Australia's Cannabis Landscape with Matthew Rowland

[@warpeace8891]

There has been almost no transition in Australia regarding marijuana laws. ACT is legal for tiny amounts of personal use. This is the only significant change in the last 40 years. South Australia has continued to be decriminalised for small amounts with on the spot fines the penalty. Victoria has changed to decriminalisation in recent years. The rest of Australia is illegal with a court case and possible conviction for any amount. Anything above one ounce anywhere in Australia is treated as a more serious crime with possible jail time and other charges likely. The only sources of marijuana available is to grow it in ACT or illegal drug trade carrying heavy penalties. Australia's marijuana laws are some of the most hypocritical in the world because the Federal and state governments allow legal mass cultivation to selected corporations for private profit to produce medicinal products available only on prescription. This lobby of private interests will continue to block any attempts at legalisation forever is they can.

[@manhouse100]

Biggest issue is. Australia made medical legal. But if you drive and it is in your system, not even active, BOOM no license for drug driving. Seems like a trap right there. A medical card will not help you avoid the fine and loss of license. Sounds like we can have it and use it medically, but if we do than we are reprimanded and branded as a criminal

[@deborahbarrett1167]

Hi Deb from Adelaide Australia...been smoking herb for 53 years...its complicated indeed 😊❤

[@GreenIslandWoodworks]

Hi Deb....I smoked my first jay at Sunbury Pop festival in '72, you beat me by a year!.

[@steelearmstrong9616]

We are not talking quantum physics. Nothing complicated about it

[@JoelTopsom]

Haven't we all.😂

[@JoelTopsom]

​@@steelearmstrong9616😂😂😂 exactly, medical weed is crap😂

[@sickofthebullshit1967]

@@steelearmstrong9616the legal system is bullshit and over complicated here in Australia. If you’ve been through the legal system you would understand but you obviously haven’t. Besides that acquiring medical cannabis isn’t complicated at all and it’s top quality and way cheaper than the crap being sold on the black market.

[@RHINO2310]

From what I understood the Navy tried to replace hemp rope and failed chains are to brittle especialy in the ice areas nylon etc stretched way to much. Funny how we all had hemp everywhere then they came up with a synthetic petrolium products and hemp got criminilised ask Dupont why?

[@nigeljames4038]

Montel very focused and sensible conversation

[@richardfinlayson1524]

im in Melbourne, where there are a lot of smokers and psychedelicized minds, its a great city for art and music too, like i said lots of turned on people , im 59 and have been smoking for 40 years, i do psychedelic art and play guitar as well, take it easy everyone.

[@amsterdamoriginalsaustralia]

@@richardfinlayson1524 come say g'day mate

[@neilbeni7744]

I had to put myself on CBD/THC for my seizures which worked 100% better than synthetic bull$#iT with bugger all side effects. My local GP wanted nothing to do with it.. Sad how stupid the system is.. However I do get a concession on my prescription which saves me a he'll of a lot of $$$ and its quality is consistent not to mention what the heck is in street cannabis..

[@siryogiwan]

yeah my GP wasn't wanting me to get medical either, I had to convince him and all bar my 1st shrink, only wanted me to quit weed, telling me they can't help while I use it, going on medical has been a god send (I'm not religious lol), I'm on lowest possible does for my antidepressants since going on medical, I feel I could go off it completely, but sometimes the script takes a few days to arrive and I don't want to lapse, everyone in the house knows when I haven't got any, I start yelling in my sleep (1 of the reasons I use it) and the day I get it, I stop, street weed doesn't do that for me at all

[@billyballsup2685]

I used it on my mates dog. It definitely works. The dog actually stopped having them. Basically hash oil.

[@amsterdamoriginalsaustralia]

@@siryogiwan exactly true

[@russpearson9802]

A friend with weed is a friend indeed. 😂😂 Medical pot is a huge rort, its not medical, its commercialisation on a capitalist agenda.

[@DropTheMyc]

Bong on 😎🤙🏼

[@waynemartin5247]

Are you trading cuttings?

[@LMFAS9528]

You're all forgetting 1 important point ,,,the black market is half the price of Legal medical Cannabis and as long as that is the case this is the way it will remain.

