Legalising cannabis: South Australia ‘well behind best practise’; Legalisation depends on NSW medical marijuana trials
After Victoria passed laws on Tuesday legalising medical marijuana to be given to children with severe epilepsy and New South Wales waiting for trials to be over, South Australia’s Liberal Opposition and doctors urged SA Health Minister Jack Snelling to reconsider medical marijuana laws prevailing in the state.
Currently, New South Wales is conducting trials on patients suffering from nausea and vomiting as a result of chemotherapy. According to SA Opposition Leader Steven Marshall, South Australia is “well behind best practises.”
“Jack Snelling does not seem to want to embrace this opportunity to relieve children who are suffering horrendous symptoms,” Marshall added, reports the ABC.
He believes South Australia is lagging behind others as the rest of the country is looking for opportunities to legalise cannabis so that hundreds of patients can get relief. However, Snelling, who has the powers to allow certain patients access to medical marijuana...
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