Operation Culture Operation Culture was initiated in response to intelligence in two states that identified a group from South Australia involved in the large scale cultivation of cannabis.

The Australian Illicit Drug Report 2001 – 2002 indicates that the potency of Australia’s cannabis (derived from marijuana), and amphetamine–type stimulants has increased in recent years.7 The Committee was told that in people with a pre-existing vulnerability, amphetamine use and long-term heavy marijuana use may both trigger drug induced psychosis, involving symptoms similar to those seen in paranoid schizophrenia.

This included the establishment of two Select Committees (Artificial Intelligence and Endometriosis) and one Joint Committee (Adelaide University) in addition to the Select Committee (Access to Urinary Tract Infection Treatment) and Joint Committee (Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis) that were carrying over their inquiries from the previous reporting period. 2 This increased activity was reflected in a two and four fold increase in the number of meetings and total meeting time respectively and a five fold increase in the number of witnesses appearing before Committees compared to the activity of Select, Joint and Sessional Committees in the previous reporting period.

(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 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.

NOV 7006 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW COMMITTEE FOURTEENTH REPORT FIRST SESSION FIFTY-FIRST PARLIAMENT The Committee has resolved to take no action in regard to the following papers: South Australian Health Commission Act 1976— Regulations — Cancer Reporting Fair Work Act 1994 — Regulations — Declared Employer Controlled Substances Act 1984— Regulations — Cannabis Offences Fisheries Act 1982 — Regulations — Rock Lobster Quota System Petroleum Products Regulation Act 1995 — Regulations — Environment Protection Authority Liquor Licensing Act 1997— Regulations - Salisbury Liquor Licensing Act 1997 — Regulations - Spalding Passenger Transport Act 1994 — Regulations — Enhanced Passenger Safety Liquor Licensing Act 1997— Regulations - Adelaide Electricity Act 1996 — Regulations — Default Contracts Gas Act 1997 — Regulations — Default Contracts Liquor Licensing Act 1997 — Regulations — Victor Harbor Plan And that notices of motion given in respect of these papers be withdrawn

Substances (Controlled Drugs, Precursors and Plants) Regulations 2014 The Advisory Council reviewed and advised the Minister about amendments to the regulations, related to: o new psychoactive substances that may cause dependence in humans or are of exceptional danger to humans including designer benzodiazepines, fentanyl derivatives, phenibut, and a synthetic opioid analgesic and declaration of these as controlled drugs; o the potential for synthesis of fentanyl derivatives using precursors of fentanyl and declaration of these as controlled precursors; o the salts of analogues and homologues of substances declared as controlled drugs would also be captured as controlled drugs; o the change to the Food Standards Code on 12 November 2017 that permits use of hemp seed and hemp seed products as food; o the establishment of a licensing scheme for cultivation, processing and supply of low THC hemp under the Industrial Hemp Act 2017; o clarification of prescribed amounts for cannabis

In 2023, the ACIC conservatively estimated that there were approximately 200,000 illicit firearms, comprising 190,000 long arms and 10,000 handguns, in the domestic illicit market. 16 Board of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission | Chair Annual Report 2023–24 Table 3.1: Key substances in the Australian illicit drug market 2023–24 Substance Market characteristics Cannabis Serious and organised crime (SOC) groups are well established in the Australian cannabis market, although they do not dominate it.

There are some vexatious issues about whether or not cannabis use increases crash risk.

There are some vexatious issues about whether or not cannabis use increases crash risk.