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?

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.

CEN Scheme/number of cannabis plants deemed to be for personal use.

As a result of the 288 detections, there were 319 arrest/reports, drug diversion and/or cannabis expiation notices initiated.

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.

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 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.

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 recommend that any drug diversion process in respect of cannabis take into account the possibility that the person diverted may be using other illicit substances apart from cannabis; 17) I recommend that the maximum monetary penalty for the offences of possession, smoking and consumption of cannabis, cannabis resin and cannabis oil be increased from $500 to a figure that reflects the deleterious effects that the consumption of those substances can have on the individual, especially the young.

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.'