Australia: Washer in ‘pot king’ bid
A former WA Liberal MP could become Australia’s first legal “pot king” if Canberra gives the green light to his plan to cultivate medicinal cannabis.
As the arrest of a Perth widow over giving cannabis to her ill son revives the medical marijuana debate, former Federal politician Mal Washer has revealed he is pushing to grow Australia’s first legal crop.
But Dr Washer is being frustrated by the time a Government review is taking into his company’s proposal to grow marijuana on the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.
He argues it would boost the Pacific paradise’s ailing economy.
Dr Washer is chairman of Auscann and a shareholder. In May, Norfolk Island’s Parliament granted it a licence to grow a medicinal strain of cannabis and export it to Canada.
However, the licence was granted after the Federal Government had passed legislation ending the island’s self-government, raising Canberra’s concerns about due diligence...
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