{"id":3039,"date":"2017-03-29T08:46:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T08:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/hemposium-conference-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-04-22T04:36:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T04:36:37","slug":"hemposium-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/hemposium-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Hemposium Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3039\" data-postid=\"3039\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3039 themify_builder\">\n    \t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  class=\"themify_builder_row module_row clearfix fullcover module_row_0 themify_builder_3039_row module_row_3039-0 tb_pbf7512\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top\" >\n\t\t\t<div  class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 first tb_3039_column module_column_0 module_column_3039-0-0 tb_1w8n515\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner\">\n\t\t    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text text-3039-0-0-0  repeat   tb_b6ep515\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h2><strong>EDUCATE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"text-1492-1-0-0\" class=\"module module-text text-1492-1-0-0 repeat \">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/newsite\/hemposium-conference\/\">Hemposium Conference<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/hemposium-program\/\"><strong>Hemposium Program<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/hemposium-speakers\/\"><strong>Hemposium Speakers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/newsite\/industrial-hemp-expo\/\">Industrial Hemp Expo<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/town-hall-garden\/\"><strong>Healers Tent<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/newsite\/legal-advice\/\">Legal Advice<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/newsite\/hemp-embassy\/\">Hemp Embassy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/newsite\/hemp-bar\/\">Hemp Bar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/newsite\/hemp-party\/\">Hemp Party<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 last tb_3039_column module_column_1 module_column_3039-0-1 tb_h99b516\" >\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner\">\n\t\t        <!-- module image -->\n    <div  class=\"module module-image image-3039-0-1-0  image-overlay   tb_m07j516\">\n\t                <div class=\"image-wrap\">\n                            <img src=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/hemposium-webtitle-2021-800x414.png\" width=\"800\" class=\" wp-post-image wp-image-6034\" alt=\"hemposium-webtitle-2021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/hemposium-webtitle-2021-800x414.png 800w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/hemposium-webtitle-2021-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/hemposium-webtitle-2021-768x398.png 768w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/hemposium-webtitle-2021.png 878w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>            \n            \n        \n            <\/div>\n        <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/module image -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text text-3039-0-1-1  repeat   tb_ovj5516\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h1><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/sat1-21\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6174\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6174 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sat1-21-300x129.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sat1-21-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sat1-21-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sat1-21-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sat1-21.png 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #008000;\">SATURDAY 1 MAY<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Nimbin Town Hall<b><\/b><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Michael Balderstone, <a href=\"http:\/\/hempembassy.net\/\">Nimbin HEMP Embassy<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Hemposium Welcome!<\/span><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><b lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">10 am <\/span><\/b>: Legal Advice<\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: <strong>Steve Bolt<\/strong>, Solicitor &#038; Author, and <strong>David Heilpern<\/strong>, ex-Magistrate<br \/><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">About<\/span><\/b>: Legal Advice including Roadside Drug Testing and Medicinal Cannabis<i><\/i><\/p>\n<h2>11.30 am : <strong>Medicinal Cannabis and Mental Health<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: <strong>Professor Kylie O\u2019Brien<\/strong> PhD, Director of Research and Education, Releaf Group Ltd<br \/><strong>About<\/strong>: Medicinal cannabis has a long history of use for conditions such as anxiety and sleep problems throughout the world. Human research supports the contention that THC, CBD and cannabis have a role to play in the treatment of many common mental health conditions. We should also not forget the role that cannabis can play in the spiritual sense, including its alleviation of fear and anxiety faced by many at their end of life. \u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>12.30 pm : Cannabinoid Therapy and Integrated Health<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: <strong>Dr John Teh<\/strong>, Medical Director, Plantmed<br \/><strong>About<\/strong>: Hear all about the basics of medical Cannabis.