Tasmania mooted as growing site for medicinal cannabis
The bid to legalise cannabis for medical use is gaining momentum, and Tasmania has been suggested as a growing site.
A cross-party delegation from New South Wales will be in Tasmania next week for a site visit and will meet the state Health Minister.
NSW MP Kevin Anderson, who is working on a private member's bill to legalise medicinal cannabis for the terminally ill in that state, will lead the delegation.
Tasman Health Cannabinoids, a private company, is proposing trials to grow medical cannabis after conducting extensive tests in partnership with the University of Tasmania.
Medicinal cannabis is being touted as a crop that would complement Tasmania's lucrative poppy harvest.
Cannabinoids can be extracted from the cannabis flower in the same way as opiates are extracted from the poppy flower.
Advocates say the side effects are few, the benefits great and the risk of addiction much lower than for many...
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