Decriminalisation does not increase Consumption
Rachel Payne gave their adjournment speech on the results from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey and how it shows that Decriminalisation does not increase consumption.
THE RESULTS ARE IN – SUPPORT FOR CANNABIS DECRIMINALISATION AT AN “ALL TIME HIGH”
29 February 2024 Legalise Cannabis Victoria welcomes the news that 80% of Australians believe the possession of cannabis should not be a criminal offence. The latest figures published today in the 2022-2023 National Drug Strategy Household Survey send a clear message that Australians accept the…
No driving trial, but plenty of sniffer dogs – Allan Government continues to fail patients this Medicinal Cannabis Awareness Week
This Medicinal Cannabis Awareness week marks the seventh anniversary of cannabis becoming a legal medication – a reform that brought relief to many suffering Victorians. Seven years on and patients still endure systemic discrimination. For too long patients have been denied access to their medication and…
Cannabis Arrest Statistics
Rachel Payne gave a Notice of Motion about the ongoing criminalisation of Victorians who consume cannabis.
The first year of Legalise Cannabis Victoria
Rachel Payne gave a Member’s Statement reflecting on the first year of Legalise Cannabis Victoria representing in Parliament.
VIC PARL TO CONSIDER LAWFUL CANNABIS TODAY
29 November 2023, 5:30am FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today the Victorian Upper House will debate the Legalise Cannabis Victoria Bill to regulate adult use of cannabis. Prohibition of cannabis is failed policy, with more than one third of Victorian adults having accessed cannabis. The time has…
Victorians pay drug dealers $1.2bn a year for cannabis
The Parliamentary Budget Office estimates the 2022 illicit cannabis market in Victoria was worth a whopping $1,020bn to $1,270bn.
Parliament | Bills | Speeches
Regulation of Personal Adult Use of Cannabis
Rachel Payne spoke to present for the second reading the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment Regulation of Personal Adult Use of Cannabis) Bill 2023 before it’s final third reading at debate later this term.
Global Victoria at International Cannabis Conference
Rachel Payne gave an Adjournment Speech asking the Trade and Investment minister to brief the parliament on what business opportunities came from Global Victoria attending the International Cannabis Business Conference in Berlin.
Workplace Drug Testing Inquiry
Rachel Payne spoke during the debate on Legalise Cannabis’s Motion 155 asking for a Legal and Social Issues Committee Inquiry into discrimination faced by Medicinal Cannabis patients due to workplace drug testing. The Motion passed and the inquiry will begin later in the parliamentary term.