Tag: medical cannabis

Marijuana laws fail to deliver medical cannabis

Geoff Ebbs /6 February, 2017

Prominent medical cannabis advocate, Lucy Haslam says current marijuana laws are so convoluted they will prevent patients buying cannabis. She spoke to the ABC last month. The challenge is that States have carriage of the laws regulating medical cannabis.  In October 2016, the federal government legalised the cultivation and manufacture of medicinal cannabis in Australia. Continue Reading →

Map of pot laws in USA

California legalises marijuana

Geoff Ebbs /15 November, 2016

California voted to legalise marijuana for recreational use during the US election last week, joining Washington and Oregon to make marijuana legal along the length of the US West Coast and providing huge momentum for the legalisation movement. It is expected that California will raise one billion dollars each year in revenue from the measure. Continue Reading →