As a legal medicinal cannabis patient, I lost my licence for three months and received a $350 fine. Now another person in court before me, was there for three unlicensed driving charges one with illicit drugs in his system and another for speeding. The kind judge also gave this kid a three month licence suspended and a $350 fine, exactly the same as me for my one licenced driving with a detectable trace amount of my legal prescribed medication which I was following my doctor recommended dosage. This is clear discrimination against legal medicinal cannabis patient's here in Australia. I really hope this gets sorted out asap.
@BLUEYGILA2 ай бұрын
i probably would have got done for contempt in court.....
@Dave_19692 ай бұрын
G'day Aaron it's wrong what happened to you and many other people and as a Victorian I hope this driving bull shit laws around cannabis is resolved not only for Victorian but every state in Australia all at the same time because we are one country
@BLUEYGILA2 ай бұрын
@@myeverythingworld8123 end of story ? lol.. so how was he stoned ? you do realize theye have done extensive testing and people that are on cannabis have the same reflex's and motor skills then someone that is not. did you know that you can drive in tasmania on medical cannabis and other states are going to follow suit eventually, why is that do you think ?
@Dave_19692 ай бұрын
@@myeverythingworld8123 sounds like your another no it all that knows all about cannabis and its medical properties? and I'm not about to explain it all to another arrogant person who know nothing about cannabis so when you have time go on the internet and type in medical cannabis and find out the TRUSH you clown
@Kicking-m4c2 ай бұрын
@@BLUEYGILAliar, it affects people's ability to drive that is proven.... Liar liar liar
@gregsmith22622 ай бұрын
I live in fear of being charged with driving under the influence of THC. I do not take my medication outside the guidelines given by my doctor, but suffer significant anxiety if I see a roadside testing. I simply go shopping and pick up and drop off my kids to school. I have tried every anti depressant with bad side effects. Medicinal cannabis saved my life.
@mishmash93972 ай бұрын
@@Kicking-m4chey meth head how are you?
@Homebasecards2 ай бұрын
Should just be legalized, every other country has done it. Better then our kids growing up smoking crack and meth 🤔
@stufromoz81642 ай бұрын
I think the best thing we can do is work as hard has possible to reduce the two party preferred vote.
@jbh27612 ай бұрын
We have the same problem in WA but the level of ignorance and lack of education by our state politicians in WA is unbelievable about medical cannabis..it’s a disgrace against the people who our politicians are meant to represent… it’s about revenue not about there health . You can be prescribed medical cannabis but fined for driving for having it in your system but not impaired to drive .. complete disgrace by our state governments .
@aaronhopkins66972 ай бұрын
It is blatant discrimination to every medicinal cannabis patient.
@elementzz15042 ай бұрын
You can drive on valium, temazepam, LSD just not cannabis
@user-gz1hu5px1z2 ай бұрын
You can drive on shrooms too.
@kizzjd95782 ай бұрын
You can drive on Ketamine, cocaine, dmt, lsd, opioids. But god forbid you drive 1 week after using prescribed cannabis.
@Yourdadselllsavon24 күн бұрын
Yes although not very well
@RS-uw2zm2 ай бұрын
Very well said
@legalisecannabisvictoria2 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@davidbrooks95762 ай бұрын
I drive tired, which is not ideal. I stopped taking THC to help me sleep with severe PTSD so I can legally drive. I drive better with a good sleep and presence of THC than tired without it.
@smith53122 ай бұрын
Was there a “driving trial” for any other medications? No there has not been so why only discriminate against one medication and not others ?
@Costa_Conn2 ай бұрын
Yes there have been trials conducted on the effect of benzos, opiates and amphetamines. However there are many issues with the data used to assess the effect of cannabis on drugs. In much of the data from fatal car accidents that has been used to demonstrate the hazards of cannabis, combinations of drugs are found in the majority of cases, not just cannabis. As most people are aware, combining CNS active drugs, esp. alcohol exacerbates CNS effects. It is a complicated issue that has been poorly thought out by most governments.
