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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Damon Cronshaw

'Enormous economic benefits': Political push for Hunter medicinal cannabis

Jeremy Buckingham and Karen Burge, of the Legalise Cannabis Party, campaigning at Bar Beach in March last year. Picture by Simone De Peak

Incentives to grow commercial medical marijuana and industrial hemp should be made available in the Hunter through the NSW government's mining royalties fund, Legalise Cannabis Party NSW MP Jeremy Buckingham says.

The NSW government has committed at least $25 million each year from mining royalties to boost jobs, as coal mining communities transition to clean energy.

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