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Families already using medicinal cannabis on children ahead of trials - Brisbane Time

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 06/08/2015 - 08:00

 

Queensland is set to join a New South Wales-led push for medicinal cannabis trials, but some parents of children suffering from epilepsy say they just want to skip that process and continue to administer the controversial drug.

Both major parties in Queensland politics have claimed credit for the upcoming trial, which would be a first step towards legalising the practice.

State Health Minister Cameron Dick told Parliament on Thursday that, as of Monday, medicinal cannabis had been rescheduled by the Therapeutic Goods Administration from a schedule 9 poison to a schedule 4 medicine for therapeutic use only.

Health Minister Cameron Dick.

Health Minister Cameron Dick. Photo: Chris Hyde

"That means that a medicinal product containing cannabis can now be considered by the TGA for listing on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods," he said.

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