20th of February 2024, 5:59FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE This Medicinal Cannabis Awareness week marks the seventh anniversary of cannabis becoming a legal medication – a reform that brought relief to many suffering Victorians. Seven years on and patients still endure systemic discrimination. For too long patients have…
8th of February 2024, 10:03 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In an online article published today, Thursday 8th February, Nine News has suggested that the two Legalise Cannabis MPs and four Liberals in the Victorian Upper House “flew to Phuket to investigate after Thailand relaxed its…
Legalise Cannabis Victoria MP David Ettershank joins Cannabiz co-founder Martin Lane and chief correspondent Steve Jones to discuss drug-driving reform, workplace drug testing and the lessons to be learned from the duck controversy in Victoria.
On February 1st, David Ettershank will host the first of many community conversations as member for Western Metropolitan. Where: Mama Chen’s, 42A Albert Street Footscray, 3011When: 6pm February 1st He encourages locals to attend and participate in a conversation about politics, cannabis law reform and…
29 November 2023, 5:30amFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today the Victorian Upper House will debate the Legalise Cannabis Victoria Bill to regulate adult use of cannabis. Prohibition of cannabis is failed policy, with more than one third of Victorian adults having accessed cannabis. The time has come…
MEDIA RELEASE | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 November 2023 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are eight-times more likely to be arrested for possession of Cannabis according to data from the Crime Statistic Agency (CSA). In response to a Question on Notice to the Police Minister,…
14 November 2023 The Parliamentary Budget Office estimates the 2022 illicit cannabis market in Victoria was worth a whopping $1,020bn to $1,270bn. Legalise Cannabis Victoria believe this figure clearly demonstrates that prohibition is failed policy and justifies the need to regulate cannabis as they prepare…
In this Podcast we discuss the brief history of the party, David’s pathway to politics and history of protest related arrest, the status of the Driving Amendment Bill, workplace discrimination, Victoria’s culture of prohibition, police at Melbourne’s 42O protest and more.
MEDIA RELEASE | For immediate release30 August 2023 Today the Legislative Council will debate Legalise Cannabis Victoria’s motion for a parliamentary inquiry into workplace drug testing for medicinal cannabis patients. Medicinal cannabis has been legal in Victoria since 2016. Yet simply for taking a lawfully…
