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  • Marijuana laws fail to deliver medical cannabis

    Marijuana laws fail to deliver medical cannabis

    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. Currently, medicinal cannabis can be prescribed in NSW and WA, with all other states and territories except SA and the NT to follow in 2017. Whilst many state laws vary, most are set to have strict guidelines for doctors in relation to who they can prescribe medicinal cannabis to. Cannabis and hemp entrepreneur, Paul Benhaim of Elixinol, told the Cage last week that, “the government is so worried about meeting demand for medicinal cannabis that it has put a temporary halt on exports.”

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-29/medicinal-marijuana-to-become-legal-explainer/7975194

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-28/fit-and-proper-people-can-apply-to-grow-cannabis-this-weekend/7970282

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  • California legalises marijuana

    California legalises marijuana

    Map of pot laws in USA
    25 states in the Union have legalised medical marijuana, 8 states have legalised recreational use.

    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. Other states passing similar legislation during the federal election include Nevada, Maine and Massachusetts. Florida, North Dakota and Arizona voted for the legalisation of marijuana for medical use but not recreational joining 19 other states with such laws. Eight states, including Alaska and Colorado, have legalized recreational use. Generating one third of the US economy and home to one in eight US citizens California has a significant role in influencing other states.

    Marijuana legalised

    California, the first state to approve medical marijuana two decades ago, was among five states weighing whether to go beyond medical use and permit pot for adults for recreational purposes. The other states were Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada. With California “yes” vote, recreational cannabis will be legal along the entire West Coast, giving the legalization movement powerful momentum.

    http://www.fox5ny.com/news/216285833-story