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Cryptocurrency and pot – a heady combination.

Rich Lister’s medical marijuana dreams go up in smoke

OneLife Labs has collapsed, owing its creditors $18.5 million.

  • Sarah Danckert

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The University of Newcastle has launched an investigation into research linked to a medicinal cannabis project.

Dying woman and ethical doubts spark probe into cannabis cancer ‘cure’

A research project on a cannabis cancer cure is under investigation amid allegations over ethical approvals and tests being run on a terminally ill woman.

  • Liam Mannix and Clay Lucas
Australian medicinal cannabis company Montu sells the Circle brand of cannabis.

Seven-minute scripts: How top cannabis company encourages quick consults with doctor bonuses

Doctors at Australia’s top cannabis firm can see up to eight patients an hour in quick consults, with incentives tied to patient volume targets.

  • Clay Lucas
Hawthorn doctor Frank Barbagallo, who in 2020 bought 400,000 shares in Montu for 15 cents each.

‘Fishy from the outset’: Millions in crowdsourced cannabis cash sparks landmark battle

A crowdsourcing investment initiative by fast-growing market giant Montu’s has descended into acrimony and unprecedented action from a corporate regulator.

  • Clay Lucas
Roadside drug-driving tests have expanded, but to nowhere near the scale of random breath tests.

Drug-driving rates are soaring, but it’s not just down to extra testing

Remember the ad campaign, “If you drink then drive, you’re a bloody idiot”? It’s time to think about a drug-driving campaign.

  • Milad Haghani
Cannabis growing at Victorian producer ECS Botanics

Legalise cannabis in NSW? These MPs don’t think it’s a bad idea

Ahead of the long-promised drug summit, three government MPs have supported calls for an overhaul of cannabis laws in NSW.

  • Max Maddison
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Will Williams lost his licence - and his business - after testing positive for cannabis in a drug test.

Victoria may end automatic licence loss for drivers testing positive for cannabis

Advocates and patients say it’s time the law was modernised to reflect the use of medicinal cannabis.

  • Broede Carmody and Clay Lucas
ECS Botanics, a medicinal cannabis farm located near Swan Hill. The company, which is listed on the ASX, grows hundreds of kilograms of legal cannabis each year.

Australia’s biggest medicinal cannabis company launches legal action over news story

Montu is demanding The Age take down a story about its contentious customer referral system and reveal the sources behind it.

  • Liam Mannix
Canada supplies 70 per cent of the medicinal cannabis now in Australia. Image created by Marija Ercegovac for a story on the glut of Canadian cannabis now flooding the world, but particularly Australia.

As Canadian cannabis conquers Australia, local growers face tough rules

Canadian cannabis is flooding Australia’s medicinal market, leaving local growers struggling to compete with looser standards and raising concerns about quality.

  • Clay Lucas
There are concerns about the way some doctors are prescribing medicinal cannabis.

Ninety patients a day: Telehealth tick-and-flick cannabis scripts under fire

One GP wrote an average of one script every five minutes, fuelling concerns over the money on offer, with online job ads for doctors offering up to $350 an hour.

  • Clay Lucas

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