@thelollielab2 ай бұрын
Very well presented and spoken. Im a single father of 2 young children. Im 44 years of age. I was a Medicinal Canabis patient, i gave it up 4 months ago after a (2nd) positive roadside swab. I suffered a nervous breakdown 3 months ago due to giving up medicinal canabis and the stress related to the impending mandatory 12 months loss of licence i was facing. I lost my employment due to taking 3 weeks off work to recover. I lost my licence for 12 months last Monday as a result of a second positive roadside swab in 3 years. I lost my NEW employment last Monday. I will find a way through this, i must for my children. Thanks you Rachel Payne for advocating for people in this predicament. My fingers are crossed for imporvement immediatly.
@user-gz1hu5px1z2 ай бұрын
I know how you feel,it is terrible. Hope things work out for you.
@NameChangedDueToProfanity2 ай бұрын
Anxiety when you're off it's probably from pumping impossible levels of dopamine into your brain. And how the hell would you have survived the stone age with your physiology? Quite easily. By not conditioning your brain with drugs, to always need drugs to feel alright. Weed consistently makes a disorganized mess of a man. Do better brother.
@Kicking-m4c2 ай бұрын
Oh you poor little guy 😂🤣😂🤣
@thelollielab2 ай бұрын
@@Kicking-m4c cheers mate, don't feel sorry for me though, i got this.
@NameChangedDueToProfanity2 ай бұрын
I commented anti-cannabis sentiment in reply to this and the comment was removed. It was slightly disparaging to drug users.
@Adrian-qb1dx2 ай бұрын
It should be cops back to the drawing board and finding a THC test for a 6hr span which would suit impairment over this test. If people were losing their licence for a beer they had yesterday there would be up roar. I'm currently on the Eyre Peninsula with no licence riding a bike on a highway to buy food. A 50$ test that brings in 1000$ in revenue will be difficult to make sapol give up.
@GreenSkreen4192 ай бұрын
I have epilepsy that was managed with benzodiazophan and In may 2023 I had an epileptic seizure on my way to work and crashed into trees and a house and car the result from that was a drug driving charge as it was in my blood from 3 days prior, the seizure was caused by a side effect of the medication which was what caused the accident (this is what the hospital and police explained to me) I then lost my job as I lost my licence due to having a seizure, which have then led to other mental health problems
@iride40012 ай бұрын
Well said thankyou
@mathewsmith87842 ай бұрын
Let's keep hammering this message... Well done ❤
@jamest4424Ай бұрын
Canada can test for impairment! Australia is not interested in doing anything positive. Don't expect Dutton to help either. Once a cop........
@GreenSkreen4192 ай бұрын
Despite it being accessed through a medical professional the prices of medical cannabis is alongside if not more than cannabis from the black market, this needs to change to combat the illegal market
@paulmason61922 ай бұрын
What are you buying and where from if you don't appreciate it being 50%cheaper than the black market.
@apessimist72952 ай бұрын
@@paulmason6192 $99 for 15g for my prescription at my local pharmacy. 21.5% THC and
@BLUEYGILA2 ай бұрын
its 120 a oz in SA, medical is never going as cheap as that and will never beat the quality. you do realize all the medical is grown with bad practices ? ( fungicides, pesticides and pgr's ) and lets not talk about the sterilization practices that will blow your mind.
@adamwaz56152 ай бұрын
@@BLUEYGILAclearly you've never been inside a cannabis facility in Oz 🤦
@maxfish4770Ай бұрын
No it's not, there are options right down to 6 bucks a gram
@rajprasad3903Ай бұрын
Im an Apprentice Electrician here in Victoria, got my license suspended for using medicinal cannabis im prescribed due to a roadside test. Ive lost my license for 6 months, lost my job which subsequently put my apprenticeship on hold as its required for my line of work. I live alone and have to pay rent and bills but they dont seem to care. I waited another 28 days to reapply after completing a behaviour change program and having my fine put on a payment plan only to go to court at Moorabbin to barley speak a sentence after being sworn in and asked why the fine is not paid, I confirmed it was on a payment plan with fines vic, she wasnt happy and gave me a 3 month differal till the fine is payed. Total 10+ months before i can maybe get back on the road and back to full time work. This has affected my life and mental health greatly, Ive had enough.
