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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-23/qld-father-gave-cancer-stricken-daughter-cannabis-oil-sentenced/7270222?WT.ac=localnews_Brisbane A Queensland father has been handed a two-year good behaviour bond for giving his sick daughter cannabis oil. The 32-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty in Brisbane's Supreme Court to four counts of supplying a dangerous drug to a minor and one count of possessing a dangerous drug. The court heard the man's daughter was diagnosed with cancer in 2014 when she was two years old. She was diagnosed with a stage three neuroblastoma and given a 50 per cent chance of long-term survival. The Supreme…

The Queensland government has taken another step towards approving the use of medicinal cannabis, with a new bill set to establish the framework for the prescription, dispensing and administration of the drug. The bill was announced by Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, who said she had been "moved by the stories of families with young children with epilepsy, suffering life-threatening seizures, and what they go through on a daily basis". http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/m/m/q/1/7/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.goqgaf.png/1462840601209.jpgPremier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the medicinal marijuana bill is not a "green light for the recreational u…

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/queensland-cracks-down-on-cannabis-as-canada-moves-to-tax-legal-use-20160507-goouj1.html Queensland government moves to give cannabis the same status as heroin and cocaine as the most dangerous drugs will push marijuana users onto harder drugs, according to a visiting Canadian advocate. Dana Larsen, who operates cannabis dispensaries in Vancouver, will give a public talk on Sunday about Canada's new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plans to legalise and regulate cannabis use. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/g/j/m/m/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.goouj1.png/1462632427046.jpgCannabis. Photo: Queenslan…

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http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/richard-nixon-used-america%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98war-on-drugs%e2%80%99-as-excuse-to-target-%e2%80%98anti-war-left-and-black-people%e2%80%99-claims-former-aide/ar-BBqQg2N#image=1 America’s so-called “war on drugs” began as little more than a ploy to enable Richard Nixon to go after his political enemies, one of the disgraced President’s former policy gurus admitted in an interview which has surfaced for the first time. John Ehrlichman, who had advised Nixon on domestic policy, told the journalist Dan Baum that the drugs war was an excuse to target “the anti-war left and black people”, Mr Baum writes, in a new report advocating drug lega…

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/03/10/recreational-marijuana-australia_n_9434580.html?utm_hp_ref=australia A senate committee has held a hearing in Sydney on the legalisation of marijuana for recreational purposes, as part of a series of hearings on personal choice and community impacts. The Senate Economics References Committee met at the Erskineville town hall on Friday, hearing submissions on the "sale and use of marijuana and associated products". More than a dozen written submissions were received by the committee, with five individuals, the Department of Health and the National Rural Health Alliance giving evidence in person. Senators Sam Dastyari and Davi…

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/cannabis-to-stay-illegal-in-queensland-cameron-dick-20160301-gn7li9.html Any prospect of marijuana being decriminalised in Queensland is still a long way off, the state's health minister says. Cameron Dick's comments come after the government this week released draft legislation that could allow doctors to prescribe medicinal cannabis by the end of the year. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/r/4/w/z/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gn7li9.png/1456812038436.jpg Health Minister Cameron Dick has left the door open for marijuana to be legalised in Queensland ... eventually. Although focused on medical tr…

http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/other-industries/legalising-medical-cannabis-sounds-great-if-you-can-afford-it/news-story/60ee23bfa8ee31c7a816d598efa44328 AUSTRALIA is about to see an explosion of capital investment in a product that, up until recently, has been the domain of the criminal underworld. After years of lobbying by doctors, cancer patients and parents of sick children, medical cannabis has finally been legalised. And with the ink still drying on the Federal Government’s laws, key players are ready to pounce on what is tipped to become a billion-dollar industry (once state laws catch up, and a national regulator is established). But fo…