Kerrie-Ann Trembath Forster has lived with excruciating chronic pain for years and says doctors need to be more willing to prescribe medical cannabis to patients. The medicinal cannabis scheme in Canberra is struggling to find doctors keen to prescribe drug.
Investment strategist Mark Bernberg says Australia is throwing away billions of dollars of possible tax revenue from cannabis being legalised, and questions why it is not being tackled on the election campaign.
Watch this short clip of a cannabis farm near Leyburn, south-west of Toowoomba in Queensland, as police find over $5 million worth of cannabis plants on the property.
A grandmother from Darwin, amongst others, has been jailed after she confessed to selling 45kg of marijuana. The drugs seizure is said to have been worth $400,000 in value.
Western Australian Police have seized 7500 illegal cannabis plants from a property in Red Gully, around 140km north of Perth. The police investigation is ongoing, and they have not yet found the persons responsible.
The cannabis industry for medicinal use is growing at a fast pace. Brisbane City Council recently approved a site for growing cannabis, but local residents were not informed, even though the site is close to a school and playground.
As more US states are legalising the recreational use of cannabis, questions are being raised whether Australia should follow suit. Debates are being had about the dangers of cannabis and how legalising the drug could prove beneficial.
The new controlled access scheme (CAS) for cannabis in Tasmania will allow approved medical practitioners to prescribe medical cannabis to their patients. This article answers some common questions.
Police in the Northern Territory have seized $900,000 worth of cannabis, after a long operation to try and prevent drugs entering remote NT communities.
