Victoria Becomes the First Australian State to Legalize Medical Cannabis
Patients in "exceptional circumstances" in the Australian state of Victoria will soon be able to access medical cannabis, thanks to a bill passed Tuesday by the local government.
The law, which makes the state the first in the country to establish a legal framework for access to the pain-relieving drug, will facilitate its "manufacture, supply and access" in high-quality medical form, the government said in a statement. An Office of Medicinal Cannabis will also be created to oversee the drug's production and its prescription by doctors.
Children with severe epilepsy will be the first patient group to benefit in 2017, the government said. The state will supply the initial medical products, but hopes to see a reliable manufacturing industry in the future.
"Children with severe epilepsy will now be able to legally access this life-saving treatment from as early as 2017,"...
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