The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, without notice, moved - That the Standing Orders be so far suspended as to enable him to move that the Order made on Thursday, 28 November 2002 for the second reading of the Controlled Substances (Cannabis) Amendment Bill to be an Order of the Day for Wednesday, 4 November 2002, be rescinded and for the Bill to be taken into consideration forthwith. ????????????????

FRANKS: What is the status of the Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis?

FRANKS: The first topic is on the Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis.

Approved by the Board in December 2012 and extended until 30 June 2015, the Task Force has already achieved significant traditional law enforcement outcomes, including: � seizing more than $37.86 million cash � seizing drugs and precursors with a combined estimated street value of more than $642 million through seizures in all states � dismantling the largest ever clan lab discovered in Victoria � discovering the largest indoor hydroponic cannabis crop in New South Wales � seizing one of the largest amounts of liquid methylamphetamine in Victoria (365 litres in April 2013 in Melbourne) � restraining more than $30 million worth of assets and the referral of over 150 entities to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for suspected money laundering/tax evasion � disrupting 25 serious and organised criminal groups/networks � identifying more than 180 targets previously unknown to law enforcement � arresting 167 people on 362 charges, including many serious drug

FRANKS: What is the status of the Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis?

FRANKS: The first topic is on the Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis.

In regard to the ability of the Minister for Health to grant licences, authorities or permits with respect to somebody manufacturing, cultivating, supplying, administering or possessing cannabis or cannabis derivatives, is there a place in the department where that request will go to, or does it go direct to the Minister for Health?

The University of Melbourne Centre for Adolescent Health has followed nearly 2000 teenage high school students since 1992 and found that 80% of those surveyed reported using alcohol or cannabis by the age of 17.

OFFICIAL OFFICIAL 2022-23 ANNUAL REPORT for SOUTH AUSTRALIA POLICE 24 | P a g e Total General Expiations, Cannabis Expiations and Drug Diversions Note: To align with SAPOL’s regular monthly crime data reporting the previously published 2021-22 data has been refreshed.

FRANKS: What is the status of the Office of Industrial Hemp and Medicinal Cannabis?