Cannabis plan has seeds for thought

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A new licensing scheme is to be established to regulate the cultivation of cannabis for medicinal or scientific purposes.

Minister for Health, Sussan Ley said that a single national scheme would oversee all regulatory aspects of the cultivation of medical cannabis.

Ms Ley said this would remove the need for States and Territories to implement legislation to set up individual cultivation schemes and would ensure laws were consistent for growers across the country.

She said the decision followed consultation with State and Territory Governments and law enforcement Agencies over the past month.

National licensing scheme proposed

“Allowing controlled cultivation locally will provide the critical ‘missing piece’ for a sustainable legal supply of safe, medicinal cannabis products for Australian patients in the future,” Ms Ley said.

“I am confident creating one single, nationally-consistent cultivation scheme, rather than eight individual arrangements, will not only help speed up the legislative process, but ultimately...

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