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Parramatta fullback Isaiah Iongi.

‘It could have been parsley’: Iongi draws political support over scandal

State MPs weighed in on the rising star’s situation during a debate in parliament on Wednesday night led by the Legalise Cannabis NSW Party’s Jeremy Buckingham.

  • Chris Barrett

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Daniel Yacoel has found his mental and physical health have improved since ending his medicinal cannabis prescription four months ago.

The $300 a week medicine Daniel feels better without

Daniel Yacoel is one of hundreds of thousands of Australians prescribed medicinal cannabis for a mental health condition but there is little evidence it works.

  • Angus Thomson
Cannabis was decriminalised in Thailand in 2022, leading to a boom in dispensaries.

Will a new government breathe life into Thailand’s gasping cannabis industry?

Weed parlours were everywhere in Bangkok, like pubs in London. But the trade has been a debacle of the former government’s own making.

  • Zach Hope
Caboolture resident Dayne Howard, a medicinal cannabis user, recently lost his driver’s license after testing positive to THC in a roadside drug test.

‘Pick between driving or treating yourself’: Calls for change to zero-tolerance laws

In some states, medicinal cannabis users who return positive roadside drug tests are allowed a medical defence. It’s a different story in Queensland.

  • Courtney Kruk
Lisa Nguyen, pharmacist, founded Astrid Healthcare, a medicinal cannabis dispensary with outlets in South Yarra and Byron Bay

Medicinal cannabis dispensaries ‘like Aesop’: The rise of high street weed boutiques

Fancy-looking ‘specialist pharmacies’ are starting to pop up on Australia’s busiest shopping streets – but you wouldn’t know it.

  • Jessica Yun
The TGA has concerns that the loopholes offered by telehealth have fueled an explosion in cannabis prescriptions.

There’s a loophole in telehealth – the industry ‘drove a Mack truck through it’

Telehealth has turbocharged several Australian medical sectors – including cannabis. The regulator has warned it’s also enabling unchecked prescribing and unsafe care as oversight struggles to catch up.

  • Clay Lucas
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Little Green Pharma’s Australian revenues up 29 per cent to $2.3 million for the quarter.

The WA government is asking whether cannabis should be legalised. Will it listen?

The Mental Health Commission asked the question as part of its 2025 Drug Attitudes survey, but a WA MP said the response from residents was rarely acted on.

  • Hannah Murphy
Queensland Police has been ordered to pay $10,000 to a Gold Coast man after officer denied him prescription cannabis while detaining him.

Man wins $10,000 from police who wouldn’t let him use pipe

The man told the tribunal that officers had called out “get your bong on” to him as he left police custody.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
More than 1 million patients have accessed medicinal cannabis in Australia since 2016.

‘Parallel economy’: Psychiatrists, AMA and pharmacists sound alarm on cannabis scripts

New rules will target telehealth, but health professionals warn enforcement in cannabis prescribing is key to protect mentally ill patients from a system prioritising speed over safety.

  • Clay Lucas
Former transport minister Jo Haylen has made her first foray back into policy debates after she resigned from cabinet.

Former transport minister Jo Haylen returns from purgatory with a plea

NSW Labor MP Jo Haylen has been muted on the backbench but has made a return to political debate with a speech aimed at her government.

  • Alexandra Smith