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.

Several noted the need to consider problems related to use of amphetamines and cannabis.

At the request of the Premier and the Minister of Health, the Office has also commenced to evaluate the impact of the amendment to the controlled Substances Act, 1986 which allows for the expiation by payment of a fine of simple cannabis offences.

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

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?

As at 30 June Task Force Morpheus had resulted in: � 906 people arrested on 2043 charges � 441 search warrants executed � 207 firearms and 6162 rounds of ammunition seized � 12 motor vehicles and nine Harley Davidson motor cycles seized � more than $1.35 million cash seized � seizures of 43 kilograms and three litres of methylamphetamine, 55.7 kilograms of cannabis and 586 cannabis plants, 2703 steroid pills and other quantities of unlawfully possessed substances including prescription drugs.

Controlled Substances (Controlled Drugs, Precursors and Cannabis) Amendment 128 32 of 2008 ??

Controlled Substances (Cannabis Decriminalisation) Amendment - lapsed in Council.

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HARRISON XN (MR GRANT) dramatic implication for resourcing and also I guess 1 you would need to question as to the merits of actually 2 adopting a must-do approach to something in this 3 particular area because, unfortunately, we do know that 4 the prevalence of illicit drug use, whether it's from 5 drugs such as cannabis, methamphetamine, heroin and 6 others, there is a relatively significant prevalence of 7 the use of illicit drugs in our community. 8 CORONER 9 Q.