<\/p>\n<h2>1.30 pm : Why will Australia be the last to legalise Weed?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: <strong>David Heilpern, <\/strong>Ex-Magistrate NSW<br \/><strong>About<\/strong>: Why is Australia so far behind in removing prohibition, and what are the impediments to progress?\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><b lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">2.30 pm <\/span><\/b> : Recent Cannabis law reform campaigns &#8211; Victoria, NSW &#038; WA<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Facilitator<\/strong>: Mandy Nolan, Greens candidate, Richmond NSW<br \/><strong>Speakers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cate Faehrmann, Greens MLC NSW<\/li>\n<li>Sophia Moermond, Legalise Cannabis WA<\/li>\n<li>Emma Sinclair, Fiona Patten&#8217;s Reason Party VIC<\/li>\n<li>Dr Brian Walker, Legalise Cannabis WA<\/li>\n<li>Dr Alex Wodak AM<em><br \/><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/saturday-2nd-may\/kombikonvoy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1580\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1580 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/KombiKonvoy-300x144.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/KombiKonvoy-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/KombiKonvoy-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/KombiKonvoy-1024x490.png 1024w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/KombiKonvoy.png 1114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><strong>Gather in Cullen Street!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">4 pm\u00a0 Break for <a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/kombi-konvoy\/\">Kombi Konvoy &#038; 420 Smoke-In<\/a><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Gather in Cullen Street!<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">6 pm <\/span><\/b> : Safer Roads or Bigger Brother? Roadside Drug Testing Q&#038;A<\/h2>\n<p><strong>About:<\/strong> <em>&#8220;Cannabis, when used in the right way, can have profound positive benefits on one&#8217;s health and wellbeing. Like any drug, prescription or otherwise, when overused, it can harm one&#8217;s health.\u00a0We have people driving on opioids and other highly impairing drugs without any legal consequences as long as they have a prescription. The government is choosing to discriminate against individuals who use cannabis as medicine. For the sake of public health and fundamental human rights, we have to stop these discriminatory laws. We need to Drive Change.&#8221;<\/em> Tom Brown, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivechangemc.org.au\/\">Drive Change Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Facilitator<\/strong>: <strong>David Heilpern<\/strong>, Drive Change Campaign<br \/><strong>Speakers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Steve Bolt, Author &#038; Solicitor<\/li>\n<li>Tom Brown, Drive Change Campaign<\/li>\n<li>David Shoebridge, Greens MLC NSW<\/li>\n<li>Robbie Swan, Fiona Patten&#8217;s Reason Party VIC<\/li>\n<li>Dr Alex Wodak AM<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/sun2-21\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6176\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6176 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sun2-21-300x129.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sun2-21-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sun2-21-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sun2-21-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sun2-21.png 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #008000;\">SUNDAY 2 MAY <\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Nimbin Town Hall<\/h1>\n<h2 align=\"left\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">10 am <\/span><\/b> : Cannabis Laws and Legislation<\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Speakers<\/strong>: <strong>Steve Bolt<\/strong>, Solicitor &#038; Author, and <strong>David Shoebridge,<\/strong> Greens MLC NSW<br \/><em><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">About<\/span><\/i><\/b>: <\/em>From strip searches at festivals and your friendly sniffers dogs, to medical cannabis being the only prescribed medicine which makes it illegal to drive, join Steve and David for a journey into many cruel and unusual laws running rampant in contemporary Oz.