EXEMPTIONS IN AUSTRALIA!

[Guest LOUDWAYNE]

World Leading Health Journal Opines For Patients To Receive Federal Exemptions To Use Medical Marijuana

 

July 30, 2003 - Brisbane, Australia

 

Brisbane, Queensland: Governments should grant federal exemptions to qualified patients who find therapeutic benefits from the medicinal use of marijuana, conclude a pair of researchers writing in the current issue of the journal CNS Drugs.

 

"The best prospects for the medical use of cannabinoids lie in finding ways to deliver THC that do not involve smoking and in developing synthetic cannabinoids that produce therapeutic effects with a minimum of psychoactive effects," write Professors Wayne Hall and Louisa Degenhardt of the Office of Public Policy and Ethics at the University of Queensland. "While awaiting these developments, patients with specified medical conditions could be given exemptions from criminal prosecution to grow cannabis for their own use."

 

Hall and Degenhardt note that governments could grant patients individual exemptions to use medical cannabis without conflicting with international drug control treaties.

 

Recently, the Canadian government enacted regulations exempting qualified patients from criminal marijuana penalties. To date, an estimated 580 Canadians have received federal exemption authorizing them to grow and use medical marijuana. A similar program (the Compassionate Investigational New Drug Program) exempting US patients from state and federal pot laws existed during the 1970s and 80s, but was closed to new applicants in 1992. CNS Drugs is a "world leading peer reviewed publication providing independent and objective evaluations of drugs and their place in patient management."

 

For more information, please contact Allen St. Pierre, Executive Director of The NORML Foundation, at (202) 483-8751. Abstracts of the article, entitled "Medical Marijuana Initiatives: Are They Justified?

 

How Successful Are They Likely To Be?" are available online via the PubMed search engine at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

 

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[Guest IMPOSTORRobbieGanjaSeedNON-MEMBE]

Bloody marvelous. And here I am about to leave Qld for another state...

 

The guy that this article quotes as leading this is the very same person that headed the changes in NSW's drug laws in regards to medicinal use of grass. Prof. Wayne HAll has been a legend in this arena for us, and if he calls for any support as he did in Nsw, I hope as many of us as possible can do so. You don't have to have MS to be a help either, any benifits a person has had health wise is great. PMT, nervous tension, Asthma, appetite performance, or to help get off heavier, more serious drugs such as alcohol is all great stuff to write a submission over.

 

I was once a full blown alcoholic, and was able to give it up by eating grass constantly. I sincerely doubt I could have done it without grass, and it's not just a matter of swapping one drug with another, I can take or leave a joint, but I never said no to a stubbie. Anyone with similar stories to this involving booze-Heroin would be perfect. Of course, it isn't neccesary to wait for them to call for submissions, anyone can simply write to Prof. Hall now with such antetodal evidence. If you want your name and addy kept secret, I can vouch that I have submitted through him, and no cop has every kicked my door in. Just be sure to make it clear you need your addy kept out of the hands of cops, he's completely aware of the need for this.

 

In NSW, he called for submissions from people that use grass theraputically, to support his case, while chairman of the NSW Gov. inquiry into medical marijuana.

 

I don't know how much they have implemented of the body's reccomendations yet, but any change that does come will be a direct response to his efforts. Of course, Bob Carr was supportive of that issue because of a family member that is in a position to benifit from the findings, and I wonder how much the Qld. Gov. will support or dismiss him.

 

Cheers

rob

 

PS. you by no means have to live in Qld to make a submission. I made mine to NSW from Tasmnaia, and was informed I would be eligable for the trials upon moving to that state. I haven't been there since, but I'm glad to have contributed just the same.

[RobbieGanjaSeed]

I have no idea why that post is "unregistered". If anyone wants to know more, and if I can help them, please PM me about the submissions.

 

cheers

rob

[DOM]

yep i agree with this and i'm gonna do it too,

 

hey rob my pm is waiting for you

 

 

Cheers DOM.

[Guest Wilderbud]

Cool, Im first in line for excemption.