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Legislation to allow medicinal cannabis to be grown and manufactured in Victoria will be introduced into State Parliament today, and children with epilepsy are expected to be given first access.
The Andrews Government said during the 2014 election campaign that it wanted make cannabis legal and available to those with ill health in exceptional circumstances.
A report by the Victorian Law Reform Commission handed down in October advised the Government on how to prescribe and regulate the drug.
The Access to Medicinal Cannabis Bill 2015 to be introduced today will "provide a legal framework to enable the cultivation and manufacture of safe and high-quality medicinal cannabis products," the Government said.
Children with severe epilepsy would be given first access to the drug in 2017, it said.
The Queensland Government announced earlier this year that a trial to treat children with epilepsy with medicinal cannabis would take place...
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