Patients risk prosecution as medicinal cannabis faces long road to legalisation

By Julie Medew, the Age
Updated August 31 2014 - 9:33am, first published 9:30am
Tom Kies has been using cannibis oil and chewing gum in a bid to treat his cancer. Photo: Justin McManus
Tom Kies has been using cannibis oil and chewing gum in a bid to treat his cancer. Photo: Justin McManus

AFTER a week of political announcements, Victorians who believe in the healing powers of marijuana feel no closer to sourcing the drug legally and say they will continue to risk prosecution for buying questionable products on the black market. 

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