Rights: Recreational Marijuana Considered In Senate Committee Hearing

A senate committee has held a hearing in Sydney on the legalisation of marijuana for recreational purposes, as part of a series of hearings on personal choice and community impacts.

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The Senate Economics References Committee met at the Erskineville town hall on Friday, hearing submissions on the "sale and use of marijuana and associated products". More than a dozen written submissions were received by the committee, with five individuals, the Department of Health and the National Rural Health Alliance giving evidence in person.

Senators Sam Dastyari and David Leyonhjelm chaired the panel, which heard ideas from medical professionals and private citizens such as how recreational marijuana could potentially be packaged and sold, including health warnings at the point of sale, plain packaging, regulations around advertising and marketing of marijuana products, and taxation. Australia legislated the use of medical cannabis products last month.

"There needs to be an acceptance that the approach to date has failed," Dastyari said.

Professor Wayne Hall, Director of the University of Queensland Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, has written and published extensively on the legalisation of cannabis products. He argued for a system that would make marijuana available, but under a heavily-regulated system like tobacco.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/03/10/recreational-marijuana-australia_n_9434580.html

Rights: Recreational Marijuana Considered In Senate Committee Hearing

Rights: Recreational Marijuana Considered In Senate Committee Hearing

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