Legalise cannabis for medical use: top professor

By James Robertson
Updated February 2 2015 - 1:13am, first published 12:15am
Emeritus Professor David Penington says Australia is behind the times on the medical use of cannabis. Photo: Simon Schluter
Emeritus Professor David Penington says Australia is behind the times on the medical use of cannabis. Photo: Simon Schluter

The NSW government's clinical trial of medicinal cannabis is inappropriate for patients suffering extreme pain, and the drug should be legally approved for patients diagnosed by doctors, a paper in a top medical journal argues.

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