[@stoopsyo]

Not true at all I get 90 dollar halves 14 percent. The price only goes up if you got got stronger strains and it’s a trade off because they last longer. Since I been on medical I spend 50 dollars a week not 240 for a street ounce.

[@billyballsup2685]

​@@stoopsyobull shit it's rubbish iv tried heaps. Nobody needs to be dictated to about pot. Anyone should be able to grow it. 100 tax per plant. And the person does what they want with it.

[@richardfinlayson1524]

they need to seperate pot from hard drugs, legalisation would also undermine organised crime, i barely drink alcohol anymore, just makes me feel crap, but i smoke every day, i love it for listening to music, and playing guitar.But mainly for my mental health, it helps me manage my recently diagnosed ADHD.

[@mj.l]

alcohol is poison, but government are addicted to the tax revenue, just like they're hooked on the revenue from legal enforcement of cannabis and other "illicit" drugs

[@Fuku121]

Medical cannabis has been legalised since 2016 but we still can’t drive a fucking car that’s what needs to be talked about

[@JaimeBird-n8m]

Or drug test at work.

[@wayno-ms1gm]

@Fuku121 talk all you want but it ain't going to happen

[@Jack-r2v9b]

Alcohol is legal and you can't drive a car

[@wayno-ms1gm]

@Jack-gn4gl I can drive a car with alcohol all day and night long .....as long as I stay under. 05 so what are you saying

[@Jack-r2v9b]

@@wayno-ms1gm yes I can smoke all day and drive no problem as well, a lot of drivers like young people,public transport workers heavy vehicles etc can't have alcohol and at .05 you can only have a couple anyway,the cannabis equivalent would be 2 cones of leaf,I understand what you're saying and if you want it to change then challenge them,demand a blood test and make them prove you were impaired,find the data that they base their .05 alcohol is fine to drive on and use that against them, I'm prepared to go to jail if they try and give me a conviction for any cannabis offence,I remember going for a ride with a mate and we pulled up and I sparked up a joint and he couldn't ride home, had get a guy with a Ute to come get his bike and I doubled him home,I could never stay under the limit for pot so I'm probably biased.....that's what I'm trying to say

[@stormdiego9676]

Loved the podcast! Great episode!

[@twistedbuscuit]

In Australia we face the issue of people being shut out of the job market as a result of our medical use. If you apply for a job that requires a drug and alcohol screen, you potentially run the risk of not getting that position. I myself have been let go because of my medical use, as the employer didnt want to run the risk of potential insurance and legal issues. Currently there is no framework in place to protect workers who choose to medicate themselves with natural products. So it comes down to the choice to I want to earn money to work and use pharmaceuticals to deal with any issues, or do I go down the holistic road use cannabis and run the risk of losing a job and being unemployed. Just another issues for legislators to deal with.

[@Hectorheroic]

I moved to Adelaide in 2017. I'd been off weed for a few years, then realised that weed was half the cost in Adelaide, South Australia than in Sydney. I was buying an ounce for around $400 and all of a sudden I found out it was $200. Needless to say, I piped up again. And subsequently, my life turned to shit because I can't be a responsible stoner.

[@billyballsup2685]

You where getting robbed in Sydney. Who pays that. 300max and it's been like that for 30 years since the hash stopped and hydro started.

[@Freedom_Born]

Been growing my own since the mid 90s. From hps to led. Indoor and outdoor. Helis fly over every now and then. See about 10-15 in fabric pots. But I don't think they care enough to bust me.

[@billyballsup2685]

Your lucky. They have got me twice with 5 monsters . While the ice dealer up the road never gets a visit.

[@hereszonny7411]

Can't even comment without discrimination, true comments just get deleted "Thanks"

[@TheCryptonaught]

The weed that's grown in the state of South Australia has long been prized in the state of New South Wales. The state was reliable until C,V 9teeen.

