Drivers to escape punishment over medical cannabis under interim Victorian proposal

Under the interim measure, courts would have the discretion to consider ‘on a case by case basis’ whether there was any evidence a person’s driving was impaired by medicinal cannabis. Photograph: Si Barber/The Observer

Drivers who use medicinal cannabis in Victoria will be able to remain behind the wheel under a proposed interim measure being considered by the state government.

In an expert report tabled in parliament on Wednesday, the former magistrate Tony Parsons called on the government to provide the courts with judicial discretion not to cancel the licences of medicinal cannabis users.