Australian Farmers' Green Light for Marijuana Sale
LICENSED farmers will soon be able to buy and sell marijuana seed under strict controls after enabling legislation was introduced into State Parliament.
Agriculture Minister Leanne Donaldson said the amendments to the Drug Misuse Act will allow farmers to join the supply chain and will create new opportunities for agriculture.
There are already a small number of Queensland farmers able to grow industrial hemp, which has very low levels of the cannabinoid that gives the high.
According to the Government those farmers have developed seed lines which could be beneficial to medicinal marijuana growers.
Mrs Donaldson said existing laws did not allow those hemp growers to sell the seed.
But the Government stressed it was a very small market which would not have any significant demand until the Federal Government lifted the ban on exporting marijuana.
However, the future for the fledgling industry could be bright because Queensland has the...
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