Community gathers to spread awareness and education on the versatile Cannabis Hemp plant and discuss the outcomes and effects of prohibition.
Worldwide support for Re-Legalisation of Cannabis is growing.
The war on drugs creates massive costs, resulting from the enforcement-led approach that profits organised crime and puts individuals at risk. Natural resources are depleting and the economy is fragile. It is time to count these costs and explore the alternatives, using the best evidence available to deliver a safer, healthier and more just world.
Cannabis prohibition:
- Prevents research and availability of natural, safe, sustainable energy, oil, food & medicine.
- Undermines human rights, represses religious and spiritual freedom and control over one’s health.
- Funds the black market, creates crime and breeds corruption.
- Promotes stigma and social discrimination.
- Costs billions of tax payer dollars.
Taking place in Victoria Square at 12:00PM, the November 20th Sunday afternoon rally has been organised by local advocates. The event will feature live music and guest speakers including Cannabis activists Paul O’Brien and Ree Hash, political lobbyists Christopher Steele of the Liberal Democratic Party, Independent candidate Mark Aldridge, Ari Reid of the Australian Sex Party and Industrial Hemp advocate Teresa McDowell, founder of natural skincare line Hemp Hemp Hooray.
The Melbourne community will hold a corresponding event with speakers including activist Matt Riley, Medical Cannabis user Matt Pallet, Greg Denham of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition), Fiona Patten of the Australian Sex Party, Greg Barns of the Australian Lawyers Alliance and Comedian Greg Fleet. Also joining the festivities in Melbourne will be the Nimbin HEMP Embassy Polite Force and the iconic 'Big Joint', following on from their visit with President Obama in Canberra on the 17th.
The aim of the rallies is to create public awareness about the industrial applications, medical evidence and political history so that Australians can form an educated opinion on the usage and legality of Cannabis.
The Melbourne community will hold a corresponding event with speakers including activist Matt Riley, Medical Cannabis user Matt Pallet, Greg Denham of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition), Fiona Patten of the Australian Sex Party, Greg Barns of the Australian Lawyers Alliance and Comedian Greg Fleet. Also joining the festivities in Melbourne will be the Nimbin HEMP Embassy Polite Force and the iconic 'Big Joint', following on from their visit with President Obama in Canberra on the 17th.
The aim of the rallies is to create public awareness about the industrial applications, medical evidence and political history so that Australians can form an educated opinion on the usage and legality of Cannabis.
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