Confronting footage has shown the response of a dozen Melbourne police officers to a man smoking a medical joint at a festival. Dramatic footage has emerged of police arresting a man who was midway through smoking a medically-prescribed joint of marijuana at a pro-weed festival in Melbourne. The man appeared to have been forcefully restrained by several officers at the city’s Flagstaff Gardens on Wednesday, where an annual 4/20 event was being held. As he was wrestled to the

In news that will make thousands who use medicinal cannabis breathe easier, a NSW Upper House committee is beginning its examination of a bill that seeks to change the Road Transport Act 2013. The change would see the exclusion of medicinal cannabis users from offences related to driving under the influence of certain drugs – and members of the community are being invited to have their say. The Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis – Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2021

Adam Eidinger along with other DC cannabis advocates gathered on the east side of the US Capitol plaza grounds to urge Congressional lawmakers to lower the restrictions on marijuana use in the District of Columbia, and made a further statement by illegally smoking cannabis and consequently being arrested, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC Monday April 24, 2017. Melina Mara | The Washington Post | Getty Images WASHINGTON — The House passed legislation Friday that would legalise

Fighting for others: Derek Pyrah wants Defence veterans like himself who have long-term PTSD to have access to free medical cannabis. Picture: Sylvia Liber A Dapto air force veteran is calling on the government to subsidise medical marijuana for veterans suffering post traumatic stress. Derek Pyrah has taken his cannabis fight to the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide, outlining his own battle with PTSD and approved medications and calling on the Minister for V