Pro-cannabis MPs will attempt to legalise the drug for personal use through draft laws to be introduced simultaneously on Tuesday in state parliaments in Victoria, NSW and Western Australia.
The bills, to be introduced in the upper houses, are doomed to fail without the support of major parties that have been reluctant to soften drug policing. Victorian MP Rachel Payne wouldn’t rule out blocking government bills to get the necessary support, but said she preferred to work cooperatively.
Cannabis could be given as a gift but not sold under the initial plan, and a carer would be permitted to grow crops on behalf of others. Driving while impaired and supplying children would remain crimes. Jeremy Buckingham, a former Greens MP, returned to the NSW parliament as a Legalise Cannabis representative.The recreational use of cannabis is illegal in most of Australia, although minor offences have been decriminalised and replaced with fines in South Australia, the ACT and Northern Territory.and possess small amounts of cannabis without penalty.
While Payne wouldn’t rule out blocking government bills if necessary, NSW MP Jeremy Buckingham confirmed he would not deny Labor his vote to force a deal.Buckingham said prohibition had not stopped Australians using cannabis, with a
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