I am interested in the new Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis.

Ms ANTCLIFF: We haven't had any discussions on this particular case and we are, as we said at the beginning, working through what oversight measures are agreeable between the Tourism Commission and DTTI. 6831 The CHAIRPERSON: A different topic—and I think we will come back to that, but time is getting on: is the Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis based in DTTI?

Drugs Cannabis is the most abused non - medical drug in South Australia, but there is a definite trend towards the use of hard drugs, particularly Heroin.

Section 3 Australia’s criminal environment 15 S3 AUSTRALIA’S CRIM INAL ENVIRONM ENT Table 3.1: Key substances in the Australian illicit drug market 2022–23 Substance Market characteristics Cannabis Serious and organised crime (SOC) groups are well established in the Australian cannabis market, although they do not dominate it.

I am interested in the new Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis.

Four of the operations targeted industry based offending (cannabis/vehicles) and 68 actions issued primarily investigated mid-level drug activity.

Detection Statistics for CGTF commencing November 2007: o 499 arrests / reports of OMCG members o 1088 arrests/reports of associates and those linked to OMCGs o The seizure of 330 firearms o 728 premises searched of OMCG members (including clubrooms) o 871 premises searched of associates and those linked to OMCGs o Seizure of $2.33 million in cash o Seizure of 1280 cannabis plants o Seizure of 61,000 street deals of loose cannabis o Seizure of 72,000 street deals of methamphetamine o Seizure of 34,500 street deals of ecstasy o Seizure of 10,980 street deals of other drugs o 394 barring orders issued o 39 current OMCG have current firearm prohibition orders.

New Legislation The following new legislation came into operation during the year: Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs Act, 1974; this Act redefined Indian Hemp as any plant of the genus Cannabis.

For example the arrest of two people with 36 firearms offences; a cache of illegal weapons, including firearms, South Australia Police – Annual Report 2012-2013 Page 19 silencers, ammunition and approximately 40 prohibited weapons, along with a small amount of cannabis and cash.

Legal Services Commission of South Australia Annual Report 2016-17 023 2014-15 2015-16 Traffic offences Alcohol / drugs and driving Alcohol / drugs and driving Traffic offences Good behaviour bonds Good behaviour bonds Common driving offences Rights of an arrested person Family law Cannabis – use and supply Top five online legal information topics Facts and figures Community Legal Education Services 2016-17 2016-17 Traffic offences Alcohol/ drugs and driving Suspended sentence Rights of an arrested person Bail applications Website page views 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 Law Handbook 1 118 851 1 364 068 1 545 363 2 089 860 LSC website 708 019 795 411 984 352 931 234 Total 1 826 870 2 159 479 2 529 715 3 021 094 Fences and the Law 9 733 Do Not Knock 6 218 Trees and the Law 5 816 Family Law and You 2 969 Community Titles 2 873 Top five publications distributed Community Legal Education 2015-16 2016-17 Sessions 178 238 Participants 6 174 7 250