Cannabis pioneer to move state

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http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2010/12/16/medical-cannabis-pioneer-tony-bower-queensland/

 

 

MEDICINAL cannabis pioneer Tony Bower says he is fed up with bureaucratic stonewalling in NSW and will move his increasingly popular dispensary to Queensland.

 

Mr Bower founded Mullaway’s Medical Cannabis after developing a way to access the healing qualities of cannabis without the notorious side-effects, offering welcome relief to people suffering chronic pain and terminal illness.

 

Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people on the North Coast who previously struggled with the often debilitating side-effects of prescription painkillers have attributed significant relief from chronic pain and improvement in quality of life to Mr Bower and his medicines.

 

“There are so many sick people relying on me to provide these medicines (but) after two years of attempting to negotiate with the NSW Government, a way forward needs to be found for terminally and chronically ill patients to have access to a safe, effective, inexpensive, natural and legal medicine,†he said in a statement.

 

“For 12 months I have had approval from the Therapeutic Goods Administration to proceed, and my consultants have since been waiting on the NSW Government.â€

 

Mr Bower has been operating his fast-growing mobile dispensary between Port Macquarie and Nimbin for two years, but can no longer keep up with demand.

 

He has decided to apply to operate in Queensland, where he believes a $5.2 million medical extraction facility could be built.

 

“This facility needs to be built soon, the need is pressing, and it could easily employ up to a 100 people within two years,†he said.

 

“I apologise to the people of the Kempsey-Port Macquarie and Nimbin areas, but hope they will understand that any decision to try to establish elsewhere is for the sake of the people who are suffering now – their situations cannot wait for political delays.â€

 

Following a serious motorcycle accident 30 years ago, Mr Bower developed a method to distil a stable tincture capable of providing effective relief for sufferers of chronic pain.

 

He has since successfully treated sufferers of cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, arthritis, mig-raines and a host of other illnesses. A form of pharmaceutical cannabis called Marinol is available under strict conditions.

[KRON BOURKE]

Mr Bower is a living legend! Ive read a couple write ups about him and what hes does (online and sticky point) and to hear hes packing up is a damn shame! And i hope qld is nicer to him=] Wish I had a local medicine man on hand=] Best of luck mullaway man=]

[dani]

Cheers to NSW Government,

A Merry Christmas to you and yours

 

[freddie]

Shame on NSW Government.

 

Welcome to Queensland.

[Dazz@]

Yeah - I think he'll find Qld. wont be much Better.. , maybe should have considered adelaide!!!!.. Edited December 17, 2010 by Dazz@

[AdamSmith]

In some places, such as the Netherlands and parts of Australia, are in fact lawful use of cannabis. But no country has not always gone. (Twice the Dutch government has tried to change their laws, but has so much pressure that had to cancel the legalization of projects)

[everest]

yea good luck here in Queensland . they bust your ass here mate .

 

could always stay over at my place tho

 

ev

[AdamSmith]

Rule and taxation of cannabis diligence would have several impressions. Licensing and regulations assumed safeguards for all concerned in the production to uptake. Evans guesses that the infliction of the cannabis industry could get at least half a billion dollars in annual tax revenue in the state of Massachusetts.