Sick NSW children begin medicinal cannabis treatment [9 News] Children with severe epilepsy have begun taking an experimental cannabis-based drug under the supervision of the NSW government. A group of 40 children who have exhausted conventional treatment options have been receiving doses of Epidiolex at the Sydney and Westmead children's [...]

More Victorian families set to get access to medicinal cannabis [The Age] Victoria's medicinal cannabis is a step closer to being dispensed to children with severe epilepsy, Premier Daniel Andrews has declared after visiting the state's clandestine marijuana crop. Less than an hour after pictures were released of Mr Andrews [...]

Medicinal cannabis available in NSW [News] Doctors in NSW will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis for their patients from Monday 1 August. Cannabis-based medicines have so far only been available to patients enrolled in clinical trials in NSW, but Premier Mike Baird said with regulatory changes the drugs could [...]

Put aside politics to tackle the problem of illicit drugs [Sydney Morning Herald] It would have been better if the Premier had called it – and called it sooner, but at last NSW is to have another drug summit. The NSW MPs from across the political spectrum who have banded [...]

Survey: Patient Demand for Medical Cannabis in Australia in 2016 [MCUA] The Australian Federal Government is in the process of formulating regulations for the issuing of licenses and permits to grow Cannabis for medical use in Australia. They are saying that PATIENT DEMAND WILL DETERMINE HOW MANY licenses are issued. [...]