Myanmar), which are trafficked to other markets in East and SouthEast Asia (mostly China and Thailand) and to Oceania (mostly Australia). Seizures made in those countries accounted for 11 per cent of the global quantities of heroin and morphine seized (excluding seizures made by Afghanistan) in 2018, down from 15 per cent in 2015. This went in parallel with reported reductions in opium production in Myanmar of 20 per cent over the period 2005–2018.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_3.pdf
'Nonetheless, seizures of methamphetamine remain highly concentrated: the three countries responsible for most of the methamphetamine seized worldwide in 2018 (the United States, Thailand and Mexico) accounted for 80 per cent of the global total, while the three countries reporting the largest quantities of amphetamine (Turkey, Pakistan and the Syrian Arab Republic) and the three countries reporting the most “ecstasy” seized (Turkey, the United States and Australia) accounted for a significantly smaller proportion of the global total (around 50 per cent) in 2018.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_3.pdf
'The United States, for example, has been reported by other countries as a country of departure of methamphetamine for Oceania (Australia and New Zealand), Asia (Japan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, China and Mongolia) and Europe (Ireland). Moreover, methamphetamine trafficking has been reported not only from Mexico or from Canada into the United States but also from the United States to those two countries, suggesting a number of two-way trafficking flows across the countries of North America. Methamphetamine trafficked from Canada has been reported in the United States, South America (Chile), Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) and a few countries in Europe (Iceland and Latvia).' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_3.pdf
'This shift from China as the main location of methamphetamine manufacture and trafficking to other countries in East and South-East Asia is also indirectly reflected in trafficking data reported by Australia. China and Hong Kong, China, were the two main embarkation points for methamphetamine trafficked to Australia in 2015, whereas in the fiscal years 2016/17 and 2017/18 the most important embarkation points were the United States, followed by Thailand and Malaysia. In fact, in 2018, the Australian authorities reported that the importance of China as a source country for methamphetamine had declined while there has been an emerging trend in the growth of quantities of seized methamphetamine originating in South-East Asia, mainly in the Mekong region, including the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Thailand.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_3.pdf
'While methamphetamine trafficking flows from East and South-East Asia to countries outside the subregion remain modest, some smuggling to destinations around the world was reported, mainly smuggling from Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar in 2018 or, when the period is extended to the past five years, mainly from China and Thailand. Destinations outside the subregion included countries in South Asia, the Near and Middle East (Saudi Arabia as well as Israel), Oceania (Australia and New Zealand), North America (the United States as well as Canada), Western Europe (notably Switzerland as well as Italy, Germany, France, Spain and Iceland), Eastern Europe (notably the Russian Federation) and Africa (notably South Africa) over the period 2014–2018' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_3.pdf
'Methamphetamine found in Australia and New Zealand is both locally manufactured and, to a larger extent, imported from North America and Asia. In the fiscal year 2017/18, methamphetamine was mainly smuggled into Australia from the United States, followed by Thailand, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, China (including Hong Kong, China), Mexico, Lebanon, Viet Nam and India. The United States was also the main source country of the methamphetamine found in New Zealand in 2018, followed by Canada and, in SouthEast Asia, by Malaysia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_3.pdf
'Under the new law, which takes effect on January 30, 2020, adults may possess up to 50 grams of cannabis and cultivate up to four plants per household without penalty. Public cannabis consumption, or use within close proximity to children, will remain prohibited. Under the territory's existing law, low-level marijuana offenses are punishable by civil fines.'
https://norml.org/news/2019/09/26/australia-capital-territory-becomes-first-jurisdiction-to-legalize-marijuana-for-personal-use
'“This first export of Australian-produced medicinal cannabis oils to the U.K. marks an important step in fulfilling Australia’s vision of building a global medicinal cannabis industry capable of supplying quality medicinal cannabis products to both Australian and overseas patients,” Greg Hunt, Australia’s Minister for Health, said in a statement.
Little Green Pharma’s products will be distributed in the U.K. by Astral Health.
Over a year ago, Little Green Pharma became the first Aussie company to locally grow and produce medical cannabis for domestic sale'
https://mjbizdaily.com/australian-cannabis-company-completes-first-export-to-uk/
Pharmaceuticalizing the plant...
