Like
the police raids last October in Wellington on elderly members of
Exit International this is getting quite close to the bone.
Marijuana remains illegal in New Zealand and with an arsehole like Peter Dunne in charge asimilar outrage could be carried out in this country
Marijuana remains illegal in New Zealand and with an arsehole like Peter Dunne in charge asimilar outrage could be carried out in this country
Outcry
over police raid on medicinal cannabis producer Jenny Hallam’s home
at Hillier
5
January, 2017
A
SOUTH Australian cannabis oil producer, who gives away her products
free to ease the pain of the sick and terminally ill, says people she
helps will die after police raided her property and seized equipment.
It
is understood officers attended Jenny Hallam’s Hillier home on
Wednesday morning and seized products and equipment related to the
production of cannabis oil.
Ms
Hallam, who has been a long-time advocate for medicinal cannabis,
took to Twitter to tell her followers what had happened.
Jenny Hallam
@jamesmathison we need the govt to stop stalling so ppl like me don't have to make oil. I dnt want to break the law.. or watch ppl die.
“I
am a producer of free cannabis oil,” she wrote.
“I
help (people) that (are) sick & dying and I have just been raided
by the police.
“(People)
will die (because) of this.”
Ms
Hallam, 44, later removed the tweet and directed media requests to
her lawyer, Heather Stokes.
I can't speak with the media atm.. you can contact my lawyer Heather Stokes in Adel for a statement. Thanks.
Ms
Stokes said Ms Hallam would be summonsed to court at a later date.
She
said the incident raised the question of whether her alleged offence
ought to be a crime.
“This
is a woman who is doing it because people need it,” Ms Stokes said.
“There
is scientific evidence out there to tell us it works. She doesn’t
grow the cannabis she uses … (and) she doesn’t sell it.”
SA
Police confirmed they had reported a 44-year-old Hillier woman for
drug related offences.
“Further
to this, police have seized a quantity of chemicals and other
substances from the address which will be forensically analysed,” a
spokeswoman said.
“Investigations
are continuing.”
Under
SA law, it is an offence to possess or have cannabis, including
cannabis oil, for personal use and those caught with it face a
maximum fine of $500.
Those
who supply or administer cannabis face a maximum fine of $2000 and
two years’ jail.
The
Federal Government in November last year introduced legislative
changes that pave the way for states and territories to legalise the
use of cannabis products for medicinal purposes.
Under
the changes, medicinal cannabis is available by prescription only and
all other types of cannabis remain prohibited.
SA
is yet to ratify the changes and is currently seeking public feedback
on the move.
Greens
MLC Tammy Franks said Ms Hallam should not have been targeted by
police.
“I
think it’s outrageous that someone who clearly isn’t a drug
trafficker, who is trying to help sick people, is being treated this
way,” she said.
“Those
patients who she ... assists have been failed by the slowness of the
health reforms.
“She’s
not in this for a profit – she is in it to help people.”
Ms
Franks said medicinal cannabis should be legalised in SA as a matter
of urgency.
“It’s
not a miracle cure but it is a cure that should be considered,” she
said.
“For
pain and palliative care alone, we know this works and we should be
allowing access urgently, not delaying it any further.”
Whether
SA should legalise medicinal cannabis has been a topic of debate for
years.
In
December, the Australian Cannabis Corporation announced a plan to
create a medical cannabis industry base at Holden’s Elizabeth
manufacturing plant once the carmaker closes in late 2017.
The
organisation said the proposal would be worth $800 million a year and
would create more than 2500 jobs.
The
State Government said at the time that it was planning to meet with
the group.
An
Adelaide woman who gives away cannabis oil products to the sick and
terminally ill for free has been reported for drug offences after
police raided her home, her lawyer says
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