[@michaelgilchrist6255]

cheers fellas

[@ryans3074]

Adelaide skunk is legendary Australia wide

[@amsterdamoriginalsaustralia]

4.37pm now who's watching? Let's chat

[@scottfoster9452]

I doubt that big tobacco is concerned that cannabis might become more popular than tobacco. They have the money, infrastructure and expertise, to easily pivot from dominating the tobacco industry to dominating the cannabis industry.

[@helenbakewell3040]

Not an Australian plant was brought here over policed cant use for medicine if you can get special oil if you have cancer in late stages for pain

[@titaniumquarrion9838]

That doesn’t make much sense mate. Can you clarify what you meant?

[@wayno-ms1gm]

@helenbakewell3040 what country are you in???

[@aszh]

I refuse to believe some people 'brought ' it a anywhere It's always been everywhere growing as it does today in my opinion, history they tell us isnt always accurate

[@wayno-ms1gm]

@helenbakewell3040 wake up cannabis was brought to Australia in the late 1960 buy the Italian immigrants and that is a fact .

[@wayno-ms1gm]

@helenbakewell3040 also cannabis was brought here buy the Vietnam returned soldiers, then after that by Americans who travelled here around that time

[@Clarrybongalot]

The only problem with medicinal is its twice the average price, so there is still a place for the black market

[@BeugyNBeast]

There will ALWAYS be a traditional market for cannabis! Always and let me tell you ALOT of the black market/traditional growers can produce a much better end product than these commercial legal suppliers. The ONLY difference between legal v illegal is that legal has the convenience of testing their products in a lab for full analysis. You cannot remove the set of good grown cannabis just because of the setting ie commercial vs home grown. All good grown cannabis is medicinal! Free the peoples plant!!!

[@Clarrybongalot]

@BeugyNBeast I agree I'd still grow myself but I'm over the stress of getting busted , a lot of the people growing have no idea though most of it is below average unflushed crap just grown for cash ,.hopefully it's just legalised soon so I don't have to pay twice the price for the medical stuff

[@titaniumquarrion9838]

Twice the price? Mate you must be getting some terrible cannabis if it’s half the current prices MC is going for.

[@siryogiwan]

not sure where you get yours, but my script is cheaper than street weed, I get mine from an Ozzie mob who grow in volcanic soils, in Alstonville, look up Sunset Indica Rainbow

[@siryogiwan]

oh and I weigh it every script, it's always a little over a gram more than labelled

[@siryogiwan]

I'm Ozzie and using medical canna, I have lowered my anti depressant medication and it also stops my acting out in my sleep, as well as help alleviate my lower back pain from slipped discs, I actually smoke less using medical, than I did buying street weed, I can't go back now, I might as well be smoking leaf, with how it hurts to smoke

[@JoelTopsom]

😂😂😂 Dont know whos been ripping you off, medical weed is rubbish😂 You can pay $150 for an ounce or primo instead. 😂 suckered by the government

[@siryogiwan]

@@JoelTopsom actually it's not rubbish at all, street weed doesn't have anywhere near the strength and doesn't treat shite, I've been smoking weed for 30yrs, I was smoking an Oz a week prior to getting a script, I now smoke an Oz over 4wks, also the stuff I get is grown locally in the ground in volcanic soils, not that hydroponic crap from Nth America; also, I don't know where you live, but the cheapest street weed is in Northern NSW, is actually more expensive

[@billyballsup2685]

​@@JoelTopsom150🤣 bog weed. I grow it and id keep it before even think about selling it for that price. Who died that. I know guys that buy a 100 pound and it's worth more than that a bag.

[@admk69]

You should have rang me mate. I can't watch this stuff is hemp even medical marijuana? I've spent over ten thousand dollars on medical marijuana and thanks to the stupid law in South Australia they took my license off me for six months. And now I am paranoid to drive. Whereas in Canada where marijuana has been used medically for a much longer time they have laws the same as in Tasmania where people who have a prescription don't get unfairly persecuted like this. Oh who counts the suicides?

[@druckerman247]

Milky bong rips ahoy.

[@TheCryptonaught]

3% of GP's will subscribe cannabis.. that seems off 🧐 since there's alot in my area alone and I'm not in a capital city.

[@RHINO2310]

Marketting gods. DeBeers convicing the world diamonds are rare.

