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Greens want to legalise cannabis for all adults
 The Greens will become the first party with seats in Parliament to call for full cannabis legalisation in Australia, despite criticism from the country’s top medical bodies.

Greens leader Richard Di Natale said the “war on drugs has failed” and called for the establishment of an Australian Cannabis Agency that would be given a monopoly over the wholesale supply of the drug to shops, while collecting millions of dollars in a tobacco-style tax from consumers.

“Governments around the world are realising that prohibition of cannabis causes more harm than it prevents,” the former GP who worked in drug and alcohol addiction said.

“It’s time Australia joined them and legalised cannabis for adult use.”Staff at the shops selling cannabis would be forced to undergo responsible service of drugs training and varieties of marijuana would come in plain packaging detailing strains and health warnings.

The policy, which appears to be modelled on Uruguay’s state-controlled cannabis program rather than the market-driven platforms of the US, would put Australia in line with nine US states, Canada and Spain in legalising marijuana for all adults. [Read more @ The Sydney Morning Herald]

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