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Australia: Federal law change doesn’t lift stigma for Tasmanians seeking medicinal cannabis

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 03/10/2016 - 09:04

LAST month’s federal law change making it legal for Australian patients and doctors to access medicinal cannabis has changed nothing for Jeremy Bester and his family.

Mr Bester’s mother Lyn Cleaver and her partner Malcolm Amundsen already provide him with spoonfuls of home-grown cannabinoid extracts, which they say are better than pharmaceuticals at reducing the frequency and intensity of his epileptic fits without side effects. The fits are a legacy of a viral illness Mr Bester contracted at age six.

Ms Cleaver said Police Minister Rene Hidding had assured her police would not actively seek to prosecute people who grew and possessed cannabis for genuine medical reasons, but the stigma and perceived risk of breaking the law was deterring many other Tasmanians.

She said the legislative amendment made by Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley with Labor and Greens support had been a step in the right direction, but it only...

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