Children to be first to try medicinal cannabis in Victoria once legalised
MEDICINAL cannabis will be grown and supplied to patients in Victoria as early as 2017.
Children suffering severe epilepsy will be among the first to be treated using a range of non-smokable marijuana products including oils, sprays and vaporisers.
Legislation will be introduced by the end of the year establishing the Office of Medicinal Cannabis which will oversee research, development and the dispensing of marijuana products.
The move comes after the Victorian Law Reform handed down 42 recommendations on August 31, including how to dispense the drug through pharmacies to patients who have been prescribed treatment by a medical specialist.
The report recommends strictly forbidding people to grow their own cannabis and instead calls for licensed manufacturers similar to the opium poppy industry.
Premier Daniel Andrews said the “landmark reform means Victorian families will no longer have to decide between breaking the law and...
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