@derekbate99192 ай бұрын
medicinal cannabis is expensive
@jamest4424Ай бұрын
Same price if not cheaper than the dude at the pub!
@maxfish4770Ай бұрын
Nope
@gregory-gm2te2 ай бұрын
More revenue raising from the government
@andrewmcdougall95462 ай бұрын
I have to stop to drive to work.. try to work. And above that manage ,yet the law kills again .. 😢
@plschooseaname2 ай бұрын
Thanks :)
@adamwaz56152 ай бұрын
Let's put a stop to this!! Thr technology is already here.
@robertlyndon95102 ай бұрын
I really hope this creates the legal clarification needed. If THC lasts for weeks in the body then the current law is unjustly discriminating against medically prescribed user’s. Falsely labelling them. So in pain just off yourself with opioids instead and get sicker. These politicians have no knowledge of true pain or compassion….. as usual.
@roykelly54862 ай бұрын
it's for control for profit not facts
@michaellucas73042 ай бұрын
4 year user, its not the same as the illegal stuff. Its worse. Hydro no good, just do illegal bush
@wayno-ms1gmАй бұрын
Thank you for your time
@RypienGT2 ай бұрын
How do you test for impairment? I am pro cannabis, but im not blind to the fact that the sheer strength of cannabis these days is pretty insane, and the explosion of high potency edibles definately can affect driving safely.
@aaronhopkins6697Ай бұрын
Yes but not after a few hours.
@paulmason61922 ай бұрын
I live in Queensland but it has to start somewhere!
@ptorx11112 ай бұрын
lets make 0 tolerance to alcohol, things will soon change then.
@gerrycooper56Ай бұрын
How do you know they’re not impaired?
@BobLouden-r9q2 ай бұрын
No if anyone has thc in system same rules apply Change the law about ALL THC. No to two tier laws. I know chronic pot smokers that found the right doctor so they can get medical pot when they don't have s medical condition.
@Rudimental132 ай бұрын
Issue I have is just how exactly would a magistrate determine that a driver wasn't under the influence of cannabis while driving? Unlike BAC, which is very specific and thoroughly tested and researched, how do we determine when a driver is unable to drive on weed?
@vincegrant3450Ай бұрын
Just legalise it.
@caterpillar19362 ай бұрын
When she made a mistake in her speech I wanted someone to say 'are you HIGH right now??'
@jamest4424Ай бұрын
The artificially intelligent politicians should not be allowed to make or enforce laws.
@Kronin-n6f2 ай бұрын
agreed. but i can see how this can be abused. What a world we live in.
@Big_chungis2 ай бұрын
Don’t care been smoking since I was 13 so what difference is it going to make now 40 years later.
@maxfish4770Ай бұрын
Prove a level of impairment and get back to me
@timetraveler22222 ай бұрын
400,000 prescriptions is NOT 400,000 patients, please get your stats right or we'll look like idiots...
@offgrid5817Ай бұрын
How about telling everyone that driving is a commercial practice meaning a public sector worker?? And that none of this applies to everyday men and women moving there property from a to b as of right under the constitution.
@mrgillagorillaАй бұрын
Government's way to make money. It's all it is.
@offgridjohn871Ай бұрын
Do not legislate nature.
@Cainb4202 ай бұрын
I Might have known this wasn't the UK. Couldn't get the government to do their job if we set them on fire. Currently, if I get stopped while driving I have my car impounded and a court day to plead my defence of medical use. Yous needing a horticulturist with dodgy legs out there.
@offgrid5817Ай бұрын
What about those who just simply cannot drive safely like the local government guy in my town...who is outright dangerous behind the wheel yet tells everyone how they can travel??? Its all bull shit everyone should mind there oun business. Especially the magistrate as they are unlawful in the first place. Who are the people
@user-su5lo8hr3c2 ай бұрын
Seems the Victorian politicians might be on the chemical drugs that aren't tested roadside by their workers🤣🤔