MPs urge for exemption of medicinal cannabis users on the roads

A group of MPs have called to exempt medicinal cannabis users from the offence of driving with the mere presence of the drug in their system.

Last year the NSW government’s drug summit recommended a legislated medical defense for drivers using medically prescribed cannabis, which has not since been legislated.

This recommendation was further urged by Independent MP Alex Green in parliament on Tuesday who takes medicinal cannabis for insomnia and anxiety.

Dr Mikaela Kowalski is a research fellow at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. The NDARC has been Australia’s leading, internationally renowned research centre for over 35 years.

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Featured In Story: Dr Michala Kowalski, Research Fellow at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre

First aired on The Wire, Saturday 13 September 2025