So, You Want to Grow Medicinal Marijuana in Australia
On October 30, 2016, it became legal to grow cannabis in Australia—for medicinal purposes only, of course. But becoming a grower won't be as simple as walking into a doctor's office complaining of "night blindness" or dropping a couple of marijuana seeds into the planter box on your balcony.
Unlike the US, Australia has taken a very top down approach to medical marijuana—legalising at the federal level first, and then letting the states add their own regulations as they go. In many ways, it could make for a neater system, one focused on critically ill patients and medical research. But it's also likely to be a lot more bureaucratic.
As Anthony Coffey, director of Organic Therapeutic, told VICE, "The requirements relating to license approval are convoluted and restrictive, substantial finance is required...this will ensure that most applicants, especially smaller growers, will not meet the requirements. I do not believe there...
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