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Victoria take its first steps on road to legalising medical marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sun, 10/11/2015 - 15:32

Somewhere in Victoria sits a highly guarded building that will soon become the home of Australia's first government-sanctioned cannabis crop.

Here, in a research facility shrouded in secrecy, change is coming.

For bio-security reasons, the location of the site remains confidential, but over the next few years, a handful of selected officials will lay the groundwork for a hydroponic scheme that can vastly improve lives.

If all goes according to plan, the state will be growing and distributing its own medicinal cannabis by early 2017, first for about 450 children with severe epilepsy, and eventually, for a range of adults suffering profound pain from diseases such cancer, HIV/AIDS, or multiple sclerosis.

For Premier Daniel Andrews – a former health minister who's heard countless stories about the relief medical marijuana can bring – it's a policy no-brainer. But for hundreds of parents, legalising the product also means they will never again be forced to break the law and potentially...

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