Labor says its plan to legalise medicinal marijuana in Victoria has received widespread support.
Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews says his social media pages have been inundated by those who agree with the proposal to allow access to the drug for those with terminal or life-threatening conditions.
"It's just been overwhelming the amount of Facebook posts, the amount of tweets, emails, phone calls, text messages from people right across the community in clear support of legalising medical cannabis," he told reporters on Monday.
Mr Andrews said on Sunday if Labor won the November 29 election, he would ask the Law Reform Commission to look into how medicinal marijuana could be legalised, and flagged that legislation could be passed by the end of 2015.
However, Health Minister David Davis says any drug used therapeutically must go through the proper trials.
"If it goes through the proper steps and the proper hoops and is found to be of a reliable quality and predictable outcome that will assist people and the risks are minimised, well that is the proper process," he told Fairfax Radio.
Mr Davis would not be drawn on whether he had a philosophical objection to cannabis use in medical circumstances.
"If the proper processes are followed, then drugs can come forward for use in Australia," he said.
Mr Davis said the national Therapeutic Goods Administration had a key role in ensuring only safe drugs were licensed.
"What we don't want is products that are not safe and not been tested, and where the quality arrangements are not known," he said.
