for medical purposes to include the trialing of cannabis to eligible patients: ????????????????

On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Controlled Substances (Cannabis Decriminalisation) Amendment Bill be now read a second time: ????????????????

On the Order of the Day being read for the adjourned debate on the question - That the Controlled Substances (Controlled Drugs, Precursors and Cannabis) Amendment Bill be now read a second time: ????????????????

Funded Training Programs Committee RANZCP • 2021 – Honorary Research Associate – Telethon Kids Institute • 2019 – Clinical lead, Psychiatry and Chair of Rural and Remote Mental Health Practice, The Rural Clinical School of WA, University of Western Australia • 2019 – Rural Advisor, Editorial Board, Australasian Psychiatry RANZCP • 2019 – Binational Chair, Rural Section of Psychiatry RANZCP • 2013 – Consultant Psychiatrist, WA Country Health Service Past • 2020-2022 Commissioner, National Mental Health Commission • 2021 – Expert Advisory Group – Mental health and wellbeing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural and remote individuals and communities • 2018-2020 Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, Better Mental Health Care in Rural Emergency Departments working group • 2018-2019 Steering Committee, Methamphetamine Action Plan, Department of Health WA • 2017-2021 WA Representative, Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry RANZCP • 2017-2018 Expert Panel for Medicinal

Work has continued apace in rolling out the Gardens 150 capital program with significant progress on the construction of the Amazon Waterlily Pavilion and on planning for the regeneration of the Museum of Economic Botany, the new Western Entry and for a new medicinal garden.

The package proposed to remove some of the more minor cannabis and other drug offences from the District Court into the Magistrates Court.

The decision-maker need only state in their reasons for revocation or refusal that it was in the public interest.18 The concept of criminal intelligence was introduced in the Hydroponics Industry Control Act 2009 to regulate the sale of hydroponics equipment in order to curtail the commercial cultivation and production of cannabis, and to reduce the impact of drugs and drug related crime in the community.

Illicit drug use has decreased from 14.2% in 2010 to 10.8% in 20166, with a similar decrease in Cannabis use, from 12% in 2010 to 5.9% in 2016.7 Despite this positive trend, children and young people in contact with me continue to express a range of concerns regarding the use of drugs and alcohol, as well as the support options that exist for them, their peers, family and community.

There is mounting interest in culinary and medicinal herbs in the community and it is considered the Herb Garden will serve a valuable role in this respect.

The concept can be used broadly, for example substance misuse and depression, or it can be restricted to specify severe mental illness such as: • psychosis, • schizophrenia; • a substance misuse issue such as cannabis or methamphetamine use; • a person who has a milder mental illness such as panic disorder, anxiety disorder; or • intellectual disability such as ASD or FASD.