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).
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 to debate their Regulation of Adult (Personal Use) of Cannabis Bill next sitting week.
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.
David makes a statement to inform the chamber that according to the latest Guardian Essential poll, the majority of Australians are in favour of a legalised and regulated cannabis market.
The Regulation of Personal Adult Use of Cannabis Bill will make it lawful for an adult to possess small quantities of cannabis for personal use in Victoria. Support LCV to enact this historic reform.
David asks the Attorney General if there is a seeming inequity of cannabis cautioning decisions received by Aboriginal people in the Victorian justice system, similar to that in NSW.
For the first time in Australian legislative history, the same Bill will be introduced in three states on the same day by the Legalise Cannabis Party. The Regulation of Personal Adult Use of Cannabis Bill 2023 aims to legalise the personal consumption of cannabis in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia.
David delivers a member’s statement about Mardigrass 2023 in Nimbin, an annual celebration of cannabis that has been going on for over 30 years.
