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  • CEN Scheme/number of cannabis plants deemed to be for personal use.
    Presented by
    Hon Lea Stevens
    on
    15/07/2003
  • 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 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.'
  • 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.
  • Tabled Paper Report (pdf 1.02 MB)

    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
  • 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.
  • 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 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.
  • 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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