'CBD is currently listed as a Schedule 4 substance in Australia and therefore available only with a prescription.
Under the proposed change, CBD would become a Schedule 3 substance, meaning no prescription would be required as long as the following conditions apply:
- The cannabidiol is plant-derived or, if it’s synthetic, is subject to certain conditions.
- The maximum recommended daily dose is 60 milligrams or less.
- The product is in packs containing not more than a 30-day supply.
- Cannabidiol comprises 98% or more of the total cannabinoid content of the preparation.
- Any cannabinoids, other than CBD, must be only those naturally found in cannabis and comprise 2% or less of the total cannabinoid content of the preparation
- The product is for adults 18 and older.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/australia-moves-toward-over-the-counter-cbd-sales/
'Australia was the top destination, with roughly 3,700 liters (977 gallons) shipped there in 2019. Germany and Denmark were second and third, with 790 liters and 336 liters, respectively. Those top three markets accounted for 90% of all exported oil. The remaining 546 liters were shipped to 10 or more countries. Overall, 5,372.3 liters of cannabis oil products were exported for medical and scientific use in 2019. That’s almost five times more than the 920 liters exported from Canada in 2018. Roughly 435 liters left Canada via federal approval in 2017.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/canadian-exports-of-medical-cannabis-oil-jumped-fivefold-in-2019/
'He said countries with strict import rules – such as a requirement for phytosanitary certificates for unprocessed plant products – include Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States.
“These are all markets that require official phytosanitary certification – certification that the passage of this bill will finally allow Australian authorities to issue,” Littleproud said.
“This bill will enable the growth of export markets for hemp and medicinal cannabis industries. The bill will support the initiatives of the government to reduce red tape, bust congestion in regulation and enable agricultural industries to come out firing, after the threat of COVID-19 has passed,” he said.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/new-australian-law-looks-to-boost-cannabis-exports-after-covid-19-threat-passes/
Afghanistan and Mexico source the heroin and morphine. Mexico, Thailand, Myanmar and China source the methamphetamine. The Middle East and Eastern Europe sources the amphetamine. The US consumes heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine. Europe consumes heroin, morphine, methamphetamine and amphetamine. Asia consumes heroin, morphine and methamphetamine. Australia consumes methamphetamine. The Middle East consumes heroin and amphetamine. West Asia consumes heroin and methamphetamine. All countries grow and consume cannabis. Opioids, methamphetamine and amphetamines kill the most in terms of drug deaths, cannabis kills none. Who are the leading opponents to cannabis legalization and leading enforcers of global anti-cannabis policy? The countries involved the most in heroin, morphine, amphetamines and methamphetamines. They put on a mask of concern about harms from drugs, produce, sell and consume the most dangerous synthetic drugs and vehemently oppose cannabis legalization worldwide while clandestinely feeding their habits and protecting their sources. They use arms and armies to protect and promote their synthetic drug habits, and drug money to fund and wage a war on cannabis everywhere, pushing man and planet ever closer to death on massive scales and away from the safe, healing cannabis herb...
