WA health minister launches plan to ease access to medicinal cannabis

Sick West Australians who have been prescribed medicinal cannabis by a doctor will be able to get access within 48 hours under a plan agreed to by Health Minister Roger Cook.

• Phoebe Wearne
• The West Australian

At the Council of Australian Governments health council meeting in Sydney yesterday, Mr Cook and his State and Territory counterparts gave the nod to having a single approval process for all…

The deal means patients will no longer have to apply to both State and Federal authorities if their doctors recommend they use the drug for treatment purposes.

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