A major new Australian industry could grow up around medicinal cannabis, with possibilities for global export opening up further down the track. The Narcotics Drugs Amendment Act 2016 came into force last week giving the green light to cultivating and manufacturing cannabis for medicinal or scientific purposes in Australia and offering chronically ill patients some […]
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Australia Is Added On The List Of Countries To Legalize Marijuana For Medical Use
Australia is the latest addition to countries that patronized medical marijuana. Last February, the Australian government agreed to lift the ban on medical marijuana. The Stoner’s Cookbook released an article which discussed the legalization of medical marijuana in Australia. The Australian amendment includes “amendment authorities state or territory government agencies to undertake and manage cultivation […]
Australia Legalizes Medical Marijuana
After listening to some powerful testimony by lawmakers and members of a national marijuana advocacy group, the Australian Parliament voted on Wednesday in favor of legalizing a nationwide program that will allow cannabis to be grown across the country for medicinal and s… Read article here: High Times
Australia: Government Announces Medical Marijuana Legalization Plan
Health Minister Sussan Ley said the Government wants to give people suffering from debilitating illnesses access to the most effective medical treatments. She said she had been moved by stories of people who got some relief from medicinal cannabis, sometimes legally imported but not always. “I have heard stories of patients who have resorted to […]
Australia to lift ban on medical cannabis
Australia is about to legalize medical marijuana. Hilary Whiteman via CNN: The Australian government has announced plans to allow cannabis to be legally grown for medical and scientific purposes. Under current laws, marijuana is classified as an illegal drug, and while penalties vary from state to state, people who grow, use, possess or sell it […]
Australia: Turnbull ‘Foolish’ To Stand In The Way Of Medical Marijuana
Richard Di Natale is forging ahead with his bid to legalise medical marijuana and warns the Turnbull government would be foolish to stand in the way. The Greens leader will ask the Senate to vote on his bill – co-sponsored by Liberal, Labor and crossbench senators – next month and he’s calling on Prime Minister […]
Australia: The Doctor Who Won’t Stop Producing Medical Marijuana
“It’s bizarre that in the 21st Century we have to hide the production of life saving medicine,” says Dr Andrew Katelaris as he opens the panel to his secret makeshift laboratory hidden inside a bedroom wardrobe. For more than a decade Dr Katelaris has been brewing his therapeutic cannabis oil in the shadows, away from […]
Australia: Cannabis Cultivation Trial Set For Victoria
Victoria is set to grow its own marijuana to help legally treat people with a range of serious medical conditions. In an Australian first, the Andrews government is preparing to announce a cannabis “cultivation trial”, potentially clearing the way for a state-based medicinal cannabis oil industry. The controversial move follows a promise by Daniel Andrews […]
Australia: Families Are Waiting For Medicinal Marijuana Trials To Begin
Ipswich families are crying out for trials of medicinal marijuana as they struggle to manage seizures and chronic pain. Springfield’s Dylan Santos, 12, suffers up to 20 seizures a day due to epilepsy and a progressive neurological disorder leukodystrophy. His parents were told their son would not survive past two. Mum Sarah Santos worries about […]
Australia: ‘Medical Cannabis Is Helping Save My Son’s Life’
It’s hard to imagine living in a country where your own federal and state governments deny your child access to potentially life-saving medicine. That’s a challenge I share daily with local Toowoomba mother Rhonda Miles as we work side by side as part of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Group Queensland. The group is comprised of […]