Hunter Valley Cannabis

04/06/2026

Patients driving unimpaired need this more than ever. It's been a stressful and uncertain decade for medicinal cannabis patients since legal access began in 2016. This is a welcome step towards a fairer, evidence-based approach that recognises patients shouldn't be treated as criminals for taking their prescribed medicine.

Chatting to the TODAY show this morning about our proposed reforms to make sure drivers who use medicinal Cannabis aren’t automatically penalised with drug presence offences.

This is a commonsense reform that means patients who are taking legally-prescribed cannabis will no longer face criminalisation for driving with small amounts of THC in their system.

This is a good day for hundreds of thousands of people across the state who have been taking medicinal cannabis since it was made legal in 2016.

I want to be clear that this is not a ‘green light’ to drive high.

This reform ensures we’re not criminalising patients who are taking a legitimate, legal medicine.

04/06/2026

10/04/2026

Narrandera worker sacked over cannabis use wins job back after commission ruling.

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05/03/2026

Finally, current laws around driving are not fair! Let's hope change is just around the corner. Unpaired drivers need to drive.

Today in budget estimates Premier Chris Minns confirmed his government would make driving laws fairer for medicinal cannabis patients. This follows Jeremy Buckingham (Legalise Cannabis party) and I introducing legislation late last year to achieve this important reform.

24/11/2025

After years of chronic pain and legal uncertainty, a new bill could finally let NSW patients like Benn drive safely with medicinal cannabis.

18/11/2025

Hopefully this can get the support and be passed. Give patients a break from the NSW Police Force. If not impaired, you should be legally allowed on the road like other legal prescriptions. Thank you, Alex Greenwich MP.

Sydney MP Alex Greenwich will move a motion in NSW parliament on Tuesday to legislate a legal defence for drivers taking medically prescribed cannabis.

Mr Greenwich recently disclosed his use of medicinal cannabis to treat post-traumatic stress disorder.

The proposed legislation will be introduced to the NSW parliament on Thursday.

Full story: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-18/nsw-alex-greenwich-medicinal-cannabis-driving-bill-motion/106019210?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

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26/09/2025

Thousands of people in NSW have legal prescriptions for medicinal cannabis but are banned from driving at all times, no matter how safe or unimpaired they are. If this is you, will you email your MP and ask them to fix this?

26/09/2025

NSW Premier Chris Minns: Allow medical cannabis patients to legally drive

23/04/2025

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20/04/2025

'My main concern is the discretionary power of the police.'