❓ Hon Dr Brian Walker questions the Minister for Health regarding the progress and considerations of the working group on medicinal cannabis, particularly in relation to driving laws and interstate comparisons. The Minister confirms the group has convened and relevant material will be considered.
AnsweredQoN 1234Legislative Council
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MEDICAL CANNABIS — WORKING GROUP
1234. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer the minister to the
cross-party interim report on the legalisation of medicinal cannabis tabled in
the South Australian Parliament last month and specifically to the first
recommendation in that report, which calls upon the South Australian government
to draft amendments to provide that it is not an offence to drive with
tetrahydrocannabinol in one's system if prescribed medicinal cannabis
and not impaired.
(1) Has the minister's own
working group convened yet; and, if not, why not?
(2) Who has been appointed to sit
on the working group and why were they invited to do so in each case?
(3) Will the minister forward copies of the South
Australian report to the members of her own group for their consideration?
(4) Will she urge
the working group to consider, as the report recommends, the Tasmanian defence,
which treats all prescribed drugs in the same manner?
(5) If no to either (3) or (4), why
not?
1234. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer the minister to the
cross-party interim report on the legalisation of medicinal cannabis tabled in
the South Australian Parliament last month and specifically to the first
recommendation in that report, which calls upon the South Australian government
to draft amendments to provide that it is not an offence to drive with
tetrahydrocannabinol in one's system if prescribed medicinal cannabis
and not impaired.
(1) Has the minister's own
working group convened yet; and, if not, why not?
(2) Who has been appointed to sit
on the working group and why were they invited to do so in each case?
(3) Will the minister forward copies of the South
Australian report to the members of her own group for their consideration?
(4) Will she urge
the working group to consider, as the report recommends, the Tasmanian defence,
which treats all prescribed drugs in the same manner?
(5) If no to either (3) or (4), why
not?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following has been provided by the Minister
for Health.
(1) Yes.
(2) The working group includes representatives from
the Department of Health, the Mental Health Commission , the Western Australia
Police Force, the Road Safety Commission, the Department of Transport and
medical experts.
(3)–(5) Relevant material from other jurisdictions
will be considered.
some notice of the question. The following has been provided by the Minister
for Health.
(1) Yes.
(2) The working group includes representatives from
the Department of Health, the Mental Health Commission , the Western Australia
Police Force, the Road Safety Commission, the Department of Transport and
medical experts.
(3)–(5) Relevant material from other jurisdictions
will be considered.
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