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Social Development Committee of the Parliament of South Australia 19 4.2 POSSIBLE MODELS FOR LEGISLATIVE CHANGE The models described below are drawn from the report of the National Drug Strategy's Committee that investigated legislative options for the use of cannabis in Australia.

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Social Development Committee of the Parliament of South Australia 19 4.2 POSSIBLE MODELS FOR LEGISLATIVE CHANGE The models described below are drawn from the report of the National Drug Strategy’s Committee that investigated legislative options for the use of cannabis in Australia.

Mental Retarda- tion No Psychia- tric Diagnosis Total Type of Drug Dpium MF Synthetic Analgesics MF 1 1 Barbiturates M F 1 2 1 4 Dther Hypnotics M - 1 - - 2 9 - _ _ _ _ 3 9 Cocaine MF Cannabis Sativa MF Dther Psychostimulants M Hallucinogenics MF 2 2 Dther MF 1 1 Unspecified M F 2 1 1 1 2 6 7 14 3 2 1 1 21 20 Total on Drugs M F 1 2 1 1 2 2 7 9 28 3 3 1 1 25 36 No Addiction M F 84 125 39 21 29 46 432 353 79 171 71 116 111 299 37 67 445 55 211 217 21 24 19 9 194 244 12 10 1 784 1 757 Total M F Total 84 126 39 21 31 46 433 354 79 171 71 116 113 299 37 69 452 55 9 28 214 220 21 24 19 10 195 244 12 10 1 809 1 793 210 60 77 787 250 187 412 106 507 37 434 45 29 439 22 3 602 TABLE 18 IN- PATIENTS RE- ADMISSIONS 1971 -72 Diagnosis by Period since last Discharge and Sex Diagnosis Senile and Pre - senile Dementia Alcoholic Psychosis Other Organic Psychoses Schizo- phrenia and Para- noid States Depressive Psychosis Other Functional

Notes t he February 2016 passage of the federal Narcotic Drugs Amendment Bill 2016 enabling a national licensing scheme for the controlled cultivation across Australia of cannabis for medicinal and scientific purposes ; II.

Social Development Committee of the Parliament of South Australia 19 4.2 POSSIBLE MODELS FOR LEGISLATIVE CHANGE The models described below are drawn from the report of the National Drug Strategy’s Committee that investigated legislative options for the use of cannabis in Australia.

Concern over the erosion by the District Court of the standard of penalty appropriate for drug offences involving a commercial aspect led to appeals in a heroin case, an amphetamine case and a cannabis case.

You've got to be careful when you articulate this in the community because are you saying, 'Don't take this,' or 'It's okay to take cannabis.'