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Lucy Haslam

Lucy Haslam

Lucy Haslam is co-founder of United in Compassion and The Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association.

Lucy Haslam became a campaigner for legalising medical cannabis after her son, Dan (pictured), found the drug relieved the side effects of his chemotherapy treatment for bowel cancer.

The medicinal cannabis law was named after my son. Now shady companies are damaging his legacy

I was instrumental in the push to legalise medicinal cannabis in Australia when my son, Dan, was dying of cancer. It changed his life. But unscrupulous operators are ruining what I fought for.

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