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On January 30, 2023, 10's The Project televised a segment treating the Greens plan to legalise cannabis across Australia. The segment gives details of the plan and includes a brief panel discussion of advantages and disadvantages.
On July 6, 2018, in the lead-up to the legalisation of cannabis in Canada, Global News televised a four-minute segment detailing the health effects of cannabis. The report draws heavily on studies conducted by the United States National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
On August 25, 2022, CTV News (Ottawa) televised a report on an increase in accidental cannabis poisonings among children aged 0-9 years in three provinces that had legalised cannabis edibles in 2020. Their poisoning rates were more than double that of Quebec, where edibles are prohibited.
On August 3, 2023, ABC New (USA) televised a news report and panel discussion treating the state of Minnesota's decision to legalise the recreational use of cannabis. 23 US states have now done so. The panel discusses how a rise in cannabis use could affect the United States' economy, federal legislation, and national health.
On September 23, 2022, CBC News televised a report on Canada's upcoming review of its legalisation of cannabis. The report details some of the benefits and problems that have been observed in the country since cannabis was legalised.
On September 28, 2022, SBS News televised a vox pop in which they asked several Sydneysiders if they would use cannabis should the drug be legalised.
On October 1, 2021, NBC News televised a report on the liberalising of employer attitudes toward employees' cannabis use in the United States.
On June 20, 2018, four months before the legalisation of cannabis in Canada, CBC News televised a segment airing some of the concerns critics still held regarding the change.
On September 5, 2019, CNBC Television televised a debate between Melissa Moore, deputy director of New York State Policy Office, and Luke Niforatos, chief of staff and senior policy advisor at Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) over whether cannabis should be legalised in the United States.
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On August 10, 2023, The Greens issued a media release detailing their introduction into Federal Parliament of a Bill to legalise the recreational use of cannabis and allow a legal home grow and commercial cannabis market across Australia.
The article details The Greens' arguments in support of legalisation.
The full text can be accessed at 
On August 10, 2023, Sydney Criminal Lawyers published a comment by Paul Gregoire titled 'Shoebridge's National Legalise Cannabis Bill Covers All Grassroots Wants and Concerns/ which refers to the Greens community consultation in the formulation of their bill and the extent to which the proposed law would meet the needs of prospective users.
The full text can be accessed at
On July 28, 2023, Cosmos published a report titled, 'Legalising cannabis linked to rise in poisoning among kids' The report details findings that cannabis poisoning rose by three to four hundred percent after the drug's legalisation for medical and recreational purposes.
The full text can be accessed at
On June 23, 2023, Central News published a comment by Michelle Deng titled 'Support to decriminalise cannabis on a high'. The comment presents a detailed case supporting the legalising of recreational cannabis use as currently proposed in bills put forward by the Legalise Cannabis Party and The Greens.
The full text can be accessed at
On June 21, 2023, The Latch published an analysis titled 'The Next Hit: How Close is Australia to Legalising Cannabis?' The article outlines the current recreational cannabis laws in each Australian state and territory and indicates the likelihood of these different sets of legislation being liberalised.
The full text can be accessed
On June 20, 2023, The Guardian published an article titled 'Legalise Cannabis makes united push for personal marijuana use in three Australian states.' The report details moves by the single-issue party, Legalise Cannabis, to make cannabis legal for personal use in Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.
The full text can be accessed at
On June 9, 2023, Aljazeera published a report titled 'Thailand's cannabis lovers face comedown amid legalisation U-turn' which outlines the government about-face on legislation that has legalised cannabis in Thailand. Problems associated with unregulated use are claimed to have caused the change in position.
The full text can be accessed at
On April 21, 2023, Clyde & Co published a report titled 'Cannabis legal update' which outlines a bill put before the German parliament on April 23, which, if passed would legalise the cultivation, possession, and consumption of cannabis for recreational purposes (otherwise known as the "adult-use market" as opposed to the "medicinal market").
The full text can be accessed at
On April 10, 2023, The Guardian published an Explainer analysis titled 'Legalising cannabis in Australia: how would it work and is there a catch?'. The article outlines how the legalisation of recreational cannabis, as proposed by The Greens, would operate. It also explains some of the obstacles that may arise and problems that could result.
The full text can be accessed at
On March 18, 2023, The Guardian published a report titled 'Australia spends billions "failing to police" cannabis that earns black market $25bn a year, Greens say'
The article quotes Greens spokespeople outlining their arguments for the legalisation of cannabis. This includes 'failed' police efforts to stop the use, production, and importation of the drug.
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On March 9, 2023, UN News published a report titled 'Legalizing cannabis fails to address health risks: UN drugs control board' The report details a media release from the International Narcotics Control Board which has noted dramatic increases in cannabis-related psychosis and other health issues in jurisdictions where cannabis use has been legalised.
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On January 24, 2023, the University of Colorado released study results indicating that there is no evidence establishing cannabis as a gateway drug encouraging the use of other drugs. It also found that comparative studies show no increase in adverse effects on psychosocial health from the legalisation of recreational cannabis. A summary of the report can be accessed at
On December 20, 2022, The Sydney Morning Herald published an opinion piece by Liam Mannix titled 'No evidence? Not quite. The latest research on the risks of cannabis' The comment looks at a range of available evidence to argue that there are significant risks associated with the use of cannabis
The full text can be accessed at
On November 30, 2022, The Australian published a news report titled 'Legal cannabis? One generation says yes'. The report presents recent survey data which shows that those born in the 1950s and 1960s were most likely to support the legalisation of cannabis.
The full text of the article can be accessed at
On September 27, 2022, The Australian published a report titled 'Weed experts weigh in: 'Better legal than not' The article summarised the opinions of a number of drug experts who argue that it would remove the unnecessary criminalisation of a section of society and allow the benefits of the drug to be had in a regulated manner.
The full text of the article can be accessed at
On July 15, 2022, The Guardian published a news report titled 'Regular cannabis use now more accepted by Australians than smoking tobacco, study finds'
The article draws on 2019 data, compiled by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare derived from a survey of 20,000 people aged 14 and over about their attitudes towards drugs.
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On April 20, 2022, The Harvard Gazette published an opinion piece titled 'It may be increasingly legal, but it doesn't mean cannabis is safe' The article outlines some of the risks associated with cannabis use.
The full text can be accessed at
On April 14, 2022, The Conversation published an article by Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian
Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge, and others, titled 'Cannabis: how it affects our cognition and psychology - new research'
The article details adverse psychological and cognitive effects of cannabis use particularly upon young users.
The full text can be accessed at
In 2019 Public Health Ontario issued a statement noting that there was no conclusive evidence linking cannabis use with leading to the later use of other more harmful addictive substances.
The full text of this statement can be accessed at
On April 17, 2018, The Conversation published an article titled 'Legal highs: arguments for and against legalising cannabis in Australia'. The article is written by Nicole Lee, Professor at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University and Jarryd Bartle, Sessional Lecturer in Criminal Law, RMIT University.
The full text can be accessed at
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