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'Weight of evidence for legalisation impossible to ignore' - NSW Cannabis inquiry

After almost 350 submissions and three days of public hearings, the overwhelming evidence for changing laws around cannabis is becoming impossible to ignore.

The inquiry has heard from a number of health and legal professionals, as well as medicinal cannabis companies and those with lived experience of prohibition.

There has been overwhelming support for drug-driving and workplace drug-test reform, in addition to the legalisation, or decriminalisation, of adult-use cannabis.

In an interview with ABC Radio and reported in Cannabiz, Jeremy said:

"The inquiry is building a body of evidence that will, I think, convince Premier Chris Minns, all state premiers, and ultimately Anthony Albanese, that the legalisation of cannabis makes socio-economic sense and is a reform that can be done safely to great benefit in Australia.

"We are receiving a massive amount of evidence from health professionals, legal professionals, former police and experts in the field, that clearly indicates that it's a reform that can be done, and must be done.

"Ultimately, Chris Minns and other legislators won't be able to ignore the evidence."

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