Australia: MPs plan to bring case for medical cannabis to parliament

THE plan hatched to bring medical cannabis to Queensland has unearthed a groundswell of support which continues to grow.

The Daily understands State Member for Buderim Steve Dickson will this week lobby for a moratorium enabling doctors, nurses, ambulance officers and other medical professionals to come forward and present case studies to the Queensland Health Chief Health Officer.

Mr Dickson recently backed a push to explore the use of cannabis oil to treat medical conditions, while also sponsoring a petition requesting the State Government to allow all Queenslanders with medical conditions who could benefit from the treatment, access to Australian-made, whole-plant cannabis therapies.

"Clearly this is about getting a whole-plant extract which is cannabis oil," he said.

"There are a lot of people out there that feel that this is a potential cure or (could) at least give them some sort of quality of life as a pain relief."

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