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

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

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).

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

John Reeves Written submissions should be addressed to the Secretary, Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis, and emailed to JCLMC@parliament.sa.gov.au or posted to GPO Box 572, Adelaide SA 5001.

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

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

Mr Matthew Rowland 20 April 2023 Secretary, Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis GPO Box 572 Adelaide SA 5001 JCLMC@parliament.sa.gov.au Dear Secretary, Re: Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis I am writing to provide my submission on the legalisation of medicinal cannabis in South Australia.