Points Government: Drug Control and Cannabis Applicants

points government: Key points:Government accepting applications from Monday for licenses to grow cannabis Applicants will have to demonstrate their proposed growing site is secure Concerns that if system becomes too complicated people will stick with the blackmarket The Office of Drug Control will start accepting applications for cannabis cultivation licences on Monday, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. People or organisations wanting a licence will need to show they will be supplying either a licensed medicinal cannabis manufacturer or researcher. Map: NSW Growing cannabis legally will be a step closer on Sunday when federal legislation comes into effect allowing the drug to be grown for medicinal purposes. They will also have pass a "fit and proper person test" and show that their proposed growing site is secure. Do you know more about this story Email There are three medicinal cannabis companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and a fourth set to list soon. Information briefings on the licencing scheme have attracted hundreds of interested people in the past few weeks, from international companies to small operators. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.