I received the following email below from Australia (Brisbane) based “Specialist In Australian Medicinal Cannabis Licenses”, Cate Hall on 9 April 2025
She highlights some anomalies with a recent published Harris Sliwoski article that we highlighted on the site .
She writes
You highlighted Harris Sliwoski’s Q & A on Australian cannabis laws this week, but unfortunately it contains incorrect information that may mislead people.
I haven’t done a detailed analysis looking for errors, but Australia’s Office of Drug Control grants one particular licence with respect to cannabis – the medicinal cannabis licence, not three licences (cultivation, production and research).
The legislation (the Narcotic Drugs Act) changed in 2021 to reflect the single licence model, though the previous licences were not the three specified by HS .
The other, perhaps more implicit, error is that cannabis operations are not solely governed through the ODC medicinal cannabis licences – instead most cannabis companies in Australia hold a state licence (poisons/medicine, descriptions vary) which then allows them to apply for an import licence and put a brand into the market.
Read article
https://cannabislaw.report/australia-cannabis-qa/
