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Victoria starting with medical cannabis next year

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Australians are a step closer to being able to access medicinal marijuana, with Victoria granting access to the drug in exceptional circumstances from next year. Children with severe epilepsy will be the first to benefit in what the state government is calling a small-scale, strictly controlled program.


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By Greg Dyett, Sacha Payne, Anastasia Tarasova

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Australians are a step closer to being able to access medicinal marijuana, with Victoria granting access to the drug in exceptional circumstances from next year. Children with severe epilepsy will be the first to benefit in what the state government is calling a small-scale, strictly controlled program.



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