Bee Mohamed
Government relations and advocacy professional; Director of Walamarra Botanicals; former Head of Government Relations at Astrid Dispensary and founding CEO of ScriptWise; Ambassador for Harm Reduction Australia.
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Aug 5, 2026
Rachael PayneHOST
Do you think cannabis should be legalised in Australia? And if so, what safeguards, in your opinion, should be in place?
Bee MohamedGUEST
Yes, I mean, definitely cannabis should be legalised, regulated, whichever way, but we need to realise that this is happening either way, you know.
Bee MohamedGUEST
It's something that I think it's, like you said, it's not if, it's sort of when.
Bee MohamedGUEST
Again, it's sort of a hard one because drug law reform generally in Australia, it takes so long to happen, you know.
Bee MohamedGUEST
Obviously, I've done a bit of work with Plum Reduction Australia and even, like, you know, when I was working with them for the opioid replacement therapy.
Bee MohamedGUEST
Things like this move so slow in this country, you know, but it's always realising that when we come from the human perspective, it's not that difficult.
Bee MohamedGUEST
I think what safeguards I would like to see is I would love to see an opportunity, obviously, for homegrown people
Rachael PayneHOST
So can we talk about patient advocacy and discrimination? What were some of the issues that you did support medicinal cannabis patients with throughout your advocacy around patients?
Bee MohamedGUEST
So it's still pretty early days and you start getting the calls like patients were drug tested, going to court.
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