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>11 am : Cancer, my greatest Teacher. A doctor&#8217;s story.<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: <strong>Dr Teresa Towpik<\/strong>, Medihuanna<br \/><strong>About<\/strong>: Dr Towpik was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, and unfortunately, in May 2019 the cancer re-occurred. In this presentation, Teresa will share her experiences of being a cannabis patient followed by a book signing on the Hall verandah.<\/p>\n<h2><b lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">12 pm <\/span><\/b> : Isolates versus Whole Plant &#8211; Advantages &#038; Disadvantages of the Pharmaceuticalisation of Cannabis<\/h2>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Panel Discussion<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">: Is it more effective to use whole plant medicine or do isolates do the trick? <span dir=\"auto\">How do synthetic cannabinoids compare to naturally occurring ones? In this panel we take an in-depth look into cannabinoids, exploring the three classes &#8211; endocannabinoids, phytocannabinoids and synthetic cannabinoids in detail, alongside the uses, benefits and limitations of each type. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Facilitator<\/strong>: Professor Kylie O\u2019Brien PhD, Director of Research and Education, Releaf Group Ltd<\/em><br \/><strong>Speakers<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Luke, Greenlight Health<\/li>\n<li>Dr Jamie Rickcord, Ananda Clinics<\/li>\n<li>Dr John Teh, PlantMed<\/li>\n<li>Ray Thorpe, Happy Herb Company &#038; Elixiba<\/li>\n<li>Dr Teresa Towpik, Medihuanna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">1.30 pm <\/span><\/b> : <strong>No Extradition:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Bring Julian Home!<a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/signal-2021-04-08-102509\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6729\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6729 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/signal-2021-04-08-102509-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/signal-2021-04-08-102509-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/signal-2021-04-08-102509-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/signal-2021-04-08-102509.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: John Shipton, Julian Assange&#8217;s father<br \/><em><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">About<\/span><\/i><\/b>: The <strong>Home Run 4 Julian 2 tour<\/strong> will launch its two-week campaign of Speak-Outs and public meetings and rallies to Free Julian Assange in southeast Queensland and northern NSW at the Nimbin MardiGrass<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;<\/em>Julian is now 10 years in arbitrary detention: Wandsworth prison, ten days solitary confinement; Norwich, eighteen months house arrest; Ecuador&#8217;s London embassy, 7.5 years, and now, Belmarsh maximum security prison, 2 years in a cell 23 hours per day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, the people of Nimbin and the NSW north coast and Queensland, foremost and strongest, join with all other Australians, along with the people of Europe, the Middle East, South America, UK and USA, declaring, iron hard, that this, the extradition of Julian Assange, slow grinding\u00a0 murder before our eyes, shall not pass, will never pass.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>John Shipton, father of Julian Assange.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Monday May 3 2021 is International Press Freedom Day. \u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>On that day, neither Prime Minster Scott Morrison, nor Foreign Minister Marise Payne, nor any member of the Australian government will raise with the US or UK governments the case of the world-famous Australian journalist and whistle-blower, Julian Assange, arbitrarily detained for ten years for disclosing war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, still imprisoned with murderers and terrorists in Belmarsh Prison, the UK\u2019s Guantanamo Bay, where a Covid outbreak is raging, and facing extradition to the USA where he may be imprisoned for another 175 years. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On International Press Freedom Day, Julian\u2019s father, John Shipton, will continue his decade-long campaign to save his son, marching with Assange supporters at Brisbane\u2019s Mayday Rally and speaking in Brisbane that night, appealing to US President Joe Biden to save his son and Free Julian Assange.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>John Shipton is bringing <strong>Home Run 4 Julian<\/strong>, a roaming motorcade of kombi-driving Assange supporters to join in the Kombi Konvoy, and to march with his many Nimbin friends in the world-famous MardiGrass Parade, before heading north for International Press Freedom Day in Brisbane.