Let Patients Drive Campaign Launch
Legalise Cannabis Victoria have launched the ‘Let Patients Drive’ campaign, calling for fair driving laws for medicinal cannabis patients.
LCV members speak to 9 News about the campaign.
Cannabis Personal Use and Possession Petition
19th of June 2024 Victorian Legislative Council, Melbourne Rachel PAYNE (South-Eastern Metropolitan): It is with great pleasure that I rise to speak to Legalise Cannabis Victoria’s petition to allow for the consumption and possession of small quantities of cannabis in Victoria. Firstly, a huge thank…
Roadside Drug Testing
On Tuesday 28th of May, Rachel Payne MP addressed a question on notice to the Minister for Corrections (for the Minister for Police), requesting statistics on roadside drug tests performed by Victoria Police.
Decriminalisation does not increase Consumption
Rachel Payne gave her 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. Australians accept the need…
Failing patients this Medicinal Cannabis Awareness Week
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. This was a reform that brought relief to many suffering…
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.
Victorian Parliament to consider lawful cannabis use today
Prohibition of cannabis is failed policy, with more than one third of Victorian adults having accessed cannabis. The time has come for a safer health-centered approach to cannabis, which is why leading economies around the world are moving to legalise adult cannabis consumption.
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.