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Australia: ACT Weighs Carr's Cannabis Trial
ccguide Wednesday 28 May 2003 Pubdate: Sun, 25 May 2003 Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) Copyright: 2003 The Sydney Morning Herald Contact: Website: http://www.smh.com.au/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/441 Author: Kerry-Anne Walsh ACT WEIGHS CARR'S CANNABIS TRIAL The ACT is poised to follow the lead set by NSW and introduce a trial legalising the use of cannabis for medical purposes. NSW and ACT Health Department officials were in contact about the details of the four-year trial within 24 hours of the announcement by Premier Bob Carr on Tuesday. The NSW Government is set to introduce the legislation enabling the trial in the spring parliamentary session. It would allow people with serious and terminal illnesses to use cannabis. Both the ACT Health Minister Simon Corbell and the ACT Opposition Leader, Liberal Brendan Smyth, told The Sun-Herald they were in favour of the trial. Mr Corbell said he would be "looking very closely" to see if it would be appropriate for Canberra. He said the NSW plan for controlled, medically supervised use of cannabis was a prototype Canberra could emulate. "We have a pretty liberal community," he said. "Certainly, using drugs for this sort of purpose would be an attitude that most here would have." The trial would be beneficial for older, seriously ill patients who "aren't likely to grow their own [marijuana] or purchase some". - --- MAP posted-by: Alex
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