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he first month of the Tasmanian Government's Medicinal Cannabis Controlled Access Scheme is being bogged down in hours of paperwork and confusion over how it is meant to operate. Since the scheme started on September 1 the Health Department has received just three applications from medical...

Tasmanians will be able to apply to access medicinal cannabis from Friday, but doctors and advocates have concerns about how the scheme will work. East Tamar mother Lyn Cleaver uses medicinal cannabis to treat her 26-year-old son Jeremy's seizures. She has applied to access Tasmania's...

Tasmanians will have access to medicinal cannabis when the state government's Controlled Access Scheme starts on Friday. From September 1 medical specialists will be able to prescribe medical cannabis products for patients where conventional treatments have failed. Epilepsy Tasmania chief...

Fatigued, frequently ill and experiencing ever-changing symptoms, Sue Curry has spent years living with a debilitating illness. "It's like having the flu, a concussion, multiple sclerosis," she said. Her illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), is poorly...

Fatigued, frequently ill and experiencing ever-changing symptoms, Sue Curry has spent years living with a debilitating illness. "It's like having the flu, a concussion, multiple sclerosis," she said. Her illness, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), is poorly...

People in Canberra seeking medicinal cannabis will so get the support of the ACT government as it would soon be starting a medical marijuana scheme. The government is developing an evidence-based framework for the scheme, Assistant Health Minister Meegan Fitzharris announced on Thursday. The...

People in Canberra seeking medicinal cannabis will so get the support of the ACT government as it would soon be starting a medical marijuana scheme. The government is developing an evidence-based framework for the scheme, Assistant Health Minister Meegan Fitzharris announced on Thursday. The...

A small number of children with drug-resistant epilepsy will soon be able to access a new cannabis-based drug in New South Wales which is showing promise in relieving the symptoms. The pharmaceutical drug, Epidolex, is still in a trial phase and has not yet received full approval from...