{"id":2863,"date":"2025-04-13T00:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T14:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/2025\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=2863"},"modified":"2025-04-30T17:35:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T07:35:39","slug":"the-future-of-drug-driving-home-grown","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/2025\/event\/the-future-of-drug-driving-home-grown\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of drug driving laws &#038; home-grown Cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>About<\/strong>: This panel will examine two hot Cannabis topics.<\/p>\n<p>Good old Australia. Always punching above its weight. Australia was the first country to introduce <strong>Roadside Drug Testing laws<\/strong>. Is improving safety really the goal of Australian drug driving laws? If yes, is that working out? What are the implications of sanctioning drivers based on the detection of a drug rather than impairment? Speakers will discuss the current problems and their predictions about the future of drug driving laws in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Non-profit supply models offer an alternative, including allowing people to grow cannabis for their own personal consumption. But what could be the future <strong>home-growing cannabis<\/strong> in Australia? What can we learn from growers in Canberra? What are the obstacles and challenges? Will future regulations include ways to support home cannabis gardeners?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facilitator<\/strong>: Steve Bolt<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panelists<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeremy Buckingham<\/strong> is a Legalise Cannabis MP in NSW who is committed to bringing about progressive drug law reform, legalising cannabis, fixing the broken RDT system and growing the hemp industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Pat Keyzer<\/strong> is a lawyer and academic specialising in access to justice, constitutional law and human rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Lee Miles<\/strong> is a biologist and geneticist with over 15 years of active research experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simon Pettinger <\/strong>is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and co-founder of Cymra Life Sciences, an Australian company specializing in organic medical cannabis, based in the Northern Rivers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emily Rigby<\/strong> is a research scientist and passionate cannabis advocate who established one of Australia\u2019s first licensed medical cannabis cultivation and research facilities. Emily is Chair and Founder of Australian Cannabis Cultivators (ACC).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Michael White<\/strong> is a behavioural scientist and acknowledged as a \u201cworld expert on the effects of cannabis on driving\u201d. He has spent over three decades focusing on drug-driving research and policymaking, and is currently interested in the role of cannabis in road crashes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nimbin Town Hall, 45 Cullen Street<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2958,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[17,22,30,14],"class_list":["post-2863","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tribe_events_cat-17","tribe_events_cat-saturday","tribe_events_cat-educate","tribe_events_cat-hemposium","cat_2025","cat_saturday","cat_educate","cat_hemposium"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The future of drug driving laws &amp; home-grown Cannabis - Nimbin MardiGrass 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nimbinmardigrass.com\/2025\/event\/the-future-of-drug-driving-home-grown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The future of drug driving laws &amp; 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