Editor's Note: If only the U.S. government would share the views of Richard di Natale. This article from The Guardian reports di Natale believes "the evidence is 'crystal clear' that medical marijuana is safe and effective." Monday, SFGate reported: "Two weeks after President Obama signed legislation prohibiting federal interference with state medical marijuana laws, his administration has told a federal judge in Sacramento that pot is still a dangerous drug with no medical value."
Campaign to legalise marijuana for medical purposes gathers strength with push to get issue on top of agenda in new parliamentary year
The campaign to legalise marijuana for medical purposes is gathering strength with a group of crossbench senators and MPs pushing for the issue to be top of the agenda in the new parliamentary year.
A private members’ bill has been introduced to the Senate that would see the formation of a regulator to oversee the growing and distribution of cannabis for people with, for example, terminal illnesses or patients undergoing chemotherapy.
The bill is sponsored by Richard di Natale from the Greens, and is co-sponsored by Labor’s Melissa Parke and government backbencher Sharman Stone.
“This is a reform whose time has come,” di Natale told Guardian Australia. “We need national laws on the issue. I’m confident that federally we’ll get some movement on it.”
