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A spokesman for Mr Dick said doctors could
prescribe raw cannabis if they believed it
would benefit patients but Ms Spraggon was
told it was illegal to use cannabis in
Queensland outside that framework.
“To date, there have been 20 applications
from medical practitioners across Queensland
to prescribe medicinal cannabis,” he said.
But he said privacy laws stopped Queensland
Health from naming those doctors.
“Ms Spraggon was advised that under
Queensland’s new legal framework an
application for medicinal cannabis could be
made by Kaitlyn’s paediatric specialist if the
specialist considered it could provide a
clinical benefit,” he said.
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A victimless crime - this is not what the law is for. We should not make good, honest
people who are helping others, at what is often the most distressing and stressful
times of their lives, a criminal simply because the government didn't act quick
enough to help them......
that is not what our courts are for
- this is Australia - we look out for
the battlers....
that is all Jenny Hallam is guilty of
- helping those in need.
Linda Howard WA
A force to be reckoned with – our Canna Girls in South Australia on court day (L-R)
Paula McNickle, Suzy Horne, Sharon Pickard, Katrina Mosley, Jenny Hallam