Medicinal cannabis could be available prescription-free in Australia by next year – but you won’t be able to smoke it

TGA announces plans to make medical cannabis prescription-free by next yearThe product will be reclassified from a prescription to non-prescription drugIt could save patients a doctor visit and give them access to CBD…

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Medicinal cannabis could be available in Australian chemists without a prescription as early as NEXT YEAR

There's a push to improve access to medicinal cannabis across Australia by making it available over the counter at chemists without a prescription. Drug regulatory bodies are trying to push…

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Australian farmers are now legally able to grow cannabis crops to be used for food, soaps, lotions and even shampoo

NT farmers are now legally able to grow cannabis crops to be used for foodIndustrial hemp contains low levels of THC and has no psychoactive effects  Primary Industry Minister Paul Kirby called…

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If you get cancer in Australia you now have DOUBLE the chance of surviving compared to sufferers in Britain – and the ‘stiff upper lip’ is to blame

Australians have better chance of surviving cancer than elsewhere in the world The five-year survival rate for pancreas is set to reach one in four by 2024 The UK survival rate is…

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