The ALA welcomes the opportunity to have input into the Joint Committee inquiry on legalisation of medicinal cannabis in South Australia. 2.

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

JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LEGALISATION OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS Constitution Room, Old Parliament House Friday, 5 May 2023 at 11:20am WITNESSES HASLAM, LUCY, Co-founder/Chair, Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association .............................. 1 Friday, 5 May 2023 House of Assembly Page 1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LEGALISATION OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS MEMBERS: Hon.

Welcome to today's hearing of the Parliament of South Australia's Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis.

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

Welcome to today's hearing of the Parliament of South Australia's Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis.

I have been an authorised prescriber for medicinal cannabis for three or four years now.

I am Tammy Franks, the Chair of this Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis.

The first is Section 3.8.1 on Barriers to accessing medicinal cannabis: The burden of drug testing on medicinal cannabis patients (pp. 61-64).

Despite this, the current regulatory regime for medicinal Cannabis remains problematic to access, and difficult to afford for many users, or potential users according to anecdotal evidence.