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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.
Standing Committees
53rd Parliament
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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.'
Standing Committees
52nd Parliament
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The Coroner found that Dr Mauro
was being treated with drugs for an anxiety disorder and had admitted to one
of his treating psychiatrists that he was smoking up to 10 cones of cannabis a
day.
Standing Committees
53rd Parliament
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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).
Standing Committees
52nd Parliament
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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?
Select Committees
52nd Parliament
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Tabled Paper
Report
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The latter would
result in criminal prosecution.
2.3 The then Minister for Health highlighted this divide in his second
reading speech:
The expiation fees will apply to the possession and use of small amounts of
cannabis and cannabis resin, the cultivation of cannabis for non-commercial
purposes and the possession of implements which are connected with the
use of cannabis or cannabis resin.
Presented by
Mr Kris Hanna
on
18/02/2004
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The information enabled police to apprehend the person of interest and
another person during the course of a drug transaction in New South Wales
which involved 4.1 kilograms of cannabis.
Presented by
Hon Michael Atkinson
on
14/10/2003
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Annual Report
50th Parliament
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The Controlled Substances Act uses the nomenclature "cannabis ", "cannabis oil" and "can-
nabis resin ", rather than the names "Indian hemp" and "hashish" which were used in the previous
Act.
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As a result of the 288 detections, there were 319 arrest/reports, drug diversion and/or
cannabis expiation notices initiated.
Presented by
Hon S E Close
on
31/10/2023
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Annual Report
55th Parliament (Current)
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(3) Schedule 1, clause 1(4)—delete subclause (4)
(4) Schedule 1, clause 3—after its present contents (now to be designated as subclause (1))
insert:
(2) For the purposes of the application of section 25(1)(e)(ii) of the Act to a
person who, immediately before the day on which this subclause comes
into operation, holds a licence that authorises the person to perform the
function of controlling crowds, a conviction of a simple cannabis offence
(within the meaning of section 45A of the Controlled Substances Act 1984)
committed by the person before that day is to be disregarded.
5—Variation of Schedule 1A—Classes of offences (regulation 12C)
Schedule 1A, clause 2(b)—delete ", other than a simple cannabis offence within the
meaning of section 45A of that Act"
3
Schedule 1—Transitional provision
1—Transitional provision
A variation to the Security and Investigation Agents Regulations 1996 made by a provision
of these regulations applies in respect of an application
Presented by
Hon Michael Atkinson
on
20/02/2007
