Australia: 'Fit and Proper' People Can Apply to Grow Cannabis for Medicinal Use This Weekend
Growing cannabis legally will be a step closer on Sunday when federal legislation comes into effect allowing the drug to be grown for medicinal purposes.
The Office of Drug Control will start accepting applications for cannabis cultivation licences on Monday.
People or organisations wanting a licence will need to show they will be supplying either a licensed medicinal cannabis manufacturer or researcher.
Key points:
- Government accepting applications from Monday for licenses to grow cannabis
- Applicants will have to demonstrate their proposed growing site is secure
- Concerns that if system becomes too complicated people will stick with the blackmarket
They will also have pass a "fit and proper person test" and show that their proposed growing site is secure.
Information briefings on the licencing scheme have attracted hundreds of interested people in the past few weeks, from international companies to small...
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