![]() As a progressive state, it behooves us to listen to the experts and decriminalise cannabis.” The letter was on Wednesday handed to Reason party leader, Fiona Patten, who has also put legalising cannabis at the top of her political agenda if re-elected in November.Įarlier this year, she managed to secure a commitment from the government to trial the decriminalisation of the possession and use of small quantities of drugs. It comes as 15 organisations from the health, Indigenous, legal and youth sectors wrote an open letter to the premier, Daniel Andrews, urging him to commit to decriminalising cannabis ahead of the November election. “We’ve seen this happen in jurisdictions all over the world: it starts off with a tight medicinal cannabis regime, more and more people get prescriptions and then the next natural step is a recreational adult use market,” he said. The Victorian Greens are supportive of a national scheme to legalise recreational cannabis for adult use.Įllis said it is “all but inevitable” cannabis will become legal in Victoria, given it was the first Australian state in to legalise access to medicinal cannabis in 2016. The federal Greens are also ramping up their efforts to legalise cannabis ahead of a planned private member’s bill to be introduced next year. “Unfortunately, though, we won’t get to know who the real people behind it are, they have decided to pull the pin rather than respond to our objection,” Ellis told Guardian Australia. ![]() Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning The Legalise Marijuana party had until Thursday to respond to Ellis’ objections but instead withdrew its application, the VEC confirmed on Wednesday.Įllis described the withdrawal as a “welcome development”, allowing his party to focus on its campaign to legalise and regulate cannabis, similarly to alcohol and tobacco. The property is currently vacant and listed for private sale – which has raised questions from Legalise Cannabis Victoria’s secretary, Craig Ellis.
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