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An Afghanistan veteran with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD) wants medicinal cannabis to be recognised as an effective and legal treatment for his condition. Lawnton's Michael Harding said he was medically discharged from the Royal Australian Army with PTSD and conversion disorder in...

Criminal history checks on doctors and patients should not be used to assess applications to access medical marijuana in Queensland, a parliamentary committee has argued. The Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Committee has delivered its report on a...

Criminal history checks on doctors and patients should not be used to assess applications to access medical marijuana in Queensland, a parliamentary committee has argued. The Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Committee has delivered its report on a...

The Drugs Misuse Act 1986 will be amended enabling Queensland producers to supply of seed to the medicinal cannabis supply chain. Agriculture minister Leanne Donaldson said the amendments to the Drugs Misuse Act were introduced with the Farm Business Debt Mediation Bill 2016 to the Queensland...

The Drugs Misuse Act 1986 will be amended enabling Queensland producers to supply of seed to the medicinal cannabis supply chain. Agriculture minister Leanne Donaldson said the amendments to the Drugs Misuse Act were introduced with the Farm Business Debt Mediation Bill 2016 to the Queensland...

Cannabis possession, trafficking, supply and production are criminal offences in Queensland with maximum penalties ranging between 15 and 25 years imprisonment. Cannabis use in Queensland remains higher than the average of other Australian states and is the largest illegal drug market...

Cannabis possession, trafficking, supply and production are criminal offences in Queensland with maximum penalties ranging between 15 and 25 years imprisonment. Cannabis use in Queensland remains higher than the average of other Australian states and is the largest illegal drug market...

Queensland has ideal conditions for a commercial cannabis industry for use in medicine, according to a state government paper set to be released on Tuesday. The paper, an overview of medicinal cannabis, was obtained by Fairfax Media ahead of its publication, which was expected to be online...

Australia's "most progressive" medicinal marijuana legislation, which would give more sick Queenslanders access to the presently illegal drug, has been released for public comment. If passed, the Public Health (Medicinal Cannabis) Bill 2016 would create a formal process for Queensland doctors...

THE Queensland Government will undertake targeted trials into the use of medicinal cannabis but there will be no broader dispensation to use the drug despite a 12,000-strong petition calling for changes to the law. The petition, driven by Bec Bridson of Mons was presented to Parliament late...