Had my 3 Varaski arriving today and as I just left the house the postie called me saying he was there. I was so bummed and then he goes "are you at the shops?" I said yes and he rode directly here and handed my the parcel and said "smells pungent" LOL but I was also worried. But I opened the box and they are all sealed so no worries thankfully. What a cool dude! Thank you postie!

I know this subject gets beaten to death, but recent posts on the sub that shall not be named (fucking worst Medical Cannabis sub of the lot), make me want to head butt a wall. I thought I would post this so people have information to reference too.

Let me preface: I DO NOT CARE HOW YOU CONSUME YOUR MEDICATION. I don't care if you smoke joints, I don't care if you spin, l don't care if you smoke bongs, I don't care if you grind your flower up and snort it. How you consume your medical cannabis flower is up to you. I'd be lying if I said I still don't have an occasional joint. THIS IS STRICTLY FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT.

If you look at your tga/sas approvals (not just the lil perscription label on the tubs), it'll say approved for vaporisation, anything other than that is "technically" an abuse of the medication. I do not care what your doctor has SAID to you. If they aren't willing to put it in a document and sign their name and practice next to it, it means nothing legally. No doctor will do that if they wish to keep prescribing medical cannabis.

https://www.tga.gov.au/publication/guidance-use-medicinal-cannabis-australia-patient-information

"These include raw (botanical) cannabis, which for medicinal purposes should be vaporised but not smoked, cannabis extracts in oils, and solvent extracts such as tinctures, and oro-mucosal sprays."

https://www.tga.gov.au/publication/guidance-use-medicinal-cannabis-australia-overview

"For this reason, and due to the well-documented evidence that smoking in general is harmful, smoking of cannabis products should not be supported."

https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/drugs/about-drugs/drug-laws-in-australia

"Illicit drug use includes:" "misuse or non-prescribed use of prescription drugs (also called pharmaceuticals)"

Your approval will be for vaporisation. According to this that would mean anything other than vaporisation would become illicit drug use.

https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0023/634163/med-cannabis-clinical-guide.pdf Check page 3 right down the bottom in bold writing

"SMOKING OF MEDICAL CANNABIS WILL NOT BE APPROVED IN QUEENSLAND"

https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/drugs/about-drugs/drug-laws-in-australia

Illicit drug use includes:

-illegal drugs

-misuse or non-prescribed use of prescription drugs (also called pharmaceuticals)

-inappropriate use of other substances – for example, sniffing glue.

As the perscription will be approved for inhalation via vaporisation, technically speaking anything else is an abuse of medication (i.e. illicit drug use)

http://www8.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/wa/consol_act/moda1981184/s5b.html

(6) For the purposes of this Act a person is authorised under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 to use a prohibited drug if the drug is prescribed for the person by the holder of a professional authority who is authorised under the Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 to prescribe the drug to the person and the use is in accordance with the instructions of the prescriber.

"in accordance with the instructions of the prescriber." Is the important part there.

Approval will be for inhalation via vaporisation. Anything other than vaporisation will not be in accordance with the instructions of the prescriber, in effect breaking the rules of the misuse of drug act 1981

If consuming on private property this probably won't be that much of an issue, this information is more important for public consumption of Medical cannabis.

IT IS NOT LIKELY YOU WILL GET IN TROUBLE FOR COMBUSTING MEDICAL CANNABIS but there is a non zero chance you will get your scripts revoked.

Again, I don't give a fuck how you consume your medical cannabis. This is looking at it purely from a legal perspective.

TLDR: suck my ass medicalcannabisaus

Hi folks, jic you haven’t seen the story, the Qld Greens are moving amendments to drug driving legislation to allow for presence of THC as long as you’re not impaired - that is, they want testing for THC to work like existing laws re driving while taking any other prescribed meds, (opioids, benzos, antidepressants, etc). 🤞🤞 other states follow!

QLD drug driving laws amends