Jul 10, 2020, 1:14 PM
'Globally, an estimated 19 million people were pastyear users of cocaine in 2018, corresponding to 0.4 per cent of the global population aged 15–64. The main cocaine markets continue to be North America and Western and Central Europe, with a prevalence of use of 2.1 per cent and 1.4 per cent, respectively, while the highest prevalence of past-year cocaine use is in Australia and New Zealand, at 2.2 per cent of the population aged 15–64. Cocaine use is also higher than the global average in Central America (0.7 per cent) and South America (1.0 per cent).' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_2.pdf
'The most significant trafficking activities worldwide of opiates not of Afghan origin concern opiates produced in South-East Asia (mostly Myanmar), which are trafficked to other markets in East and SouthEast Asia (mostly China and Thailand) and to Oceania (mostly Australia). Seizures made in those countries accounted for 11 per cent of the global quantities of heroin and morphine seized (excluding seizures made by Afghanistan) in 2018, down from 15 per cent in 2015. This went in parallel with reported reductions in opium production in Myanmar of 20 per cent over the period 2005–2018.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_3.pdf
'Nonetheless, seizures of methamphetamine remain highly concentrated: the three countries responsible for most of the methamphetamine seized worldwide in 2018 (the United States, Thailand and Mexico) accounted for 80 per cent of the global total, while the three countries reporting the largest quantities of amphetamine (Turkey, Pakistan and the Syrian Arab Republic) and the three countries reporting the most “ecstasy” seized (Turkey, the United States and Australia) accounted for a significantly smaller proportion of the global total (around 50 per cent) in 2018.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_3.pdf
'The United States, for example, has been reported by other countries as a country of departure of methamphetamine for Oceania (Australia and New Zealand), Asia (Japan, the Philippines, Hong Kong, China and Mongolia) and Europe (Ireland). Moreover, methamphetamine trafficking has been reported not only from Mexico or from Canada into the United States but also from the United States to those two countries, suggesting a number of two-way trafficking flows across the countries of North America. Methamphetamine trafficked from Canada has been reported in the United States, South America (Chile), Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) and a few countries in Europe (Iceland and Latvia).' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_3.pdf
'This shift from China as the main location of methamphetamine manufacture and trafficking to other countries in East and South-East Asia is also indirectly reflected in trafficking data reported by Australia. China and Hong Kong, China, were the two main embarkation points for methamphetamine trafficked to Australia in 2015, whereas in the fiscal years 2016/17 and 2017/18 the most important embarkation points were the United States, followed by Thailand and Malaysia. In fact, in 2018, the Australian authorities reported that the importance of China as a source country for methamphetamine had declined while there has been an emerging trend in the growth of quantities of seized methamphetamine originating in South-East Asia, mainly in the Mekong region, including the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar and Thailand.' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_3.pdf
'While methamphetamine trafficking flows from East and South-East Asia to countries outside the subregion remain modest, some smuggling to destinations around the world was reported, mainly smuggling from Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar in 2018 or, when the period is extended to the past five years, mainly from China and Thailand. Destinations outside the subregion included countries in South Asia, the Near and Middle East (Saudi Arabia as well as Israel), Oceania (Australia and New Zealand), North America (the United States as well as Canada), Western Europe (notably Switzerland as well as Italy, Germany, France, Spain and Iceland), Eastern Europe (notably the Russian Federation) and Africa (notably South Africa) over the period 2014–2018' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_3.pdf
'Methamphetamine found in Australia and New Zealand is both locally manufactured and, to a larger extent, imported from North America and Asia. In the fiscal year 2017/18, methamphetamine was mainly smuggled into Australia from the United States, followed by Thailand, Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, China (including Hong Kong, China), Mexico, Lebanon, Viet Nam and India. The United States was also the main source country of the methamphetamine found in New Zealand in 2018, followed by Canada and, in SouthEast Asia, by Malaysia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic' - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, World Drug Report 2020, https://wdr.unodc.org/wdr2020/field/WDR20_Booklet_3.pdf
'Under the new law, which takes effect on January 30, 2020, adults may possess up to 50 grams of cannabis and cultivate up to four plants per household without penalty. Public cannabis consumption, or use within close proximity to children, will remain prohibited. Under the territory's existing law, low-level marijuana offenses are punishable by civil fines.'
https://norml.org/news/2019/09/26/australia-capital-territory-becomes-first-jurisdiction-to-legalize-marijuana-for-personal-use
'“This first export of Australian-produced medicinal cannabis oils to the U.K. marks an important step in fulfilling Australia’s vision of building a global medicinal cannabis industry capable of supplying quality medicinal cannabis products to both Australian and overseas patients,” Greg Hunt, Australia’s Minister for Health, said in a statement.
Little Green Pharma’s products will be distributed in the U.K. by Astral Health.
Over a year ago, Little Green Pharma became the first Aussie company to locally grow and produce medical cannabis for domestic sale'
https://mjbizdaily.com/australian-cannabis-company-completes-first-export-to-uk/
Pharmaceuticalizing the plant...
'CBD is currently listed as a Schedule 4 substance in Australia and therefore available only with a prescription.
Under the proposed change, CBD would become a Schedule 3 substance, meaning no prescription would be required as long as the following conditions apply:
- The cannabidiol is plant-derived or, if it’s synthetic, is subject to certain conditions.
- The maximum recommended daily dose is 60 milligrams or less.
