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Medicinal cannabis: Legislation & policy

This guide has been designed for anaesthetists, pain medicine specialists, and medical professionals interested in locating relevant resources on medicinal cannabis, including those available through the ANZCA library. This guide is intended to provide a starting point for medical professionals interested in the topic, not to promote or advocate the use of medicinal cannabis.

Medicinal cannabis legislation (Australia and New Zealand)

Australian Capital Territory Legislation

Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Regulation 2008

 ACT Government: Prescribing and supplying medicinal cannabis

New South Wales Legislation

Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Cannabis Medicines) Regulation 2019

NSW Health: Cannabis medicines

NSW Government: Clinical guidance for cannabis medicine prescribers.

Northern Territory Legislation

Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2012

Northern Territory Government: Access to medicinal cannabis/CDB oil in the NT: Fact sheet

NT Health: Therapeutic medicines containing cannabinoids (medicinal cannabis)

Queensland Legislation

Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021

Qld Health: Medicinal cannabis

South Australia Legislation

Controlled Substances Act 1984

SA Health: Medicinal cannabis - patient access in South Australia

Tasmania Legislation

Misuse of Drugs Act 2001

Poisons Regulations 2018

Tasmanian Government | Department of Health: Medical cannabis

Victorian Legislation

Access to Medicinal Cannabis Act 2016

Victorian State Government | Department of Health: Medicinal cannabis

Western Australia Legislation

Misuse of Drugs Act 1981

WA Department of Health: Cannabis-based products

New Zealand Legislation

Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Regulations 2019

Ministry of Health: Medicinal cannabis

Medsafe: Prescribing cannabis-based products

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