CANBERRA, Australia — Australian lawmakers committed on Wednesday to legalize the growing of marijuana for medical use within a part of the world renowned for zero-tolerance and harsh penalties for illegal drugs.
The government presented a bill to Parliament that amend the Narcotics Drugs Act in 1967 and generated a license scheme to grow medical cannabis. Marijuana is still illegal in Australia, but there are two states that contemplate on letting people use it for therapeutic reasons.
This bill is promised to become part of the law, with the opposing party pledging their support.
Indonesia, which is the country closest to Australia besides Papua New Guinea, made a tactile fault by rejecting Australians request to spare the lives of two Australian heroin traffickers. Australia was between eight drug convicts executed by firing squad in April. Indonesia fought about the crucial response and if it was appropriate because narcotics abuse in Indonesians had reached a crisis level.
“If it even rates notice among the Indonesian authorities or politicians, it will just be seen as an example of the inappropriately liberal and permissive nature of Western societies,” Aspinall said
The government stated that the reason for the amendment to meet Australia’s international responsibilities is to ensure the production, manufacture and distribution of marijuana for medical reasons only.
A survey that was done by the government with 24,000 Australians discovered that 69 percent of the respondents supported the change of the law to allow cannabis for medical purposes only.
