Legal Cannabis
The simple tweak that could allow medicinal cannabis users to drive
Legalise Cannabis MPs are pushing for motorists who have a prescription for medicinal cannabis to have legal protection while behind the wheel.
- by Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie
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Criminalising cannabis: How Australia’s war on weed hurts the poor
Most cannabis possession arrests happen in Victoria’s poorest suburbs and towns. A new approach is needed, says the Penington Institute.
- by Clay Lucas
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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
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
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D-day approaches for Dolphins and medicinal cannabis sponsor
One of Australian sport’s most controversial sponsorship arrangements is under threat.
- by Dan Walsh and Adrian Proszenko
Up in smoke? Dolphins cannabis sponsor links under review
A groundbreaking partnership recently struck by the NRL’s newest club is being reviewed and raising questions for the game’s governing body and broadcasters.
- by Jordan Baker and Dan Walsh
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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