- The product is in packs containing not more than a 30-day supply.
- Cannabidiol comprises 98% or more of the total cannabinoid content of the preparation.
- Any cannabinoids, other than CBD, must be only those naturally found in cannabis and comprise 2% or less of the total cannabinoid content of the preparation
- The product is for adults 18 and older.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/australia-moves-toward-over-the-counter-cbd-sales/
'Australia was the top destination, with roughly 3,700 liters (977 gallons) shipped there in 2019. Germany and Denmark were second and third, with 790 liters and 336 liters, respectively. Those top three markets accounted for 90% of all exported oil. The remaining 546 liters were shipped to 10 or more countries. Overall, 5,372.3 liters of cannabis oil products were exported for medical and scientific use in 2019. That’s almost five times more than the 920 liters exported from Canada in 2018. Roughly 435 liters left Canada via federal approval in 2017.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/canadian-exports-of-medical-cannabis-oil-jumped-fivefold-in-2019/
'He said countries with strict import rules – such as a requirement for phytosanitary certificates for unprocessed plant products – include Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States.
“These are all markets that require official phytosanitary certification – certification that the passage of this bill will finally allow Australian authorities to issue,” Littleproud said.
“This bill will enable the growth of export markets for hemp and medicinal cannabis industries. The bill will support the initiatives of the government to reduce red tape, bust congestion in regulation and enable agricultural industries to come out firing, after the threat of COVID-19 has passed,” he said.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/new-australian-law-looks-to-boost-cannabis-exports-after-covid-19-threat-passes/
Afghanistan and Mexico source the heroin and morphine. Mexico, Thailand, Myanmar and China source the methamphetamine. The Middle East and Eastern Europe sources the amphetamine. The US consumes heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine. Europe consumes heroin, morphine, methamphetamine and amphetamine. Asia consumes heroin, morphine and methamphetamine. Australia consumes methamphetamine. The Middle East consumes heroin and amphetamine. West Asia consumes heroin and methamphetamine. All countries grow and consume cannabis. Opioids, methamphetamine and amphetamines kill the most in terms of drug deaths, cannabis kills none. Who are the leading opponents to cannabis legalization and leading enforcers of global anti-cannabis policy? The countries involved the most in heroin, morphine, amphetamines and methamphetamines. They put on a mask of concern about harms from drugs, produce, sell and consume the most dangerous synthetic drugs and vehemently oppose cannabis legalization worldwide while clandestinely feeding their habits and protecting their sources. They use arms and armies to protect and promote their synthetic drug habits, and drug money to fund and wage a war on cannabis everywhere, pushing man and planet ever closer to death on massive scales and away from the safe, healing cannabis herb...
Jul 10, 2020, 1:14 PM
''“This first export of Australian-produced medicinal cannabis oils to the U.K. marks an important step in fulfilling Australia’s vision of building a global medicinal cannabis industry capable of supplying quality medicinal cannabis products to both Australian and overseas patients,” Greg Hunt, Australia’s Minister for Health, said in a statement.
Little Green Pharma’s products will be distributed in the U.K. by Astral Health.
Over a year ago, Little Green Pharma became the first Aussie company to locally grow and produce medical cannabis for domestic sale'
https://mjbizdaily.com/australian-cannabis-company-completes-first-export-to-uk/
Weekly Cannabit from New Frontier Data on the Oceania Market:
- There are an estimated 2.8 million cannabis consumers in Oceania, representing a total addressable market of approximately $5 billion USD.
- While Australia, New Zealand, and Guam have legal medical markets, and the Northern Mariana Islands recently legalized both medical and adult use, the vast majority of the total addressable market remains illicit.
- Much of the demand resides in Australia and New Zealand, the countries with both the highest rates of cannabis use and the highest GDP per capita levels in Oceania.
Looking back, in the midst of the current worldwide opioid epidemic, the medical use of opiates and the medical use of marijuana can't be seen as similar problems...
'Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has thrown his support behind the legalisation of marijuana for medicinal use, the media reported on Wednesday.
“I have no problem with the medical use of marijuana, just as I have no problem with the medical use of opiates,” Mr. Abbott wrote to talkback radio host Alan Jones in a letter dated Aug 23, Sydney Morning Herald reported.'