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2 pm Break for <a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/cannabis-law-reform-rally-parade\/\">MardiGrass Parade &#038; 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Author, and <strong>David Heilpern<\/strong>, ex-Magistrate<br \/><b>About<\/b>: Legal Advice including Roadside Drug Testing and Medicinal Cannabis<i><\/i><\/p> <h2>11.30 am : <strong>Medicinal Cannabis and Mental Health<\/strong><\/h2> <p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: <strong>Professor Kylie O\u2019Brien<\/strong> PhD, Director of Research and Education, Releaf Group Ltd<br \/><strong>About<\/strong>: Medicinal cannabis has a long history of use for conditions such as anxiety and sleep problems throughout the world. Human research supports the contention that THC, CBD and cannabis have a role to play in the treatment of many common mental health conditions. We should also not forget the role that cannabis can play in the spiritual sense, including its alleviation of fear and anxiety faced by many at their end of life. \u00a0<\/p> <h2>12.30 pm : Cannabinoid Therapy and Integrated Health<\/h2> <p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: <strong>Dr John Teh<\/strong>, Medical Director, Plantmed<br \/><strong>About<\/strong>: Hear all about the basics of medical Cannabis.<\/p> <h2>1.30 pm : Why will Australia be the last to legalise Weed?<\/h2> <p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: <strong>David Heilpern, <\/strong>Ex-Magistrate NSW<br \/><strong>About<\/strong>: Why is Australia so far behind in removing prohibition, and what are the impediments to progress?\u00a0<\/p> <h2><b lang=\"EN-US\">2.30 pm <\/b> : Recent Cannabis law reform campaigns - Victoria, NSW &amp; WA<\/h2> <p><strong>Facilitator<\/strong>: Mandy Nolan, Greens candidate, Richmond NSW<br \/><strong>Speakers<\/strong>:<\/p> <ul> <li>Cate Faehrmann, Greens MLC NSW<\/li> <li>Sophia Moermond, Legalise Cannabis WA<\/li> <li>Emma Sinclair, Fiona Patten's Reason Party VIC<\/li> <li>Dr Brian Walker, Legalise Cannabis WA<\/li> <li>Dr Alex Wodak AM<em><br \/><\/em><\/li> <\/ul> <hr \/> <p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/saturday-2nd-may\/kombikonvoy\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1580\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/KombiKonvoy-300x144.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/KombiKonvoy-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/KombiKonvoy-768x367.png 768w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/KombiKonvoy-1024x490.png 1024w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/KombiKonvoy.png 1114w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><strong>Gather in Cullen Street!<\/strong><\/p> <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">4 pm\u00a0 Break for <a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/kombi-konvoy\/\">Kombi Konvoy &amp; 420 Smoke-In<\/a><\/h2> <p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Gather in Cullen Street!<\/strong><\/p> <hr \/> <h2><b lang=\"EN-US\">6 pm <\/b> : Safer Roads or Bigger Brother? Roadside Drug Testing Q&amp;A<\/h2> <p><strong>About:<\/strong> <em>\"Cannabis, when used in the right way, can have profound positive benefits on one's health and wellbeing. Like any drug, prescription or otherwise, when overused, it can harm one's health.\u00a0We have people driving on opioids and other highly impairing drugs without any legal consequences as long as they have a prescription. The government is choosing to discriminate against individuals who use cannabis as medicine. For the sake of public health and fundamental human rights, we have to stop these discriminatory laws. We need to Drive Change.\"<\/em> Tom Brown, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivechangemc.org.au\/\">Drive Change Campaign<\/a><\/p> <p><strong>Facilitator<\/strong>: <strong>David Heilpern<\/strong>, Drive Change Campaign<br \/><strong>Speakers<\/strong>:<\/p> <ul> <li>Steve Bolt, Author &amp; Solicitor<\/li> <li>Tom Brown, Drive Change Campaign<\/li> <li>David Shoebridge, Greens MLC NSW<\/li> <li>Robbie Swan, Fiona Patten's Reason Party VIC<\/li> <li>Dr Alex Wodak AM<\/li> <\/ul> <hr \/> <h1><a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/sun2-21\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6176\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sun2-21-300x129.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sun2-21-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sun2-21-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sun2-21-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Sun2-21.png 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>SUNDAY 2 MAY <\/h1> <h1 style=\"text-align: left;\">@ Nimbin Town Hall<\/h1> <h2 align=\"left\"><b>10 am <\/b> : Cannabis Laws and Legislation<\/h2> <p align=\"left\"><strong>Speakers<\/strong>: <strong>Steve Bolt<\/strong>, Solicitor &amp; Author, and <strong>David Shoebridge,<\/strong> Greens MLC NSW<br \/><em><b><i>About<\/i><\/b>: <\/em>From strip searches at festivals and your friendly sniffers dogs, to medical cannabis being the only prescribed medicine which makes it illegal to drive, join Steve and David for a journey into many cruel and unusual laws running rampant in contemporary Oz.