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Chronic Illness Sufferers Push For Reform Of Cannabis Driving Laws Lagging Behind The Science

By administrator August 26, 2023 1 min read

A leading pain management specialist says patients with chronic pain are refusing to use medicinal cannabis, even when it provides relief, because they want to continue driving without penalty.

Professor Richard Chye is a palliative care and pain management specialist at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney. He was also an inaugural member of the Australian Advisory Council on medicinal cannabis.

He believes current driving laws in every state except Tasmania are unfair because they do not test for impairment, but rather the presence of the psychoactive compound THC in a driver’s system.

– Read the entire article at ABC News.

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