Lucy Haslam to meet with the chair of the federal government's medicinal cannabis advisory council

Jacob McArthur
Updated April 7 2017 - 7:48am, first published 7:37am
Lucy Haslam
Lucy Haslam

Medical cannabis progress

THOUSANDS of medicinal cannabis users in Australia are still criminal, Lucy Haslam says as she prepares to shine a light on the issue for one of the government’s top advisors.

Jacob McArthur

Jacob McArthur is opinions editor for The Canberra Times and Australian Community Media. As part of the Canberra Times' production team, he helps the people of Canberra and beyond get the stories they need, when they need them across a range of platforms, while helping maintain a high editorial standard. Before moving to Canberra in 2020, he started with Australian Community Media in 2015 as a journalist for The Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth where he kept a close eye on Tamworth Regional Council. Jacob was also the co-host of ACM's Water Pressure podcast where he and Jamieson Murphy took a deep dive on issues and key decisions arising during one of the region's worst droughts on record.

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