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Marijuana legalization advocates are increasing their lobbying activity as new research suggests the substance could have adverse effects on the mental and physical health of users.

How thousands of hippies, sometimes stoned, often naked, helped usher Welcome to Country into mainstream Australia.

There is always something in the air around Nimbin during the annual Mardi Grass Festival, but this year it's combined with a sense of optimism.

Thousands have flocked to Australias weed capital wearing eccentric outfits and body paint to celebrate the Mardi Grass festival.

Nimbin, a northern NSW town with a Hemp Embassy, turned on the Greens - with a 19 per cent swing against them. This occurred as the Greens won Byron Bay and inner-city booths.

Micro party picks up 2-7% in most states and Northern Territory amid surge in cannabis consumption in Australia

Dr Jamie Rickcord, Ananda Clinics. Two experienced medical cannabis doctors and a retired magistrate who is passionate about changing the drug driving rules will take part in the MEDICAN gathering, at Nimbin’s Town Hall from 11am till 4.20pm on Saturday, March 27. HEMP Embassy president, Michael Balderstone, says, ‘We are really pleased to have Byron Bay’s Ananda Clinics director, Dr Jamie Rickcord, speaking in Nimbin for the first time’. ‘He has already made quite a name for himself...

Premium Content Subscriber only A Nimbin man who couldnt get his medical cannabis prescription filled during the Christmas break has been convicted for possessing cannabis. Gerhard Wilfred Weihermann, 62, appeared before Lismore Local Court on Wednesday, where he pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited drug. Weihermann had been searched by police in Nimbin on December 31 after officers witnessed him in Allsop Park on Cullen Street meeting with a "group of people known to police for drug su...

Nimbin MardiGrass 2017. Photo Tree Faerie. MardiGrass2021 is going ahead and ‘We’re planning it like there’s no Corona but who knows what will be going on with COVID by the first weekend in May,’ said MardiGrass Organising Body (MOB) president, Michael Balderstone. ‘It could be jabs all round or rampant corona so obviously we have to wait ‘n see. ‘ The first meeting to organise the event was recently held in the HEMP Bar in Nimbin with a meeting with the police to discuss the eve...