THE NSW government has stopped communicating with Crescent Head Mullaways Medical Cannabis proprietor Tony Bower about medical marijuana research.
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Despite, the Baird government announcing a $12 million four year grant for a medicinal marijuana research and innovation centre in Sydney earlier this year, Mr Bowers told The Macleay Argus other states, including universities and international drug companies, are interested in his techniques.
“I’m currently in discussions with the Sydney University who received a private $33 million grant to investigate the production of medicinal marijuana which may help in the future, however, the Victorian government have shown some real interest,” Mr Bower’s said.
“It looks as though we are going to be able to do everything down there which includes the trials, the growing, and the development, because they are changing the laws.
“I expect to be doing the growing as well as working with drug companies who are doing some trials as well.”
For the last seven years and to the irritation of the NSW government and police, Mr Bower has been distributing medicinal marijuana to people with chronic health problems and has developed a way of extracting the psychoactive substance Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) from the plant and putting it into tinctures that can be taken orally.
“It’s a low dose medicine and currently I’m working with a program through Melbourne University and it looks like everything should go ahead,” Mr Bower’s said.
“They are interested in my growing and production technique and the low doses that I can create and I should hear from Victorian Health over the next couple of weeks as to when I’ll be able to start down there.
“Drug companies who are involved in the trials both in NSW and Victoria have also indicated that they are interested in the way I do things because I can make what they need much cheaper that what they can.”
Mr Bower’s said the Baird government is doing a lot of talking about medicinal marijuana which is bringing a lot of people to his door step.
“Every time Mr Baird comes out saying something about medicinal marijuana I end up with more parents with sick kids who want my product,” Mr Bower’s said.
“I have to help them because the majority are kids aged from six-months-old to 18-years-old and some will die before they receive help from the NSW government.
“The reality is I have a medicine that can help people and it is not illegal but now I have three times the amount of people contacting me to get some medicinal marijuana due to the time wasting of Mr Baird and the state government.”