Pubdate: Sun, 03 Aug 2014
Source: Sunday Mail (Australia)
Copyright: 2014 Queensland Newspapers
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Page: 56

MEDICAL NEED FOR WEED

THE vexed question of legalising medical marijuana is gaining 
momentum in Australia. Only recently NSW Premier Mike Baird said he 
wouldn't completely rule it out.

Now, Brisbane mum Sally White tells 60 Minutes tonight that her 
16-month-old daughter is dying and she wants to put her child on 
weed. A young cancer sufferer in Tamworth in NSW, his father a 
policeman, is waging a campaign to have medical marijuana made legal. 
It is legal in Colorado in the US and other states are investigating.

Properly regulated and with rigorous eligibility criteria, surely if 
it gives the dying relief, legalising medical marijuana must be 
investigated in this country.
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