Australia has become the first entire continent to legalise marijuana, after their Parliament took a vote on Wednesday.
Australia, with a population of around 23 million has followed several states in the U.S. and decided to decriminalise the use of marijuana.
The amendments were made to their Narcotic Drugs Act,which means legal cannabis farms and the distribution of marijuana products will have to governments go-ahead.
Sussan Ley, the Minister of Health, said in a statement“This is a historic day for Australia and the many advocates who have fought long and hard to challenge the stigma around medicinal cannabis products so genuine patients are no longer treated as criminals,” she went on “This is the missing piece in a patient’s treatment journey, and [we] will now see seamless access to locally produced medicinal cannabis products from farm to pharmacy.”
The details have not been finalised just yet, but it is thought within the next few months patients with a prescription for medical marijuana will be allowed to start growing their crops.
This is a huge leap for supporters of legalised marijuana across the world, and hopefully now other continents such as North America and Europe will do the same.
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Alright shit heads, sit down and listen up. I’m about to school your asses in some good ‘ol Australian law and politics.
1. The federal parliament doesn’t have jurisdiction over drug related matters. they are actually bullying states into decriminalising marijuana by abusing the constitution which gives them power over health related matters.
2. decriminalisation and legalisation, while they may mean the same thing to you Americans, have two different meanings in Australian law.
3. Marijuana is already ‘decriminalised’ (to some extent) in almost every state in Australia and has been for a long time. ie. In NT and SA you can grow a plant and only receive a minor fine if caught.
Look AnonHQ, I like the idea of you sharing articles from minor news outlets to help combat media giants from monopolising the market, but at least post reliable sources rather than this click-bait level rubbish.
This happened back in February ya dingbats.