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Australia: Victorian legal commission issues report on medical marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 03/20/2015 - 01:48

The Victorian Law Reform Commission has released its issues paper to help guide its recommendations for how the state government might legislate to legalise cannabis use in exceptional medical circumstances.

The government has not asked the commission to report on whether such legislation is desirable – that is a matter for the government itself to decide.

Rather, the commission has asked for public submissions to help it consider two questions central to its review: “Who should be eligible to use cannabis for medicinal purposes” and “How extensive should any Victorian medicinal cannabis scheme be?”

Prior to the state election last year, both sides of government said they would be open to looking at legislative options, following months of campaigning by Victorian families pushing for the drug to be used medically, saying it successfully treated their chronically ill children.

The issues paper, released on Friday, provides background...

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http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/mar/20/victorian-legal-commission-issues-report-medical-marijuana

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