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Study results from University of Queensland broaden understanding of addiction medicine

Published in Healthcare Finance, Tax and Law Weekly, May 28th, 2008

" To describe the formulation of a National Cannabis Strategy in Australia in 2006 and discuss the contribution that research evidence has made to its development. A description of trends in cannabis use in Australia and policy responses to it from the early 1970s to the present, with an analysis of the evidence and arguments that have been used to support competing policies towards cannabis use," scientists writing in the journal Addiction report.

" In 1977 an Australian Senate Committee recommended that a national cannabis policy should be developed that removed criminal penalties for personal possession and use. The arguments for the recommendation echoed...

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