What are the physical health risks of using cannabis?

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?

Other people make a difficult decision to go without medicinal cannabis so they can drive, despite experiencing significant benefits from using the prescribed cannabis. 5.

Studies on the Reliability of THC as a Biomarker of Impairment in Cannabis Users: Introduction: THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) is the main psychoactive compound found in cannabis, and it is the primary target for drug testing in order to determine impairment in cannabis users.

I think we have an ongoing problem with stigma associated with medicinal cannabis.

We did a literature review on cannabis and impairment.

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

Of that 20,000, only 550 are for medicinal cannabis.

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