Medicinal cannabis legalised in Victoria, child epilepsy patients to be given access from 2017
Abc.net.au April 12, 2016
Victoria has become the first state in Australia to legalise the use of medicinal cannabis.
Children with severe epilepsy will be the first to access to the drug in 2017, Victoria's Health Minister Jill Hennessy said, after the Access to Medicinal Cannabis Bill passed Parliament.
The legislation enables the manufacture, supply and access to medicinal cannabis products in the state.
"We're starting with these children with severe epilepsy, whose lives have been shown to improve so significantly, because we know these children often don't make it until adulthood," Ms Hennessy said.
"We want to improve the quality of their life."
She said it also meant parents of children with the disorder have to purchase the drug illegally...snip
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