There are some vexatious issues about whether or not cannabis use increases crash risk. ...

Another potential shortcoming was the expiation of adult cannabis offenders so it is likely that chronic cannabis users are not being provided with an opportunity to access treatment.

Operation Culture Operation Culture was initiated in response to intelligence in two states that identified a group from South Australia involved in the large scale cultivation of cannabis.

From these 2,956 indications there were 496 detections comprising 102 Arrest/Reports, 113 Drug Diversions and 281 Cannabis Expiation Notices.

Armed incidents targeting hydroponically grown cannabis also continue to be of concern.

Intelligence also indicated that some aggravated SCTs were being committed by offenders targeting cannabis grown in domestic premises.

� MDMA—wastewater analysis indicates MDMA consumption levels are relatively low across the country, with minimal differences identified between regional and capital city test sites. 52 2017–18 Chair Annual Report Board of the ACIC � Cannabis—almost all cannabis consumed in Australia is cultivated domestically and the majority of border detections are cannabis seed.

(2) Subclause (1) applies to the following offences: (a) an indictable offence; (b) common assault or an offence of violence; (c) a summary offence against Part 5 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935; (d) an offence against the Controlled Substances Act 1984 involving a prohibited substance or a drug of dependence, other than a simple cannabis offence within the meaning of section 45A of that Act; (e) an offence against the Firearms Act 1977, other than an offence against section 15C, 18, 21A, 21AB 0r26 of that Act; (f) an offence against section 15 or 15A of the Summary Offences Act 1953; (g) an offence against the Police Act 1998; (h) an offence against the Listening and Surveillance Devices Act 1972; (i) an offence against the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 of the Commonwealth; (j) an offence against the Act or these regulations; (k) an offence substantially similar to any of the above offences against the law of the Commonwealth, another

• Offences for the possession of equipment used in the hydroponic cultivation of cannabis and the manufacture of amphetamines and other drugs

The Controlled Substances Act uses the nomenclature "cannabis ", "cannabis oil" and "can- nabis resin ", rather than the names "Indian hemp" and "hashish" which were used in the previous Act.