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.

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

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

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).

15/03/2023 Submission to the Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis Dear Members of the Joint Committee on the Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis, I write to you as a person who is currently accessing Medicinal Cannabis, prescribed by a General Practitioner, under the Therapeutic Goods Administration Special Access Scheme and Authorised Provider pathway.

Medicinal Cannabis has been proven to have amazing therapeutic benefits and this realisation is creating immense demand for Cannabis that is high quality, consistent and has a diversity of genetics.

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

The legislation does not discriminate between prescribed medicinal cannabis and illicit 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

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