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The Commonwealth government announced plans on the weekend to legalise growing cannabis for medicinal and research purposes in Australia.
The news follows the Victorian government’s announcement earlier this month that it will legalise access to medicinal cannabis products for patients with severe symptoms from 2017.
Meanwhile, the New South Wales government will provide up to $A9 million to support cannabis clinical trials.
It also launched the Terminal Illness Cannabis Scheme to allow people medically certified as terminally ill and their carers to register to use cannabis for therapeutic purposes.
But Australia is a signatory to three international drug control agreements, including the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs 1961, which limit narcotic drug production, trade and use to medical and scientific purposes.
To legalise cannabis cultivation, the Commonwealth must be able to keep track of production and report to the International Narcotics Control Board.
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