These provisions include increased penalties for trafficking in narcotics, increased forfeiture powers, reduced penalties for the personal possession and use of cannabis and the establishment of Assessment and Aid Panels (which assess and arrange for the treatment of addicted drug users).

These investigations included one potential electrical fatality, four fire investigations, four incidents involving machinery contacting overhead power lines, one person receiving burns from an electrical incident, an incident resulting in significant damage to a high voltage switchboard, a factory worker being injured by machinery and a school student almost making contact with live electrical cables. 3.3.1 Fires The OTR assisted the Metropolitan Fire Service (MFS) with the investigation of a house that caught fire as a result of lights associated with the cultivation of cannabis igniting the surrounding area.

Finalised applications and proposals (1 July 2014-30 June 2015) Application or Proposal Brief Description Outcome A1039 – Low THC Hemp as a Food To approve the use of Cannabis sativa with low levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, in both seed and seed oil, as a food.

In 1998/1999, six Operations were conducted at Yatala Labour Prison, Mobilong Prison, Adelaide 52 Annual Report 1998/1999 World Class Performance Women's Prison and the Port Adelaide and North East Community Correctional Centres resulting in: four prisoners being charged by Police; three visitors being charged by Police; ten prisoners placed on non contact visits; thirteen visitors being banned; numerous telephone numbers being prohibited to prisoners; four Community Service offenders being issued with cannabis expiation notices; and one Community Service offender being charged with possession of a drug of dependence for sale.

The Select Committee received a submission which noted `about 60 per cent of young motor cyclists killed in Victoria have taken some form of medicine or illegal drug and cannabis use is known to be a factor in up to 20 per cent of driving casualties.'"

That includes cannabis.

We have observed a reduction in the number of people aged 14-29 who reported use of any illicit drug (including cannabis) in the last 12 months, from 26% in 2010 to 24% in 2013.

 In four of the seven cases one or both parents or carers smoked cigarettes, cannabis or both.

 OTR officers assisted South Australia Police on 208 occasions, including attending illegal cannabis growers’ premises where dangerous wiring, including meter bypasses, were suspected.