Pubdate: Thu, 14 Apr 2016
Source: Queensland Times, The (Australia)
Copyright: 2016 APN News & Media Ltd
Contact:  http://www.qt.com.au/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/4953

VICTORIA GIVES MEDICAL MARIJUANA GREEN LIGHT

VICTORIA has beaten New South Wales in becoming the first state to 
legalise medical marijuana. Children with severe epilepsy will have 
first access to clinical trials early next year. A small-scale 
marijuana cultivation will also be trialled at a Victorian facility. 
"It's absolutely heartbreaking to see families having to choose 
between breaking the law and watching their children suffer, and now 
. they won't have to," Health Minister Jill Hennessy said.
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