Mr Matthew Rowland 20 April 2023 Secretary, Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis GPO Box 572 Adelaide SA 5001 JCLMC@parliament.sa.gov.au Dear Secretary, Re: Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis I am writing to provide my submission on the legalisation of medicinal cannabis in South Australia.

I have been an authorised prescriber for medicinal cannabis for three or four years now.

The legislation does not discriminate between prescribed medicinal cannabis and illicit cannabis.

SUBMISSION Prepared by Michael Russell for the Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis.

Welcome to today's hearing of the Parliament of South Australia's Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis.

Medicinal Cannabis has been proven to have amazing therapeutic benefits and this realisation is creating immense demand for Cannabis that is high quality, consistent and has a diversity of genetics.

15/03/2023 Submission to the Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis Dear Members of the Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis, I write to you as a person who is currently accessing Medicinal Cannabis, prescribed by a General Practitioner, under the Therapeutic Goods Administration Special Access Scheme and Authorised Provider pathway.

I am Tammy Franks, the Chair of this Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis.

In short, many Australian doctors oppose any expansion of access to medicinal cannabis because there is insufficient evidence of its benefits.

Despite this, the current regulatory regime for medicinal Cannabis remains problematic to access, and difficult to afford for many users, or potential users according to anecdotal evidence.