THEY won't be adding hashish to the cookie mix any time soon -- but the Coraki CWA ladies are warming to the possibilities of marijuana.

Perhaps better known for lamington drives and knitting groups, the conservative Country Women's Association (CWA) has launched a controversial push to trial cannabis for pain relief.

While they don't support recreational drug use at all, the medical trial has the support of many of the Coraki ladies.

"Thirty years ago I would have been horrified at the thought," Coraki CWA vice-president Mary Hearn, 77, said yesterday.

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