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AHPRA guidelines on medicinal cannabis

Practitioners are instructed to take additional caution and care when prescribing medicinal cannabis given its addictive properties and potential for misuse.

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Barry Nilsson

Imogen Simmonds: Anti-doping regulation, enforcement, and the defence of intimate contact

The impact of the Ruling on the Simmonds' case will inevitably play out into the future.

Australia Healthcare

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Carroll & O'Dea

Is nitazene legal in Australia?

Discusses nitazenes which are a class of synthetic opioids that have gained notoriety in recent years

Australia Healthcare

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Queensland Pharmacy Business Ownership Act – what you need to do it your pharmacy operates under a trust or trustee company structure

The impending Act wil not allow trust structures in pharmacy ownership. Changes, tax risks, duty relief, transitional relief, next steps.

Australia Healthcare

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Bennett & Philp Lawyers

Governance in Agriculture

Australia Healthcare

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Mellor Olsson Lawyers

Family law insights – medicinal cannabis and child safety

Australia Healthcare

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Cooper Grace Ward

Is Methylene Blue Legal in Australia?

Australia Healthcare

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Former Philippines president faces trial over drug war killing spree

Australia Healthcare

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Improving safeguards against misuse of voluntary assisted dying substances by non-eligible patients

Australia Healthcare

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Kennedys

Queensland Pharmacy Business Ownership Act Changes – What You Need To Do Now

Australia Commercial

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Bennett & Philp Lawyers

Is Ayahuasca Illegal in Australia?

Australia Healthcare

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Rough Sleeping Surges Nationwide, as Authorities Continue to Criminalise Homelessness

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Duopoly Killjoys Cannabis Bill, as Historic First Vote Takes Place in Federal Parliament

Australia Healthcare

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Victorian medicinal cannabis drivers to no longer face automatic loss of licence, but NSW continues zero tolerance

Australia Healthcare

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Demystifying Australia's National Anti-Corruption Commission (Video)

Australia Criminal

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Alvarez & Marsal

De Facto Separation NSW: What Rights Do You Have?

Australia Family

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JB Solicitors

Skilled Visa Salary Thresholds To Increase To 4.6% From 1 July 2025

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Immigration And Australian Federal Election Campaign Promises

Australia Immigration

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Interstaff Immigration Agency

Aboriginal Death in Police Custody Alice Springs

Australia Criminal

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

Novartis patent term extension held to be invalid – Federal Court decision

Complexities of patent claim construction and its implications for pharmaceutical companies.

Australia Healthcare

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Spruson & Ferguson

Are Peptides Legal in Australia?

Peptides and synthetic drugs in Australia are only permitted for legitimate medical purposes.

Australia Healthcare

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Astor Legal

Music festivals and drug detection dogs in NSW

Outlines your rights at music festivals.

Australia Healthcare

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Guidance when Dealing with the Department of Agriculture and Food

Guidance when dealing with the Department of Agriculture regarding breaches of regulations

Australia Healthcare

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HHG Legal Group

Are hemp gummies and edibles legal in Australia?

Australia Healthcare

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Vapes Are Legally Available Without Prescription in NSW, But Only at Chemists

Australia Healthcare

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

New vaping laws in Australia

Australia Healthcare

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Astor Legal

Is Kava legal in Australia?

Australia Healthcare

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Is CBD oil legal in Australia?

Australia Healthcare

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

The Drug Offenders Program: Shane Prince SC and Jim Finnane on Early Intervention

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Is ‘Shilajit' legal in Australia?

Australia Healthcare

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

The importance of Real-Time Prescription Monitoring (RTPM) – A coroner's finding

Australia Healthcare

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Gilchrist Connell

How long does a drug offence stay on my criminal record?

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Drug diversion in Queensland

Australia Healthcare

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Hall Payne Lawyers

Is ‘Shilajit' legal in Australia?

What is Shilajit? Benefits discussed. Shilajit is illegal to sell within Australia but is legal to import.

Australia Healthcare

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

The importance of Real-Time Prescription Monitoring (RTPM) – A coroner's finding

RTPM alerts doctors and pharmacists before any controlled medicine is prescribed or dispensed.

Australia Healthcare

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Gilchrist Connell

How long does a drug offence stay on my criminal record?

A drug conviction will generally stay on your record until you serve a crime free period, when it is deleted.

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Drug diversion in Queensland

In Queensland, the two types of drug diversion include Court-ordered drug diversion and Police drug diversion.

Australia Healthcare

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Hall Payne Lawyers

Is NMN legal in Australia?

Australia Criminal

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Can sniffer dogs smell drugs inside you?

Law enforcement agencies typically use police dogs and sniffer dogs to detect drugs.

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JB Solicitors

Big Mac Takes On Big Jack

There's been quite a bit in the news of late about an IP case in Australia involving the fast-food giant McDonald's and an Australian fast-food company, Hungry Jack's.

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ENS

The Involuntary Drug and Alcohol Treatment (IDAT) Program in NSW

The IDAT Program is an option of last resort for those in NSW who are dealing with severe substance dependence.

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Expanded Criminal Infringement Notice (CIN) for minor drug offences in NSW

The changes broaden the current CIN that enable police to issue immediate $400 fines for small amounts of illegal drugs.

Australia Criminal

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Stacks Law Firm

The offence of unlawfully possessing a prescribed restricted substance in NSW

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Strip Search laws: Your rights at music festivals in New South Wales

Australia Criminal

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Defending drug charges in NSW: Putting the prosecution to proof and raising available defences

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Medically supervised injecting centres

Australia Healthcare

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Drug Court program in New South Wales

Australia Litigation

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Are bongs legal in New South Wales?

Australia Criminal

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Music festivals, drugs, and your leal rights when dealing with police in NSW

Australia Criminal

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

'Honest and reasonable mistake of fact' defence for drug driving offences in New South Wales

Australia Criminal

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Your guide to New South Wales LSD laws

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

On-the-spot fines for drug possession in NSW: Explainer

Australia Criminal

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O'Brien Criminal & Civil Solicitors

Is ritalin or methylphenidate legal in Australia?

Australia Healthcare

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Legalising cannabis in Australia

Australia Healthcare

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

Patent claims to metabolites in Australia: when will use of a prodrug be infringing?

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Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Drug driving offences: Queensland adds cocaine to the list of drugs tested

Australia Criminal

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Selling prohibited drugs is a crime

Australia Criminal

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Criminal Defence Lawyers Australia

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