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The Australian government has passed new national laws to permit the use of medicinal cannabis by people with painful and chronic illnesses. The amendments to the Narcotic Drugs Act will allow cannabis to be legally grown for medicinal purposes without repercussion from the law. Here’s everything patients and potheads need to know.
Who’s doing what now?
The Narcotic Drugs Act was amended in parliament on tuesday to permit the legal cultivation of cannabis for the manufacture of medicinal cannabis products in Australia. The Amendment Bill essentially allows licensing and permit schemes to be established for the cultivation and production of cannabis and cannabis resin for medicinal and scientific purposes.
The Commonwealth currently has laws that permit the importation of raw cannabis material into Australia for medicinal purposes but cultivation of the plant wasn’t allowed. As the Bill explains:
“The manufacturing provisions in the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 are
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