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        Reasons for rejection of section 18A Authority for medicinal cannabis 
Since April 2021 60 applications for s18A authority to prescribe medicinal cannabis have been 
refused: 
• The majority (55) of applications were refused because further information requested was 
not provided.
     
            
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        Late last year we published the Cannabis in Australia 2022 Report, which 
examined Australia's approach to medicinal cannabis, illicit cannabis and hemp in Australia.
     
            
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        Dear Secretary,
I am a long term Medical Cannabis user who has recently moved back to SA where I grew up
after many years in Tasmania where I ran the MCUAT patient support group.
     
            
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        “Cannabis & Employment”, https://nadk.flinders.edu.au/kb/cannabis/cannabis-employment/
20 Ibid.
     
            
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        Cannabis	in	South	Australia	-		
What’s	the	Problem?
     
            
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        We did a literature review on cannabis and impairment.
     
            
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        SUBMISSION
Prepared by Michael Russell for the Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal
Cannabis.
     
            
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        Medicinal Cannabis has been proven to have amazing therapeutic benefits and this 
realisation is creating immense demand for Cannabis that is high quality, consistent and has 
a diversity of genetics.
     
            
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        The legislation does not discriminate between prescribed medicinal cannabis and illicit 
cannabis.
     
            
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        Strict regulation is also 
required in relation to the advertising and promotion of medicinal cannabis products to prevent 
commercialisation of the cannabis industry.
     
            
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