5 May 2021

Lawyer says surge in court cases for supplying cannabis as medicine

From Morning Report, 8:45 am on 5 May 2021

A lawyer fighting cannabis prosecution cases says she's seeing a surge in the number of people being taken to court for using or supplying the drug as a medicine.

The police only have discretion not to charge when people are caught with small amounts.

But critics argue the law needs changing urgently as legal medicinal cannabis is too expensive.

Katie Todd reports.