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WA parliamentary committee pushes for medicinal cannabis, drug driving reforms

The report says there is no correlation between medicinal cannabis and driving impairment. (ABC News: Kallee Buchanan)

A West Australian parliamentary report has recommended the elimination of barriers to accessing medicinal cannabis, including letting people with a prescription drive a car while the drug is in their system.

The Select Committee on Cannabis and Hemp has made 16 recommendations to the state government, ranging from changing drug driving laws to doubling the amount doctors are allowed to prescribe to patients.

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