Australian Cannabis Campaigners Call for Patients' Amnesty
A Riverina woman who turned to cannabis to deal with crippling pain has joined a chorus of campaigners calling for an amnesty on patients using medical cannabis.
Griffith veterinary nurse Kelly Cameron said patients “absolutely” needed an amnesty from prosecution.
“Without it they’re completely in pain,” she said. “You wind up having to be a criminal to be a productive member of society.”
Ms Cameron said a friend of hers was about to go to prison in Western Australia simply for trying cannabis oil for pain relief. The oil has no psychoactive properties, meaning patients can’t use it to get ‘high’.
“People want to take care of their health but at the moment they have to live illegally,” she said.
“It affects work, day-to-day life, they just can’t function.”
Cannabis campaigner Lucy Haslam began calling for access to medical cannabis after her son, Daniel, started using the illegal drug as part of his cancer treatment.
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