[@billybobwombat2231]

1600 hundred 1700 hundreds, dudes definitely from the US 😂😂

[@siryogiwan]

glad someone else picked up on that lol

[@DiamondDog870]

Dutch where here in the 1600's and Macassan's 1700..

[@amsterdamoriginalsaustralia]

The really big outdoor crops began with someone I know well & I'm 3rd gen no longer doing that but it was in the season was 1962-63 season. I am the #marijuanaaustraliana man on silver mountain... Maybe landraces of 1961-1986 are really gone forever 😂 or maybe not. Who really knows who I am? My true friends all over the 🌎🌏🌍🇨🇦🇦🇺😉🙊🙉🙈

[@teecinemayo]

Yeah its medical but its dear as heck! Not to mention more hit and miss than the local dealer!

[@wayno-ms1gm]

Ya got that wrong I've never had any problem with my provider it's always on time correct weight and 25%

[@Aussie-des420]

Don’t know where your getting it from mine is top shelf every time 🤷‍♂️and cheaper than street weed

[@BeugyNBeast]

Fact is these mostly imported products are not meeting Australian standards or needs. Depending on which clinic you are signed up to cannabis products can range in quality, consistency and price. There is no industry standards and this needs to change!

[@wayno-ms1gm]

@BeugyNBeast dunno where you get yours from but we get 10gs OF 25& FOR $80

[@wayno-ms1gm]

@teecinemayo And it comes from the UK and the other one we gets comes from Columbia

[@seanwhitty1335]

Very interesting ile just be happy if in my lifetime the power of choice on Wether to consume a natural plant or not is given back to the people it is also a tax idea happily pay for the police to leave me alone personally I use it to help me with ptsd it helps me it stops the dreams that in itself is good I will keep using it but I'm also looking to be prescribed it I also see medicinal canabis as the first step to full adult availability the government will be amazed this is a tax most people would be happy to pay

[@billyballsup2685]

Why would you be have to pay other to do what anyone can do them selves.

[@simonaskew9742]

South Australia the weed Is crap ,over priced hard to get,I found it easier to score in country Victoria

[@JaimeBird-n8m]

Same as wa.everyone on ice so not many weed growers

[@christopherdunstan4663]

Medical cannabis has saved my life from pharmaceuticals I was on them for a long time I used street medicine and it increased my anxiety didn't manage my pain and insomnia like medical plus it wasn't good dealing with people on the black market I'd rather give $ to the government not a gang some guy selling ditch medicine plus the price isn't much different in western Australia and quality people don't know how to grow 😢 apart from some low key growers 😅lets face facts I've been smoking 16 years 11 seasons I do everything legal now but the best way 😂 Vote legalise cannabis party Australia 2025💚

[@Nathan-vq9ch]

Nothing worse than seedy head & Murrumbidgee Madness was wicked & Hemp 4 victory

[@TheJoolz81]

The best laws Australia has in regards to cannabis is that you can buy an airfare to Thailand . Other than that Australias laws and view of Cannabis sucks

[@twinsunsurvivor8564]

when !? when !? we have the right of freedom Australia is very backward in term of cannabis perception i wish than one day , i wont have to worry it no more

[@adamroodog1718]

bullshit there is no aboriginal pot dude

[@buttercxpdraws8101]

Rudaralis.

[@adamroodog1718]

@@buttercxpdraws8101 "Cannabis ruderalis is a variety, subspecies, or species of Cannabis native to Central and Eastern Europe and Russia" sorry i ment aboriginal people of australia not the aboriginal people of the western steppe

[@DiamondDog870]

May be confused with native tobacco..

[@JoelTopsom]

Medicinal pot is useless😂 way overpriced and not the best. Its just crappy pot with a government tax. Dont need a video from someone halfway across the globe to know that.😂

[@oznews1]

This Rolland bloke seems extremely shady. 🤔

[@marcmcdonald48]

In what way? He's in his element

[@danielwinter7054]

Just ligalize it for crying out loud

[@eggspanda2475]

just grow it

[@petecommanche9344]

Not the most articulate interviewer are you Montel? Maybe you should wait till after the interview recording is over before you get stoned mate.