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Below: On August 24, 2014, 7 News ran a report on the policy of the newly elected Victorian government led by Daniel Andrews to legalise medical marijuana.




Below: On Tuesday October 7, 2014, the SBS current affairs program Insight presented a 54 minute segment on the medical use of cannabis. The program presented the views of those who support and those who oppose the drug’s use as a treatment.




Below: In November, 2014, b-kultur News ran a report on a symposium ran in Tamworth on November 20, 2014, to discuss medical marijuana.




Below: A United States July 2014 documentary on the medical use of marijuana. The program runs for 57 minutes.






Web links, documents


The Victorian Government's 'Better Health Channel' Internet site includes extensive information of the possible effects of marijuana use.
This information can be accessed at http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Cannabis_marijuana?open

On December 21, 2014, ABC News carried a report titled 'Medicinal marijuana: NSW to run trials for epileptic children, terminally ill adults and cancer patients'
The full text of the report can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-21/medicinal-marijuana-nsw-govt-to-run-trial-for-epileptic-children/5981648

On December 19, 2014, ABC News carried a report titled 'Victorian Government moves ahead with plans to legalise medical marijuana'
The full text of the report can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-19/victorian-government-moves-ahead-with-plans-to-legalise-medical/5980636

On November 28, 2014, The Conversation published an opinion piece by Nola Ries, a researcher and lecturer in health law at the Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle. The article is titled 'Legalising medical cannabis: lessons from Canada's policies'
The piece can be accessed at http://theconversation.com/legalising-medical-cannabis-lessons-from-canadas-policies-32034

On November 20, 2014, ABC News carried a report titled 'Medical marijuana: effects on epilepsy need to be tested, expert tells Brisbane symposium'
The full text of the report can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-20/medical-marijuana-effects-on-epilepsy-need-to-be-tested/5907478

On November 13, 2014, UConn, the Internet site of the University of Connecticut, published an interview with Dr. Yifrah Kaminer, child and adolescent psychiatrist at UConn Health, on the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Dr Kaminer has significant reservations.
The full text of the interview can be accessed at http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2014/11/legalizing-medical-marijuana-is-recreational-use-next/

On October 19, 2014, ABC Radio National's Background Briefing broadcast a program titled 'No one's smoking anything'
The program looked at what form national trials of cannabis for medical purposes should take.
Both a partial transcript and an audio version of this program can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/2014-10-19/5816112

On September 30, 2014 the ABC's current affairs program 7.30 broadcast a segment titled 'Meet the people at each end of an illegal medical marijuana supply chain'
The program presents a variety of perspectives on the medicinal use of cannabis and how it should be supplied.
A full transcript can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2014/s4097788.htm

On September 17, 2014, The Daily Mail published a news report titled 'NSW moves closer to legalising medicinal cannabis: Use of the drug decriminalised for dying patients'. Though the title is something of a misnomer, as New South Wales is not about to institute full decriminalisation, the article outlines the process that will be employed in that state to ensure that those using marijuana for medical purposes are not prosecuted.
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/nsw-moves-closer-to-legalising-medicinal-cannabis-use-of-the-drug-decriminalised-for-dying-patients/story-fni0cx12-1227059997480

On July 31, 2013, The Canberra Times ran an opinion piece by Dr Alex Wodak, president, of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation. The piece is titled 'Medicinal cannabis: delaying the inevitable?' It argues in favour of the legalisation of medicinal cannabis.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/medicinal-cannabis-delaying-the-inevitable-20140731-zywp8.html

On December 16, 2013, the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) published an externally peer reviewed article titled '(Re)introducing medicinal cannabis'.
The article was written by Laurence E Mather, Evert R Rauwendaal, Vivienne L Moxham-Hall and Alex D Wodak.
It argues that sufficient studies have already been conducted world-wide to allow for the medicinal use of cannabis to be legalised without further testing. It also argues that further testing is not required to allow the drug to be reliably dispensed to patients.
It can be accessed at https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2013/199/11/reintroducing-medicinal-cannabis#12