Investigation
Cannabis Inc: Australia’s booming medicinal weed industry
Australia’s medicinal cannabis industry has taken off since legalisation in 2016 – but the growth in the industry is raising questions for many in the health sector.
- Exclusive
- Legal Cannabis
Medicinal cannabis is booming, but the biggest player is under fire
Montu’s legal battle with the TGA exposes the high stakes in Australia’s booming medicinal cannabis industry, where ethics, advertising, and profits collide.
- Clay Lucas
- Exclusive
Medicinal cannabis crackdown looms as high-strength products hit market
Leaked TGA document reveals concerns over the surging number of high-strength products given to Australians.
- Clay Lucas
- Exclusive
The cannabis factory: How one doctor wrote 72,000 scripts in two years
Medicinal cannabis giant Montu’s doctors are issuing prescriptions at an alarming rate, prompting strong criticism from the federal government.
- Angus Thomson and Clay Lucas
Man’s death sparks questions on medicinal cannabis oversight
The death of a man with mental health issues who took his life after cannabis was prescribed by a Melbourne company has thrown a spotlight on a booming industry.
- Clay Lucas
- Exclusive
Seven-minute scripts: How top cannabis company encourages quick consults with doctor bonuses
Doctors at Australia’s top cannabis firm can see up to eight patients an hour in quick consults, with incentives tied to patient volume targets.
- Clay Lucas
- Exclusive
As Canadian cannabis conquers Australia, local growers face tough rules
Canadian cannabis is flooding Australia’s medicinal market, leaving local growers struggling to compete with looser standards and raising concerns about quality.
- Clay Lucas
‘Fishy from the outset’: Millions in crowdsourced cannabis cash sparks landmark battle
A crowdsourcing investment initiative by fast-growing market giant Montu’s has descended into acrimony and unprecedented action from a corporate regulator.
- Clay Lucas
- Exclusive
Ninety patients a day: Telehealth tick-and-flick cannabis scripts under fire
One GP wrote an average of one script every five minutes, fuelling concerns over money on offer, as online job ads for doctors offer up to $350 an hour.
- Clay Lucas
Criminalising cannabis: How Australia’s war on weed hurts the poor
Most cannabis possession arrests happen in Victoria’s poorest suburbs and towns. A new approach is needed, says the Penington Institute.
- Clay Lucas
Victoria may end automatic licence loss for drivers testing positive for cannabis
Advocates and patients say it’s time the law was modernised to reflect the use of medicinal cannabis.
- Broede Carmody and Clay Lucas
- Updated
The Age wins court battle over medicinal cannabis investigation
A judge has dismissed a bid by Australia’s largest medicinal cannabis company to force The Age to take down a story revealing allegations about the company’s cannabis referral system.
- Liam Mannix
- Updated
Australia’s biggest medicinal cannabis company launches legal action over news story
Montu is demanding The Age take down a story about its contentious customer referral system and reveal the sources behind it.
- Liam Mannix
- Exclusive
Medicinal cannabis crackdown looms as high-strength products hit market
Leaked TGA document reveals concerns over the surging number of high-strength products given to Australians.
- Clay Lucas
- Editorial
The medicinal cannabis business risks going up in smoke
There are legitimate reasons cannabis has been legalised for medicinal purposes, but the industry has serious questions to answer about regulation, medical ethics and risks to consumers.
- The Herald's View
Continue this series
Best of The Age’s investigationsUp next
- Exclusive
‘Just the way I am’: Labor mayor’s long list of political and criminal connections
He is the go-to man in Dandenong, a six-time mayor who opens doors for the Labor Party, but he’s also linked to a range of convicted and suspected criminals.
- Analysis
CD96: How Mark Smyth hoped to build a cancer-buster
Serious concerns have been raised over Smyth’s CD96 work, which formed the foundation for a cancer drug now being tested in humans.
Previously
- Series
Bidding blind: Underquoting exposed
In this 18-month special investigation, we lift the lid on an open secret in the property market that’s costing potential home buyers in Melbourne millions.