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  • Committee Submission - AGD Crime Stats 1 (pdf 715 KB)

    • The Controlled Substances (Controlled Drugs, Precursors and Cannabis) Amendment Act 2008 commenced on 10 September 2009.
  • The use of these two terms was the subject of comment in Cannabis: A Discussion Paper produced by the Sackville Royal Commission into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs in 1978 (South Australia, 1978).
  • I have heard some anecdotal evidence that cannabis, particularly, is moving away from the black market so that organised motorcycle gangs, etc., are moving out of the cannabis market because people are forming their own collectives through social media—they call it the 'brown market'—and that is taking some share out of the cannabis market for these gangs.
  • The use of these two terms was the subject of comment in Cannabis: A Discussion Paper produced by the Sackville Royal Commission into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs in 1978 (South Australia, 1978).
  • It was further recommended that the Parliament give consideration to the establishment of a joint parliamentary committee to inquire into and report on the potential benefits and issues that may arise from legalisation of the recreational use of cannabis in South Australia.
  • The use of these two terms was the subject of comment in Cannabis: A Discussion Paper produced by the Sackville Royal Commission into the Non-Medical Use of Drugs in 1978 (South Australia, 1978).
  • FRANKS: I wanted to move to medicinal cannabis and I get that there is an overlap here with the TGA and the Office of Drug Control, but my questions on notice—because I am not expecting you to have them in your notes, although I will be thrilled if you do—just how many medical practitioners have been able to prescribe, whether they are authorised prescribers, or been able to prescribe medicinal cannabis products; what the categories of health conditions have been for that; how many patients in South Australia have been able to access medicinal cannabis; and if there is any breakdown available into things like whether they have been able to access that because of palliative care versus other conditions, if that could be provided?
  • 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: ????????????????
  • FRANKS: I wanted to move to medicinal cannabis and I get that there is an overlap here with the TGA and the Office of Drug Control, but my questions on notice—because I am not expecting you to have them in your notes, although I will be thrilled if you do—just how many medical practitioners have been able to prescribe, whether they are authorised prescribers, or been able to prescribe medicinal cannabis products; what the categories of health conditions have been for that; how many patients in South Australia have been able to access medicinal cannabis; and if there is any breakdown available into things like whether they have been able to access that because of palliative care versus other conditions, if that could be provided?
  • I believe that there is a lot of misinformation in this area, and it comes largely from people who just look at the prevalence of drugs and say, `There is a lot of cannabis in crash drivers, therefore cannabis is a problem.'
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