Medicinal Marijuana
Under the bill proposed by the Greens, ill people would be able to apply for a cannabis card, issued on a doctor's authority and registered with the police, which would allow them to grow small amounts. The opposing argument was that it would bring cannabis into mainstream society, doctors would be swamped with demands for cannabis cards from people insisting they were seriously ill and needed pain relief, and that there were already prescription drugs available which used THC, the active ingredient in cannabis. The bill was defeated at its 1st reading.
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