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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Amy Remeikis

Medical cannabis: cross-party committee says Australia needs new roadside impairment test

A roadside drug test
Researchers have been calling for governments to address issues between medicinal cannabis use and existing laws, with Victoria announcing its medical cannabis driving trial will not conclude until late 2025. Photograph: AAP

Greens senator and medicinal cannabis user Peter Whish-Wilson said the federal government had a “duty” to fund research into drug driving impairment levels, as leaders grapple with how to balance existing laws with medicinal THC use.

The joint committee on law enforcement has looked at the “challenges and opportunities” in tackling the nation’s drug problem, identifying the mismatch between medicinal cannabis use and existing drug-driving laws as an issue needing to be addressed.

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