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Amnesty plea to allow medicinal cannabis users behind the wheel
A growing number of Victorians have been prescribed the treatment, but risk breaking the law if they use it.
- by Kieran Rooney
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I found the business card in my door. Hours later, the drugs were delivered
In the US, where obtaining cannabis is as easy as ordering Uber Eats, Joe Biden hopes relaxing federal drug laws will help him win young and black votes.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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How big business pushes a product it’s not allowed to advertise
Strict laws forbid the promotion of prescription medicines. But medicinal cannabis companies are getting creative - and business is booming.
- by Angus Thomson and Patrick Begley
Fresh twist in tale of cancelled UK Australia Day event
The Australian High Commission in London scrapped an Australia Day event following consultation with its First Nations working group, new documents reveal.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Wonder drug or placebo: The confounding case of medicinal cannabis
Iraq War veteran Derek Pyrah says medicinal cannabis did wonders for his PTSD. Gold Coast Suns coach Damien Hardwick swears by it for chronic pain. But many experts say the research doesn’t stack up.
- by Jewel Topsfield
‘You can’t even believe it’: Mike Tyson’s reinvention as a cannabis heavyweight
Mike Tyson is one of a number of celebrities giving the US cannabis market some star power.
- by Ashley Southall
Jeremy Buckingham says everyone in state parliament has smoked pot
The legalise cannabis MP on drug reform, class politics, the MeToo movement, and dead fish.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman
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Premier, treasurer and opposition leader admit they’ve tried cannabis
Premier Jacinta Allan has acknowledged she tried cannabis “a long, long time ago”, while Treasurer Tim Pallas and Opposition Leader John Pesutto said they had also tried it.
- by Rachel Eddie, Kieran Rooney and Broede Carmody
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Crossbench teams up on pill testing trial, as government says it’s open to cannabis discussion
Three crossbench parties will push for a pill testing trial a day after the Victorian government said it was open to talking about decriminalising personal cannabis use.
- by Rachel Eddie
Victorian government open to discussing decriminalising cannabis use
Mental Health Minister Ingrid Stitt said the state government is open to a process that would take the advice of experts and engage with the community.
- by Rachel Eddie
Sobering new figures prompt rethink of Queensland’s drug driving laws
The government grapples with how to allow for medicinal cannabis use and still stop people driving under the influence of drugs.
- by Sean Parnell
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