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p> <h2>11 am : Cancer, my greatest Teacher. A doctor's story.<\/h2> <p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: <strong>Dr Teresa Towpik<\/strong>, Medihuanna<br \/><strong>About<\/strong>: Dr Towpik was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001, and unfortunately, in May 2019 the cancer re-occurred. In this presentation, Teresa will share her experiences of being a cannabis patient followed by a book signing on the Hall verandah.<\/p> <h2><b lang=\"EN-US\">12 pm <\/b> : Isolates versus Whole Plant - Advantages &amp; Disadvantages of the Pharmaceuticalisation of Cannabis<\/h2> <p><b>Panel Discussion<\/b>: Is it more effective to use whole plant medicine or do isolates do the trick? How do synthetic cannabinoids compare to naturally occurring ones? In this panel we take an in-depth look into cannabinoids, exploring the three classes - endocannabinoids, phytocannabinoids and synthetic cannabinoids in detail, alongside the uses, benefits and limitations of each type. <\/p> <p><em><strong>Facilitator<\/strong>: Professor Kylie O\u2019Brien PhD, Director of Research and Education, Releaf Group Ltd<\/em><br \/><strong>Speakers<\/strong>:<\/p> <ul> <li>Luke, Greenlight Health<\/li> <li>Dr Jamie Rickcord, Ananda Clinics<\/li> <li>Dr John Teh, PlantMed<\/li> <li>Ray Thorpe, Happy Herb Company &amp; Elixiba<\/li> <li>Dr Teresa Towpik, Medihuanna<\/li> <\/ul> <h2><b lang=\"EN-US\">1.30 pm <\/b> : <strong>No Extradition:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Bring Julian Home!<a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/signal-2021-04-08-102509\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6729\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/signal-2021-04-08-102509-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/signal-2021-04-08-102509-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/signal-2021-04-08-102509-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/signal-2021-04-08-102509.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h2> <p><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: John Shipton, Julian Assange's father<br \/><em><b><i>About<\/i><\/b>: The <strong>Home Run 4 Julian 2 tour<\/strong> will launch its two-week campaign of Speak-Outs and public meetings and rallies to Free Julian Assange in southeast Queensland and northern NSW at the Nimbin MardiGrass<br \/><\/em><\/p> <p><em>\"<\/em>Julian is now 10 years in arbitrary detention: Wandsworth prison, ten days solitary confinement; Norwich, eighteen months house arrest; Ecuador's London embassy, 7.5 years, and now, Belmarsh maximum security prison, 2 years in a cell 23 hours per day.\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u201cWe, the people of Nimbin and the NSW north coast and Queensland, foremost and strongest, join with all other Australians, along with the people of Europe, the Middle East, South America, UK and USA, declaring, iron hard, that this, the extradition of Julian Assange, slow grinding\u00a0 murder before our eyes, shall not pass, will never pass.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <p><strong><em>John Shipton, father of Julian Assange.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p> <h4>Monday May 3 2021 is International Press Freedom Day. \u00a0<\/h4> <p>On that day, neither Prime Minster Scott Morrison, nor Foreign Minister Marise Payne, nor any member of the Australian government will raise with the US or UK governments the case of the world-famous Australian journalist and whistle-blower, Julian Assange, arbitrarily detained for ten years for disclosing war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan, still imprisoned with murderers and terrorists in Belmarsh Prison, the UK\u2019s Guantanamo Bay, where a Covid outbreak is raging, and facing extradition to the USA where he may be imprisoned for another 175 years. \u00a0<\/p> <p>On International Press Freedom Day, Julian\u2019s father, John Shipton, will continue his decade-long campaign to save his son, marching with Assange supporters at Brisbane\u2019s Mayday Rally and speaking in Brisbane that night, appealing to US President Joe Biden to save his son and Free Julian Assange.\u00a0<\/p> <p>John Shipton is bringing <strong>Home Run 4 Julian<\/strong>, a roaming motorcade of kombi-driving Assange supporters to join in the Kombi Konvoy, and to march with his many Nimbin friends in the world-famous MardiGrass Parade, before heading north for International Press Freedom Day in Brisbane.\u00a0<\/p> <hr \/> <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">2 pm Break for <a href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/cannabis-law-reform-rally-parade\/\">MardiGrass Parade &amp; 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