MCUAT RESPONSE TO FED GOVERNEMNT ANNOUNCTMENT ON MEDICAL CANNABIS. WE
WHOLE HEARTEDLEY SUPPORT THE MOVE BY THE FEDERAL …
GOVERNMENT TO ACT TO EASE RESTRICTIONS ON THE PRODUCTION AND USE
OF MC PRODUCTS IN AUSTRALIA.
WE DO HOWEVER HAVE SEVERAL AREAS OF CONCERN REGARDING PATIENT RIGHTS
AND OVERALL ACCESS.WE PROPOSE A CCAS, (COMPASSIONATE CANNABIS ACCESS
SCHEME) TO BE DEVELOPED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE ENCOURAGE OUR TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT A COMPASSIONATE
APPROACH TO PATIENTS AND ALLOW INTERIM ACCESS AND PROTECTION FOR
CURRENT PATIENTS AND GROWERS UNTIL MC CAN BE LEGITIMATLEY DELIVERED
IN THE COMING YEARS.
IT IS CLEAR FROM THE DETAIL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS FACTSHEET THAT
STATES HAVE A FINAL CALL OF EXACTLY ‘HOW’ MC WILL BE GROWN OR DELIVERED ,
UNDER THEIR STATE GUILDLINES BUT IT UNCLEAR EXACTLY WHAT THIS MEANS.
MARKET DEMAND DRIVES ANY NEED AND PATIENT CALLS TO THE MCUAT INDICATE
THAT PUBLIC DEMAND IS VERY HIGH AND THERE IS GRA ISTS VE NEED WITHIN THE
HEALTH COMMUNITY FOR SOME KIND OF LEGAL CLARITY REGARDING MC USE IN
GENERAL.
WE HOPE THAT SERIOUS CASES INNVOLING LIFE THREATENING CONDITIONS AND
PERMANENT DISABILITIES CAN BE GIVEN IMMEDIATE P RIORITY I TERMS OF LEGAL
ACCESS AND ENSURING QUALITY ASSURED SUPPLY.
WE HOPE THAT A PATIENT CENTRIC APPROACH WILL BE TAKEN THAT DEVELOPS
BUSINESS VIA NEED BASED APPROACH AND THAT ANY ATTEMPT BY GOVERNMENTS
TO IGNORE THE FACT THAT A GREAT DEAL OF ILLEGAL GROWING AND SUPPLY IS
OCCURING WILL ONLY LIMIT THE SCOPE FOR A ‘CONTROLLED’ MC INDUSTRY AND WE
HOPE A SENSIBLE APPRAOCH CAN BE TAKEN THAT INTEGRATES CURRENT ILLEGAL
PRACTICE INTO LEGAL AS PART ON ANY OVERALL TRIAL TO EVENTUALLY ELIMINATE
ALL ILLEGAL MC ACTIVITIES.
SO, A POSITIVE MOVE BUT WE HOPE FOR SOME REAL ACTION FROM THE LIBS HERE TO
PUT TASMANIA AHEAD AND BUILD A LOCAL INDUSTRY THAT PROTECTS PATIENTS
RIGHTS FIRST.
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Nicole Cowles President John Reeves Secretary MCUAT