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/australian-pm-backs-medical-marijuana/article6419374.ece
'"Legalising cannabis makes sense - it's a no-brainer to most people.
"Across the world communities are making this change and it is time for Victoria to yet again lead the way in this historic reform."
The Victorian Parliamentary Budget Office expects the state would raise $204 million in increased revenues, taxes, policing and prosecution reductions in the move, she said.'
https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/mps-bid-to-legalise-cannabis-in-victoria/news-story/8ca7a5eef7653744a7a5bd9909128f90
'Mr Pettersson said the fact that he was introducing this bill now was in line with what he described as a global movement.
“If this law is passed, there will be no cannabis shops - it simply means people can grow and possess 50 grams of cannabis,” he said.'
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/act/it-s-looking-increasingly-likely-the-act-will-legalise-cannabis-use-20181123-p50hxs.html
'As the U.S. hemp industry finds its legs following legalization in the 2018 farm bill, in Australia, it's been legal to consume hemp food products for about a year.
There, Hemp oils, seeds and protein powders...all sorts of products can now be found in local supermarkets. The market is gradually growing, but there's work to be done explaining what the new food is all about.
Now part of the landscape, protein-rich hemp plants have been growing on farms around the state of Queensland since November 2017 when the national food legislation was changed to authorize such crops. Since then, the hemp industry has been steadily increasing acreage and products.'
https://www.agweb.com/article/australias-hemp-industry-gets-head-start-/
'Indeed, Australian policy-makers should look to and learn from other policy settings, notably Portugal, with the similarly broad aim of lessening the burdens on healthcare systems, overcrowded criminal justice institutions and families, while also reducing problematic use. In this way, pill testing serves as a platform for more nuanced discussion of drug policy ideas and applications particularly the need for innovative responses, to avoid the deaths of more young Australians.'
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5891912/
With the coalition and Labor opposed to legalising cannabis, the draft laws will not pass the upper house but debate was adjourned before they were voted on.'
https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/push-to-legalise-cannabis-doomed-in-senate/news-story/2a9ceb245f3977c7a7b1b8372cda9298
'“Our Government is working hard to support this exciting fledgling agricultural industry,” said Agriculture and Food Minister Alannah MacTiernan. “These amendments will reduce risk for hemp growers and open up new opportunities in hemp seed as a food and drink product.”'
https://www.hempgazette.com/news/wa-industrial-hemp-thc-hg0726/
'Investor interest has been especially concentrated in cultivation and production, as Australia lays the groundwork to become a major exporter to the global medical market. Its progressive cannabis laws, evolving medical regulations, and high rates of social acceptance could allow the country to make significant headway in scientific and medical research, while also producing high-quality cultivars to give Australia’s cannabis industry the distinction it needs to stand out in the international market.'
https://newfrontierdata.com/marijuana-insights/examining-the-oceania-cannabis-market/
'Consistent with previous research in Australia and internationally, the results demonstrate high levels of illicit drug use among this sample of festival attendees, with the rate of illicit drug use being almost three times higher (73.4 vs 28.2%) among festival attendees than in the young adult Australian population (20- to 29-year-olds).Of particular note are the differences in the prevalence of cannabis (63.9 vs 22.1%), ecstasy (59.8 vs 7.0%) and cocaine (34.1 vs 6.9%) in the current study compared to the Australian general population.'
https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12954-017-0205-7
'The country saw 568 medical cannabis approvals in November, a 42% increase on-month, bringing the total number of approvals for the first 11 months of 2018 to 2,072, according to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), which regulates medical marijuana in Australia.'
https://mjbizdaily.com/australia-medical-cannabis-patient-count-surpasses-2000/
Legalize ganja in Australia and worldwide to reduce the illegal trade of narcotics and to provide people with the legal option of a natural medicinal recreational drug.
'The Australian Border Force deals with a particularly unique problem in contrast to the rest of the world; attempting to intercept drugs that arrive into Australia internationally, from an internal dark web drug market that relies almost entirely on those very same international shipments. Last year the Australian Border Force made nearly 50,000 drug detections. We embed with them as they find the drugs concealed in packages and envelopes being sent by Dark Web dealers from all over the world.'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYlnpn4b9SY
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