URGENT ATTENTION NO MATTER WHERE IN AUSTRALIA YOU LIVE.

[Johnydark]

Done. Lots of people on Facebook have got onto it as well. ☺

[Faith]

completed

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Can only sign if you live in QLD.

You can sign if you have lived in QLD in the past

 

put down the last address that you lived at in QLD.

 

 

cant find where I read this...

[MongyMan]

There is also this petition needs support...

 

 

Cannabis Compassion Australia shared Medical Cannabis Advisory Group QLD's photo.

 

Medical Cannabis Advisory Group QLD

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QUEENSLAND RESIDENTS PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE

Please sign and share our second e petition with your friends, family and co workers for all patients and carers who need lawful access now and into the future.

http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-asse…/…/e-petition…

There are two e petitions currently on the Queensland Parliament website - this is the one that is supported by our proposal that the Premier and Cabinet have before them and what we have been working on hard all year - changes have already been made to the regulations but they don't go far enough!

Our second paper petition can also be downloaded from our website if you would like to help colelct signatures. Both of our petitions will be tabled in December.

http://medicalcannabisqld.wix.com/medicalcannabisqld

Thank you

 

 

 

[Razz0r]

put i the goldcoast postcoxe ffs! Need more people on this

[grow for me]

first time in my life i have ever said this but go queensland hehe.

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UPDATE

 

RESPONSE E-PETITION AND PAPER PETITIONS

 

HEALTH REG 270A WAS ALREADY AMENDED FOR ACCESS TO S 9 CANNABIS

 

NO CULTIVATE LICENCES OR AMNESTY

 

270A of the Health (Drugs and Poison) Regulation 1996 was amended in December just after the petitions were tabled and now allow QLD patients to access potentially any "unapproved" cannabis medicines from an Australian OR overseas cannabis company. A new entry 270B was made for approvals for possession, supply, administration, manufacture and use of Schedule 9 cannabis as 270A was invalid and in conflict with Cth Law.

 

Up until this change patients could only access s4 CBD without needing State approval. Schedule 8 nabiximols (THC,CBD approx.1:1 ratio) was also included in the Regs in November but was too product restrictive.

 

People need to understand SAS "unapproved" cannabis, cannabis resin and cannabinoids are NOT just pharmaceutical grade products, NOT just restricted to oils and NOT just imports - read below!!

 

PETITION RESPONSE LINKS

 

Paper petitions at https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/…/…/tabled-paper-petitions

 

E-Petitions at https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/…/peti…/closed-e-petitions

 

Liberal MP Steve Dickson's petition was given the same response as our petitions and can also be viewed from the above links.

 

LINDSAY'S SUPREME COURT CASE

 

Reg 270A was amended because in late October the AG was served a Notice in Lindsay's case for the Supreme Court. The AG and Health Minister had sought legal advice on whether the Regulation was invalid and in conflict with Commonwealth law - which it was. The Reg 270A change could be done easily by the Premier and Cabinet as a Regulation change didn't need a new Bill, or to go to Parliament or the Opposition.

 

APPROVALS FOR ACCESS

 

Approvals can now be given to possess, administer, supply, use and manufacture S9 cannabis, cannabis resin and cannabinoids for:

 

1. Research trials; and

 

2. in accordance with provisions in Section 19(1) of the Cth TGA Act through the SAS which provides patients access to "unapproved" medicines on a case by case basis from Australian companies and provisions for permits/licences to import from overseas companies.

 

Although no specific provisions for cultivation were made the previous prohibition in Reg 270a has been lifted meaning discretion may now be used and we expect further changes to be made shortly. If cultivation licences are not issued we will be taking this issue to the Supreme Court.

 

Health (Drugs and Poison) Regulation 1996

 

https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/…/cur…/H/HealDrAPOR96.pdf

 

ACCESS TO UNAPPROVED CANNABIS MEDICINES IN AUSTRALIA

 

Access to "unapproved" cannabis medicines is about the patients right to choose and consent to their own treatment and not for it to be dictated to by Governments.

 

SAS "unapproved" cannabis, cannabis resin and cannabinoids are NOT just pharmaceutical grade products. Cannabis companies do NOT necessarily have to be TGA GMP approved; and "unapproved" cannabis products are NOT required to have undergone trials and have NOT been evaluated by the TGA for safety and efficacy and do NOT have to be registered on the ARTG for marketing in Australia.

 

IMPORTED FROM OVERSEAS CANNABIS PROGRAMS

 

Overseas cannabis is classified as "unapproved" medicine under all medical cannabis programs such as in Canada, Israel, Chile, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Spain, Uruguay, Germany, the Netherlands and in over 30 U.S. states, cities and indian reservations - a recommendation acts in the place of a prescription.

 

If the cannabis needs to be imported from overseas - the products are NOT required to have undergone trials, do NOT have to be evaluated or approved by overseas Federal agencies such as Health Canada, the FDA and do NOT have to come from companies that are GMP approved under the FDA pharmaceutical system for example cannabis can come from companies licensed by State health departments in the US as long as the country allows export to Australia and products have been made to adequate health and safety standards and have adequate product information available for Customs purposes.

 

INVALIDITY OF STATE/TERRITORY LAW AND PATIENTS RIGHT TO ACCESS NOW NOT WAIT FOR TRIALS

 

Any State/Territory law that does not have provisions for patients to access "unapproved" cannabis on the same terms as the Commonwealth SAS is invalid. All Australian patients have the right to access and consent to use "unapproved medicines" and the choice whether to wait for trials or have access now !!!

 

NEED FOR LOCAL SUPPLY

 

Access may now be lawful but it's not equitable for all patients - until there is local affordable supply.

 

We now need cultivation licencing provisions for a local industry and supply through dispensaries as access through the Commonwealth SAS is complex.

 

Although no specific provisions for cultivation were made the previous prohibition in Reg 270a has been lifted meaning discretion may now be used and we expect further changes to be made shortly. If cutlivation licences are not issued we will be taking this issue to the Supreme Court.

 

AMNESTY - POLICE AND DPP DISCRETION AND NECESSITY DEFENCE

In the meantime patients who are breaking the law need to rely on police using their discretion, DPP prosecutorial discretion and the medical necessity defence if it ends up in Court. We will continue to advocate for our Amnesty program to be adopted - this can be viewed on our website at http://medicalcannabisqld.wix.com/medicalcannabisqld.