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| UpdatedMedicinal cannabis is harder to get than ever before, so advocates are banding together to launch a new campaign for better access.
Topics: cannabis, health-policy, australia
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| UpdatedIt is likely some GPs will refuse to dispense medicinal cannabis when the drug becomes legal in Queensland, the Australian Medical Association's state president says.
Topics: cannabis, drug-use, health, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, laws, activism-and-lobbying, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, qld
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A Brisbane father whose daughter suffers from terminal illness and has regular seizures says the state's new laws to legalise medicinal cannabis may not work.
Topics: cannabis, drug-use, health, laws, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedA man is jailed after pleading guility to charges relating to the operation of an elaborate hydroponic cannabis grow house at Morwell, in Victoria's Latrobe Valley.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, drugs-and-substance-abuse, cannabis, crime, morwell-3840
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A former New South Wales Labor backbencher has spoken out about his battle with pancreatic cancer and how cannabis oil is a vital part of his ongoing treatment.
Topics: cancer, cannabis, political-parties, newcastle-2300
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| UpdatedA roundtable to examine the potential to establish industrial hemp and medicinal cannabis industries in South Australia will be held at the end of the month.
Topics: cannabis, drug-use, health, states-and-territories, state-parliament, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA woman whose home was raided by police for supplying cannabis oil products to terminally ill people says has has been trying to meet with SA's Health Minister for two years in a bid to legalise the use of medicinal cannabis.
Topics: cannabis, drug-use, health, states-and-territories, state-parliament, federal---state-issues, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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| UpdatedConcerned parents express fears for the lives of dozens of sick Queensland children following raids on a South Australian cannabis oil producer.
Topics: cannabis, drug-use, health, laws, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, qld, sa, australia
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New figures put North America's legal marijuana "green rush" above the dot-com boom of the early 2000s in terms of industry growth, according to Forbes.
Topics: cannabis, drug-use, health, business-economics-and-finance, united-states
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| UpdatedThe South Australian Government needs to show more support for a proposal to grow medicinal cannabis at Holden's Elizabeth factory once the site is vacated in 2017, the State Opposition says.
Topics: community-and-society, cannabis, health, elizabeth-5112, adelaide-5000, sa
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Police in Newcastle raid an inner-city unit where medicinal cannabis was being grown, seizing hundreds of plants.
Topics: cannabis, health, newcastle-2300
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The New South Wales Government is running months behind schedule on its medicinal cannabis trials, with the trial for terminally ill cancer patients now unlikely to begin this year.
Topics: cancer, cannabis, health, medical-research, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, nsw, australia
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Individuals and companies can now apply for licences and permits to grow medicinal marijuana, but medical experts doubt its success as a cash crop.
Topics: alternative-medicine, rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, cannabis, health, wa, australia
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Growing cannabis legally will be a step closer on Sunday when federal legislation comes into effect allowing the drug to be grown for medicinal purposes.
Topics: cannabis, drug-use, health, medical-research, nsw, australia, vic
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| UpdatedQueensland GPs will soon be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis for patients under new laws passed by State Parliament on Wednesday night.
Topics: cannabis, drug-use, health, laws, law-crime-and-justice, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThe father of a dying eight-year-old girl in Brisbane wants special permission from the Queensland Government to use cannabis oil in hospital.
Topics: people, medical-ethics, cannabis, human-interest, health, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA "reckless" Canberra naturopath who administered cannabis liquids to his teenage daughter and sold it to terminally ill customers avoids jail, instead receiving a 12 month suspended sentence.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, cannabis, drug-use, canberra-2600, act, australia
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A 55-year-old Sydney man charged over a 100-kilogram haul of stripped cannabis plants is denied bail in the ACT Magistrates Court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, cannabis, crime, canberra-2600, act, sydney-2000, nsw
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Police have seized thousands of cannabis plants following the raid of an Anderleigh property north of Gympie.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, police, cannabis, bundaberg-4670, gympie-4570, anderleigh-4570
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Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, cannabis, police, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedLorraine Elwell says her 12-year-old son Hunter had a seizure every 30 seconds until he started consuming medicinal cannabis, as similar use of the drug becomes the focus of a new study.
Topics: cannabis, health, epilepsy, diseases-and-disorders, medical-research, sydney-2000, nsw
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A Canberra-based medicinal cannabis user roundly welcomes a move to establish a scheme for the drug in the ACT.
Topics: alternative-medicine, health-policy, cannabis, act, canberra-2600
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Two men caught growing more than 40 cannabis plants in a sophisticated set up in a suburban Canberra home escape jail time.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, drugs-and-substance-abuse, cannabis, police, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA north Queensland mother hopes her epileptic daughter will be among 30 children taking part in a medicinal cannabis oil trial this year.
Topics: epilepsy, cannabis, adolescent-health, mackay-4740
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Queensland children with severe drug-resistant epilepsy can apply to take part in a medicinal cannabis clinical trial, following a deal signed with a British drug company.
Topics: epilepsy, child-health-and-behaviour, cannabis, pharmaceuticals, activism-and-lobbying, state-parliament, laws, medical-research, brisbane-4000, qld