Australia: Cannabis is a medicine, not a drug

This week it was revealed there is a support for a cross-party Federal Bill that could see medical cannabis legally grown and prescribed to patients as early as next year.

So far, so good.

But I fear the devil may be lurking in the detail and that the move might have missed some parts that matter.

Importantly, because they have been so slow and apply to only a small group, the positive changes will make little immediate difference to most who are currently accessing medical cannabis illegally.

Their quality of life will depend for a while yet on them staying on the dark side.

Greens leader Senator Richard Di Natale announced on Monday that the Bill to create a regulator for medicinal cannabis for certain conditions had been drafted and would be put before the Senate for a vote in November. It is said to have initial...

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