Despite fairly draconian laws against the possession or cultivation of Cannabis in Australia's state of New South Wales, the Health Minister has decided to trial the use of cannabis for pain relief:
NSW Health Minister Reba Meagher will write to Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon in the next few weeks for permission to import and trial a drug expected to be Sativex, which delivers cannabis compounds through an oral spray.
"While the Iemma Government is opposed to the legalisation of marijuana, we do support a therapeutic trial of a cannabis-based drug," a spokeswoman for Ms Meagher said.
This comes just two days after a series of raids in Sydney's outer suburbs which uncovered a network of houses that had been used as hydroponic farms for a multi-million dollar cannabis crop.
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