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The bill's intent to legalise cannabis differs from cannabis' status in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), with the bill's aim to fully legalise cannabis, including for recreational use. Commencing 31 January 2020, the ACT decriminalised the possession of up to 50g of 'dry' or 150g of 'wet' cannabis, so long as the person is over 18. [8]
A medical cannabis crop in Australia. Cannabis is a plant used in Australia for recreational, medicinal and industrial purposes. In 2022–23, 41% of Australians over the age of fourteen years had used cannabis in their lifetime and 11.5% had used cannabis in the last 12 months.
The Liberals are generally against the ACT cannabis decriminalisation laws. Prior to the 2020 Australian Capital Territory election, the Canberra Liberals vowed to repeal the decriminalisation laws if elected in majority. [13] Since their loss at that election, they have stated it is no longer a priority of theirs. [14]
Country/Territory Recreational Medical Notes Afghanistan Illegal Illegal Main article: Cannabis in Afghanistan Production banned by King Zahir Shah in 1973. Albania Illegal Legal Main article: Cannabis in Albania Prohibited but plants highly available throughout the country and law often unenforced. On 21 July 2023 the Albanian Parliament voted 69–23 to legalize medical cannabis. Algeria ...
In 2024, consumers purchased more than $840 million in legal ganja. When factoring in sales from 2023, ... as required under the state’s 2021 cannabis law. ...
Legalise Cannabis Australia (LCA), also known as the Legalise Cannabis Party (LCP) and formerly the Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party, is a registered single-issue Australian political party. [2] It has a number of policies that centre around the re-legalisation and regulation of cannabis for personal, medicinal and industrial uses in ...
The Office of Cannabis Management said sales this year could exceed $1.5 billion, or about double last year’s haul while law enforcement will expand efforts to padlock illegal stores.
The Legalise Cannabis Queensland Party was established when a group of like minded people containing members from the H.E.M.P. Party, Medical Cannabis Users Association of Australia (MCUA) and their associated networks formed a Facebook group with the intention of standing as independents in the October 2020 Queensland state election with the view of working loosely together to push for ...