Jury out on medical marijuana

Original article by Luke Malpass
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 5-Jan-15

Dr John Lawson of the Sydney Children’s Hospital notes that there is growing interest in the use of medical marijuana to treat epileptic children. He has welcomed the New South Wales Government’s recent decision to provide $A9m to finance a trial of medical marijuana, and has emphasised that any such drugs given to children will have no psychoactive properties

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SYDNEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET, VICTORIA. DEPT OF PREMIER AND CABINET

Give our girl cannabis

Original article by Cathy O’Leary
The West Australian – Page: 32 : 5-Sep-14

Western Australian Health Minister Kim Hames opposes the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Shellie Martin wants to give her epileptic daughter the banned drug to control her seizures. Martin notes that about 7,000 of the 24,000 epilepsy sufferers in the state experience uncontrollable seizures. Opposition Leader Mark McGowan favours the use of cannabis by people with chronic or terminal medical conditions

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WESTERN AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HEALTH, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL