Campaign for cannabis proves complicated

Campaign for cannabis proves complicated

Meet two Australians who feel obliged to supply medicinal cannabis oil illegally.

  • bySandra Hall

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Cannabis reform raises conflict between state and federal laws
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Opinion

Cannabis reform raises conflict between state and federal laws

Technically Australian Federal Police could arrest people for breaking federal law,despite being seconded to uphold ACT law. But there might be a legal defence for those caught up.

  • byJarryd Bartle
Legal cannabis in ACT could pave way for further decriminalisation

Legal cannabis in ACT could pave way for further decriminalisation

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr said the federal government should focus on organised crime drug trade rather than the territory’s cannabis legalisation.

  • byRachel Clun
Morrison government weighs options against'dangerous,trendy'ACT cannabis laws

Morrison government weighs options against'dangerous,trendy'ACT cannabis laws

"They'll say that they're enlightened and progressive and all the rest of it - but I think it's dangerous,"Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says.

  • byMichael Koziol
Mobile cannabis tests on drivers gave inaccurate results,researchers say

Mobile cannabis tests on drivers gave inaccurate results,researchers say

A study found devices that test for tetrahydrocannabinol in saliva often fail to detect high amounts of cannabis use but often produce positive readings for low levels.

  • bySarah Keoghan
Medicinal cannabis is legal but my 91-year-old mum's struggle to get it was torture
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Medicine

Medicinal cannabis is legal but my 91-year-old mum's struggle to get it was torture

The daughter of an independent 91-year-old woman describes the long and expensive process involved in getting legal pain relief.

  • byDe Brierley Newton
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Queensland's first medicinal cannabis farm officially opens

Queensland's first medicinal cannabis farm officially opens

Queensland's first medicinal cannabis farm has been officially opened,looking to become the first in the country to supply to local patients

  • byStuart Layt
High Hopes

High Hopes

Rich-lister Barry Lambert had no interest in medicinal cannabis until it saved his granddaughter from the ravages of a devastating illness. Five years on,he’s become an international cannabis mogul.

  • byAmanda Hooton
Blindfolds and fake names:Inside a'top-secret'legal Australian cannabis grow room
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Blindfolds and fake names:Inside a'top-secret'legal Australian cannabis grow room

In a nondescript shed somewhere in Western Australia’s idyllic South West,history isn’t being made,it’s being grown.

  • byHamish Hastie
First batch of medical marijuana delivered to Thai hospitals

First batch of medical marijuana delivered to Thai hospitals

Thailand's legislature agreed to amend the country's drug law last year to allow the licensed medical use of cannabis.

After the highs,pot stocks come back to earth

After the highs,pot stocks come back to earth

Pot stock share prices have fallen from their highs of 2018.

  • byJohn Collett