Road Safety Act inconsistency
David calls on the Attorney-General to remedy an inconsistency in the Road Safety Act affecting the cases of medicinal cannabis patients charged with THC driving.
Message of support from medicinal cannabis patient
David shares a heartfelt message from a medicinal cannabis patient about how cannabis helps with their ADHD, and how the new magistrates discretion has reduced their anxiety about losing their drivers licence.
Medicinal cannabis and driving
David gives a statement on LCV’s amendment to the Road Safety Act, which allows magistrates to not cancel the driving licenses of medicinal cannabis patients who test positive for THC while driving unimpaired.
Victorian medicinal cannabis patients protected from automatic loss of licence from March 1
Vic law change protects medicinal cannabis patients from automatic licence loss if unimpaired while driving.
Informing public of changes to medicinal cannabis & driving
David asks what the government is doing to inform medicinal cannabis patients and the wider community about the changes to medicinal cannabis and driving.
Medicinal cannabis and driving consultation report
David speaks on a new consultation report which supports the case for allowing discretion for magistrates to not automatically cancel the licence of medicinal cannabis patients who test positive to THC when driving.
New discretion for Vic magistrates when medicinal cannabis script holders are unimpaired while driving
1st of November 2024, 9:30am FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Victorians prescribed medicinal cannabis to manage cancer treatment, multiple sclerosis and other medical conditions will soon be able to drive without fear of mandatory loss of licence – if unimpaired behind the wheel. Legalise Cannabis MP David…
Roads and Road Safety Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
David puts forward an amendment to a Road Safety Bill which gives magistrates discretionary powers for medicinal cannabis patients who test positive to THC at a roadside drug test, as long as they are not impaired.
Tony Parsons on medicinal cannabis and driving | ABC 774
Former magistrate Tony Parsons urges fairer laws for medicinal cannabis users facing licence loss despite no driving impairment.
Medical defence for medicinal cannabis patients
David puts forward a motion calling for a medical defence for medicinal cannabis patients in court if THC is detected in a roadside drug test.
