FRANKS: What is the status of 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 decision-maker need only state in their reasons for revocation or refusal that it was in the public interest.18 The concept of criminal intelligence was introduced in the Hydroponics Industry Control Act 2009 to regulate the sale of hydroponics equipment in order to curtail the commercial cultivation and production of cannabis, and to reduce the impact of drugs and drug related crime in the community.

Australian Journal of General Practice, 2023, 52(8): 547-555, doi: 10.31128/AJGP-10-22-6579; M van der Zanden and AW Nap, ‘Knowledge of, and treatment strategies for, endometriosis among general practitioners’, Reproductive biomedicine online, 2016, 3(5): 527-31, 10.1016/j.rbmo.2016.02.003; Also see Committee Hansards: PPFA (Associate Professor Susan Evans), 5 June 2024; Berri Hearing (Elizabeth Eske), 12 June 2024; Submissions: 73, 83. 2 Committee Hansard: PPFA (Associate Professor Susan Evans), 5 June 2024, p. 55. 3 See for example: J Sinclair, CA Smith, J Abbott, KJ Chalmers, DW Pate and M Armour, ‘Cannabis use, a self- management strategy among Australian women with endometriosis: results from a national online survey’, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2020, 42(3): 256-261, doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2019.08.033; R O’Hara, H Rowe and J Fisher, ‘Self-management factors associated with quality of life among women with endometriosis: a cross- sectional Australian survey

Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug among schoolchildren in South Australia, although the proportion of students who reported recent use (ie in the previous week) fell from 13.5% in 1996 to 11.3% in 1999.

The survey reported that there were significant decreases in the proportion of 12 to 17 year olds reporting lifetime use of alcohol, tobacco, analgesics, cannabis, inhalants, amphetamines, cocaine, heroin and other opiates, and hallucinogens.

Pine soils and dusts FORENSIC SCIENCE DIVISION Number of Cases Section 1983/84 1984/85 1985/86 Forensic Toxicology Blood alcohol Post mortem cases Drugs in drivers 10 706 161 167 11 088 207 83 12 051 192 77 General Forensic Science Illicit drugs 143 210 347 Cannabis cases 615 SAPD Cases 297 311 469 Paternity cases 40 40 27 Miscellaneous 7 23 50 Forensic Pathology Post mortems Suicide examination 60 79 135 Vehicle accidents 81 89 168 Homicides 23 18 16 Others 556 617 601 Consult opinion 234 172 186 Note Cannabis examinations not performed in previous years. 1985/86 figures are for 4 months only.

We have had some minor cannabis expiation notices, but the bulk of it is what we call 'residual admits', so people have taken drugs within the last 24 hours or so, so that odour is still on them, but they don't have anything on them at the time.

0 0 Subtotal 0 4 U Complaint procedures UA Failure to forward complaint 2 2 UB Failure to investigate complaint 0 2 UC Failure to receive complaint 0 3 UZ Other 1 3 Subtotal 3 10 V Exercise of powers VA Harassment 8 11 VB Improper direction 1 1 VC Expired restraint order 0 1 VD Cease loiter direction 0 0 VE Intervention in civil disputes 3 3 VF Discriminatory treatment 2 18 VG Telecommunications 0 0 VZ Other 0 3 Subtotal 14 37 28 W Firearms WA Discharge of firearms 1 1 WB Display of firearms 0 0 WC Seizure of firearms 3 3 WZ Other 2 5 Subtotal 6 9 X Control of information XA Disclosure of confidential information 26 33 XB Giving incorrect information 5 8 XC Refusal to divulge information 0 0 XD Failure to respond to enquiries 1 1 XE Privacy Information Principles 0 0 XF Freedom of Information 2 2 XZ Other 0 3 Subtotal 34 47 Y Drugs and narcotics YA Control of drugs and narcotics 0 0 YB Sale or supply of drugs 2 3 YC Personal use of drugs 0 0 YD Cannabis

Cannabis. 5.