Tuesday, 28 May 2024

Western Metropolitan Region

David ETTERSHANK (Western Metropolitan) (12:52): (882) My constituency question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety in the other place. My constituent suffers from fibromyalgia and several other health problems. Managing her chronic pain is a daily battle. She says the side effects from opioids are too profound, so she wants to give medicinal cannabis a try. She started using CBD oil, but so far it has not helped her manage her pain. Her doctor has advised her that she is likely to need a THC-containing medication to be able to come off her schedule 8 medicinal heroin, but she does not want to risk losing her licence. She lives in Taylors Hill, and her journey to work by car typically takes 35 minutes – or 2 hours by public transport. Given that the government has effectively abandoned public transport reform in the western suburbs, when will the government make a final decision about allowing medicinal cannabis patients in Western Metropolitan Region to drive?