Mr Lambert made headlines last year when he gave $ 34 million to Sydney University for research into medicinal cannabis, but he said a federal law that was supposed to legalise medicinal cannabis had so many restrictions that it was practically unworkable.
“ We have an Australian company, Australian seeds, Australian shareholders, but we have to go to America because of the legislation,” Mr Lambert said.
“ It is driving people to the black market.” At the moment, no state governments have fully legalised use of medicinal cannabis, although the NSW government’ s clinical trials could open the way for certain approved drugs. However, because of Australia ' s tight laws the cannabis used in the NSW trials on humans has to be imported from Canada and the Netherlands.
***** In regards to that rather stupid and ill-informed comment made by Ms Ley, the following is excerpted from an article in the November / December 2015 edition of this newsletter. Cannabis Backed by More Studies Than Most TGA Approved …. " Pharma Drugs " by Kurt Duchac, May 22, 2015 in Medical Marijuana News
“ Cannabis and its use has been studied over the course of the last few decades, more so than even many leading TGA-approved pharmaceutical drugs, with researchers categorising the effects of marijuana to a much greater degree than many of the pharmaceutical drugs you or your family may currently be taking ……”“…. even mainstream media publications have begun calling out the strange doctrine of the medical community that pushes pharma drugs on the public at warp speed.
" why are we spending so much time researching an illegal drug for its numerous benefits while stamping side-effect-riddled drugs with the TGA stamp of approval with far less research?" An analysis of 200 TGA-backed pharmaceutical drugs even found that almost 33 % of approved drugs were granted the approval over a single piece of clinical study”
“ When considering that the average drug label contains 70 side effects, and have not been thoroughly studied for long-term effects in many cases,…..”“ Many popular pharmaceuticals have even been found to contain 100 to 125 side effects(?) Some pharma drugs come with over 525 negative reactions …..”