High Headliners!
It’s been very hot and dry and we’ve been hanging out for rain. Then, suddenly out of nowhere on Monday night, a huge thunder clap. In the morning I tipped out eighty millilitres (ml), heaven sent, and our little universe is completely changed. Such is life in the country.
When Europeans moved in on Australia, only 250 odd years ago, one of the shocks for the locals was their dishonesty. They lied and made promises they didn’t keep, truthfulness wasn’t important. Not sure about you, but I am no fan of people who are casual with the truth. Our Premier Minns in NSW is as casual about the truth as those first settlers. I was dumb enough to take him at his word promising weed have an answer on the endless RDT discussions by Christmas from his ‘expert working party’.
“Can we drive with a prescription” is all they have to decide, and they were to report to him before the end of the year. It may mean little to him, but there’s thousands of us hanging on this decision, rejected from the Drug Summit advice. I apologise for getting your hopes up.
Meanwhile Trump has made his expected move and like the businessman he is, the reclassification of cannabis will be good for the money people, but still leaves Americans as criminals. How hard can it be to do the right thing and legalise it? However, it is significant acceptance that weed really is a good medicine and the change opens the door for more research. It is a fundamental shift in their government and social acceptance of our favourite herb is another chip off the stigma block of stone we all carry with us.
Back home, I like the research showing country people in Australia smoke a lot more weed than our city counterparts, two-and-a-half times more in fact, quite a bit. Well, we are out in nature and it is easier to grow our own, as well. Here’s hoping all cannabis users will remember 2026 as the year Australia finally started treating us potheads fairly, starting with driving, but we need to be allowed to grow our own plants as well.
Have a great Christmas and Happy New Year.
Love to everyone,
Michael Balderstone
Nimbin HEMP Embassy Head
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