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Australian Federal Government to legalise growing of medicinal cannabis * 1
    #22396222 - 10/18/15 03:04 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

The Federal Government has announced it will legalise the growing of cannabis for medicinal purposes.


Federal Government to legalise growing of medicinal cannabis
States to be allowed to make own decision on whether to allow growing of drug
Labor calls for nationally consistent scheme
Federal Health Minister says medicinal cannabis industry could flourish in Australia
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 illegal methods of obtaining cannabis and I have felt for them, because with a terminal condition, the most important thing is quality of life and relief of pain," she told AM.

"And we know that many people are calling out for medicinal cannabis.

"It is important therefore that we recognise those calls for help, that we put in place what we know will support a safe, legal and sustainable supply of a product."

The Government intends to amend the Narcotic Drugs Act to allow cannabis to be grown for medicine or science and ensure that Australia is not in breach of international drug treaties.

Ms Ley said it would allow cultivation similar to the way Tasmania has grown opium poppies for the world's morphine market.

She said it is possible a medicinal cannabis industry could flourish.

"It is, and that is something that some state governments I am sure will be interested in," Ms Ley said.

"You can import the product from overseas, but it is almost impossible because the demand in, for example Europe, is very high and the cost is very high too.

"So I don't want to place these difficulties in the way of patients who are terminally ill who may be able to get relief from medicinal cannabis."

Campaign groups cautiously optimistic

Ms Ley said the legalisation was only about medicinal cannabis, not recreational use.

"This is not a debate about legalisation of cannabis. This is not about drugs. This is not a product you smoke. This has nothing to do with that," she said.

"Most commonly the product is an oil or a tincture that you put on your skin."

Advocates of medicinal cannabis have cautiously welcomed the Federal Government's plan to allow the drug to be cultivated.

I hope that patients with numerous serious illnesses and conditions have access to it ... I hope that we're not waiting another year or two for this to be set in motion.
Lucy Haslam
Lucy Haslem set up campaign group United in Compassion after her son used medicinal cannabis during his battle with terminal cancer.

She said she was grateful that politicians were starting to get onboard but that the devil would be in the detail.

"I hope what they're announcing today will be meaningful in terms of getting medicine into the hands of patients in a timely fashion," she said.

"I'm hoping that it will involve some sort of medical amnesty which could happen immediately but I guess I'm waiting to see the finer detail."

Ms Haslem said she hoped there would be no further delay before patients are able to access the drug legally.

"I hope that medicinal cannabis will be provided from within Australia. I think there's great scope for the development of a new industry," she said.

"I hope that patients with numerous serious illnesses and conditions have access to it ... I hope that we're not waiting another year or two for this to be set in motion."

Opposition pushing for nationwide scheme

The Federal Opposition has also announced it would move to legalise medicinal cannabis.

But while the Government will leave it up to the states to decide if they want to allow the drug to be grown, the shadow assistant health minister, Stephen Jones, said Labor would have a nationally consistent scheme.

"A truly national scheme to make medicinal cannabis available," Mr Jones said.

"It should not be a matter of whether you live in New South Wales or Victoria or somewhere else in Australia.

"If you are suffering from a terminal [illness], if your child has drug-resistant epilepsy suffering from life threatening fits, then you should have available to you through medical advice and appropriate channels, medicinal cannabis."

Several states have already announced clinical trials for medicinal cannabis, but until the change is made they have not been able to legally grow the crop.

The NSW Government has committed $9 million for clinical trials and up to $12 million to set up a Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research and Innovation.

Greens leader Richard Di Natale welcomed the plan but said more needs to be done to ensure patients can access the medicine.

"We're seeing legislation that would license growers but really ignores the most important part of the equation and that is making sure that people who need this drug can get access to it," he said.

"We've got a bottleneck in the approval of medicinal cannabis and this legislation does nothing to address that."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-17/federal-government-to-legalise-growing-of-medicinal-cannabis/6862294


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Re: Australian Federal Government to legalise growing of medicinal cannabis [Re: innerspeaker1967]
    #22396270 - 10/18/15 03:57 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

*legalize

cheers to you australia :cheers:


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Re: Australian Federal Government to legalise growing of medicinal cannabis [Re: Shroomopotamus]
    #22396580 - 10/18/15 08:17 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

finally a move into the right direction


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Re: Australian Federal Government to legalise growing of medicinal cannabis [Re: Shroomopotamus]
    #22397991 - 10/18/15 02:20 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

Shroomopotamus said:
*legalize

cheers to you australia :cheers:





I'm pretty sure legalise is considered the correct spelling in the UK and I'm guessing Australia as well. Pretty sure only americans use the -ize ending.

Congrats Australians!! A small step in the right direction for the whole world.


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Re: Australian Federal Government to legalise growing of medicinal cannabis [Re: FlyOnTheWall] * 1
    #22398864 - 10/18/15 05:26 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

you are right. stop trying to tell us how to spell our own language Shroomopotamus you dickhead. always got to be some grammar nazi, know it all cunt out there.


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Re: Australian Federal Government to legalise growing of medicinal cannabis [Re: forrest_dweller]
    #22401236 - 10/19/15 05:13 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

If Peter Tosh spellz it with a z, it'z zpelled with a z.



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Re: Australian Federal Government to legalise growing of medicinal cannabis [Re: Shroomopotamus]
    #22403562 - 10/19/15 01:19 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

haha go away you stupid american, go eat some more hotdogs. i suppose colour is spelt wrong too  :flipthebird:


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Re: Australian Federal Government to legalise growing of medicinal cannabis [Re: forrest_dweller]
    #22405123 - 10/19/15 07:30 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

This is most definitely a step in the right direction! Yay Aussieland! Let's put another bud in the bowl! You know, instead of "another shrimp on the barbie." Anyone?...no? Ah well, there's a joke in the somewhere. I digress...


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Re: Australian Federal Government to legalise growing of medicinal cannabis [Re: dwnlw2slw]
    #22405174 - 10/19/15 07:42 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Is there an election coming?

I have to say I will believe it when I see it.

Lucy Haslem was on Australian Story on ABC last night if you missed it you can watch it here.


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