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David Ettershank

David Ettershank

Member of the Victorian Legislative Council

Jul 1, 2026

6:05
Yes.
6:06
And...
6:07
It's tax-free, there's some medicinal cannabis importers doing real well and good luck to them.
6:17
But why wouldn't we start thinking about there being two streams, one stream medicinal, where you do have doctors as gatekeepers, you do have those doctors also as your guide doing their medicinal work, doing their prescribing as they should.
6:37
And then a commercial market that is taxed.
6:39
It's regulated.
6:40
It's available.

9 MINS LATER

15:34
What's your favourite word or saying for cannabis?
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15:17
just
15:17
nothing there because it's so simple.
15:21
And there are no dire consequences.
15:23
And, of course, they did that five-year review which looked at health intakes, traffic, all sorts of issues, you know.
15:30
And I think the key takeaway was that the only thing that they could define any statistical significance to was was that interactions with the courts had dropped by 94%.
15:41
That was it.
15:42
And I think...
20:32
Now, that can't be good for reducing police resources, administrative burden, and getting police back into places where they're needed most.

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