JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LEGISLATION OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS PUBLIC HEARING Inquiry into Medicinal Cannabis When: Friday 7 July 2023 from 11 am Where: Constitution Room, Old Parliament House Witnesses Appearing via Teams: Dr Joel Wren, President Society of Cannabis Clinicians Australian Chapter For further information, please contact Ms Alison Meeks (Parliamentary Officer), Ph (08) 8237 9387 or email jclmc@parliament.sa.gov.au The hearing will be Live Streamed and can be accessed via the parliamentary website: https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/en/About-Parliament/Live-Broadcast#0##0 mailto:jclmc@parliament.sa.gov.au https://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/en/About-Parliament/Live-Broadcast#0

Cannabis in South Australia - What’s the Problem?

… The Bedrocan Cannabis Flos cannot be distinguished from illicit cannabis.

We did a literature review on cannabis and impairment.

… The Bedrocan Cannabis Flos cannot be distinguished from illicit cannabis.

MedTEC Pharma’s Response to the South Australian Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis Page 1 of 8 1.

SUBMISSION Prepared by Michael Russell for the Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis.

The legislation does not discriminate between prescribed medicinal cannabis and illicit cannabis.

Cannabis guilty.

Cannabis itself is the least harmful of any of the drugs.