On Thursday afternoon a bill was introduced into parliament by the Greens which would amend Category A of the Special Access Scheme (SAS), allowing fast-tracked access to medicinal cannabis for the terminally ill.



This measure would reduce the waiting time for access to medicinal cannabis from months to hours.

Currently, patients must move through the complicated and lengthy Category B process, which can take months. Access to Category A of the SAS was removed for medicinal cannabis users by then minister for health Sussan Ley in 2016.

Her reasoning was that there was not an appropriate level of oversight on medicinal cannabis.

