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20 March 2025
Medical cannabis user fails to avoid driving ban

A NEW Victorian law change was put to the test at Wangaratta Magistrates’ Court on Monday after a driver prescribed for medical marijuana was caught with the drug while driving.

The Wangaratta man pleaded guilty to having cannabis in his system on 31 August last year while driving on the Hume Freeway near Glenrowan.

The court heard the P-plater didn’t realise the drug was still in his system wh...

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