It was further recommended that the Parliament give consideration to the establishment of a joint parliamentary committee to inquire into and report on the potential benefits and issues that may arise from legalisation of the recreational use of cannabis in South Australia.

These Panels aim to treat people experiencing problems connected with the misuse of drugs of dependence, or prohibited substances, (not being cannabis or cannabis resin) without the necessity of a court appearance.

The Controlled Substances Act uses the nomenclature "cannabis ", "cannabis oil" and "can- nabis resin ", rather than the names "Indian hemp" and "hashish" which were used in the previous Act.

FRANKS: I wanted to move to medicinal cannabis and I get that there is an overlap here with the TGA and the Office of Drug Control, but my questions on notice—because I am not expecting you to have them in your notes, although I will be thrilled if you do—just how many medical practitioners have been able to prescribe, whether they are authorised prescribers, or been able to prescribe medicinal cannabis products; what the categories of health conditions have been for that; how many patients in South Australia have been able to access medicinal cannabis; and if there is any breakdown available into things like whether they have been able to access that because of palliative care versus other conditions, if that could be provided?

(2) Subclause (1) applies to the following offences: (a) an indictable offence; (b) common assault or an offence of violence; (c) a summary offence against Part 5 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935; (d) an offence against the Controlled Substances Act 1984 involving a prohibited substance or a drug of dependence, other than a simple cannabis offence within the meaning of section 45A of that Act; (e) an offence against the Firearms Act 1977, other than an offence against section 15C, 18, 21A, 21AB 0r26 of that Act; (f) an offence against section 15 or 15A of the Summary Offences Act 1953; (g) an offence against the Police Act 1998; (h) an offence against the Listening and Surveillance Devices Act 1972; (i) an offence against the Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979 of the Commonwealth; (j) an offence against the Act or these regulations; (k) an offence substantially similar to any of the above offences against the law of the Commonwealth, another

The Advisory Council reviewed and advised the Minister about amendments to the regulations related to:  Cannabis and tetrahydrocannabinols for human therapeutic use  Low THC Cannabis sativa seeds and seed products as food  Uniform Controls over Schedule 5, 6 and 7 poisons  Remaking the Controlled Substances (Pesticides) Regulations 2003.

Board of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission | Chair Annual Report 2024–25 16 Table 2.1: Key substances in the Australian illicit drug market 2024–25 Substance Market characteristics Cannabis Serious and organised crime (SOC) groups are well established in the Australian cannabis market, although they do not dominate it.

During the reporting period Operation Mantle resulted in 438 arrests, 414 reports and seizure of 4053 cannabis plants, 293 kilograms of dried cannabis, 1390 grams of amphetamine, 6001 ecstasy tablets and $719 906 in cash.

Further resources will be considered in the new year. 17 New Committees Two new committees were established during the period: Select Committee on Access to Urinary Tract Infection Treatment Joint Committee on Medicinal Cannabis.

It was alleged that he had supplied each boy with cannabis in the context of creating an environment in which they would be susceptible to the sexual acts.