Karma Koala Podcast

I spoke to Same last year about the policy work he is doing with multiple jurisdictions in the Caribbean.He has now published the report"From the Code Noir to GACP/GMP: Cannabis and the New Colonial Economy"The Caribbean is dismantling prohibition. The harder task is ensuring that legal cannabis does not reproduce an older economic order in which the South grows the commodity wh...

The koalas speak with Tia about the new organisation she is setting up with Linda Siboto (Cheeba) to take cannabis to the regions. Cannabiz Africa have the background story Cannabist ‘activist-entrepreneurs’ Tia Ramfate and Linda Siboto are behind the formation of a new grassroots cannabis organization, the TRCA. Their idea is to translate indigenous knowledge skills into entrep...

The koalas speak to Lelehnia about the report she has been working on for the past six years REPORT AT A GLANCE - ONE PRESERVED SELECTION. MANY ENVIRONMENTS.Ten completed Grow-Off samples documented differences in measured cannabinoid and terpene composition among samples from one preserved selection produced under independent cultivation conditions.MEASURABLE VARIATION. A RECUR...

Anybody involved with keeping up to date with all things cannabis will have seen the recent plethora of media reports saying that cannabis poisonings are inundating ER departments. But what is the reality behind the headlines?What are the numbers?What are the numbers?Ruth analysed publicly available data for California since 2016 and unsurprisingly the results show a more nuance...

Kudos to Tim he’s just enabled one of the biggest changes to the Australian hemp landscape and globally we should all be paying attention.This could be a game changer for both Australia and the region.I talk to Tim about how he got the enquiry up and running and its findings and proposals includingA) A Review of the advice of early 2025 from the United Nations International Narc...