MARIJUANA – LAW AND LEGISLATION – AUSTRALIA

Greens unveil plan to sell marijuana through agency

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Original article by Tom McIlroy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 8 : 16-Apr-18

The Greens have called for cannabis to be legalised in Australia for recreational use, with its sale to be managed through a government agency. The Australian Cannabis Agency would serve as the sole wholesaler of the drug, while people would be able to grow up to six cannabis plants at home for their own use. Announcing its policy, Greens leader Richard Di Natale said "the war on drugs has failed". The Greens contend that its policy would help to reduce crime, as well as boosting the Budget by hundreds of millions of dollars.

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A massive majority of Australians support the legalisation of medicinal marijuana

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 26-Oct-15

A special Roy Morgan telephone survey has found that 91 per cent of Australians aged 14+ believe the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes should be made legal. The survey, which was carried out from 20-22 October 2015, also shows that 94 per cent of Australians aged 50-64 and 94 per cent of those aged 65+ believe that medicinal marijuana should be legalised. Support for legalisation is similarly strong among Australians intending to vote for the L-NP (92 per cent) in the next federal election and those planning to vote for the ALP (94 per cent), and almost unanimous among Green voters (97 per cent). Roy Morgan Research CEO Michele Levine notes that the survey found that only one-third of Australians believes that the smoking of marijuana should be made legal. This demonstrates that Australians understand that smoking and consuming marijuana for medicinal purposes are two very separate issues.

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