By: Kyle Rodda
Though not a complete decriminalisation of the drug, the ACT Legislative Assembly has passed a bill permitting growing cannabis for personal consumption. The law will come into effect on 31January 2020.
Although not a complete lift on the ban-on-bud, and with the law potentially clashing with Federal legislation, the developments in Canberra continue a gradual process of relaxing regulations and different prohibitions on cannabis by Australia’s state and territory governments.