Medicinal marijuana to be legalised in Victoria
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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.Locally-grown medicinal cannabis will be legalised in Victoria, under a controversial State Government move to ease the suffering of people with serious medical conditions.
In an Australian first, the Andrews Government plans to embark on a state-based cannabis cultivation trial, based on the recommendations of a report by the Victorian Law Reform Commission.
But the move will need the support of the Federal Government, which is a signatory to an international convention on narcotic drugs.
The commission has recommended licensing cultivators and manufacturers to produce the drug under laws similar to those governing the state's opium poppy industry.
Medicinal cannabis should be available in a variety of forms, including tinctures, oils, capsules, sprays and vaporisable liquids, but should not be smoked because of the health dangers, the commission said.
The drug would be prescribed by a specialist and sold at pharmacies under arrangements based on the methadone...
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