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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Cannabis Australia: Soon patients will be able to procure medical marijuana through valid prescription 🌿Cannabis Australia: Soon patients will be able to procure medical marijuana through valid prescription
Medical marijuana can now be used in Australia to treat patients suffering from painful and chronic illnesses. The Parliament has passed new national laws and amendments to the Narcotic Drugs Act now permit legally-grown marijuana for the manufacture of medicinal cannabis products in Australia. Changes proposed by the Turnbull government earlier this month had bi-partisan support.
However, recreational marijuana cultivation and use remain illegal as state-based criminal laws are still in place. Campaigner Lucy Haslam described this passing of legislation to legalise cannabis for medicinal purposes “bittersweet.” On Wednesday, when the legislation passed Federal Government, it was the one-year anniversary of the death of Haslam’s son, Dan, who relied heavily on the drug during a long battle with cancer.
Richard di Natale, Federal Greens leader, was part of a cross-party group that worked to bring the legislation to the Parliament. Senator di Natale said that the legislation was just the...
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