Australia: cannabis poisonings after legalisation of ‘medicinal’ cannabis

Posted on 21/02/2025

Australia legalised medical use of cannabis in 2015 and its main psychoactive ingredient in 2016 – University of Sydney found that “calls to NSWPIC regarding cannabis poisoning increased significantly 2014-24″. A 2019 survey found that only 3.9% of Australians who used cannabis for ‘medicinal’ purposes got it on prescription.