Six months since the state government created a scheme exempting the terminally ill from laws against possessing cannabis, only a few dozen people have signed up ....
... the (NSW) state government changed regulations to *explicitly* give police the power to decline to prosecute terminally ill patients who had signed up to a government register. Patients and their carers can carry up to 15 grams of cannabis.
But since regulations were changed, *** police have never invoked the provision to not prosecute ****.
... the (NSW) state government changed regulations to *explicitly* give police the power to decline to prosecute terminally ill patients who had signed up to a government register. Patients and their carers can carry up to 15 grams of cannabis.
But since regulations were changed, *** police have never invoked the provision to not prosecute ****.
And only about 40 people joined the register.
