It may come as a surprise to many that the average medicinal cannabis user in Australia is a woman aged in her 50s.

She may be taking the prescription medication to relieve pain or help her sleep. She may be a cancer patient.

Yet while it has been legal for her to use medical cannabis in Australia since 2016, she and tens of thousands like her risk breaking the law every single day by doing something the rest of us take for granted.

See the full article at: OPINION | Reform should be driving protection for medicinal cannabis patients