Fiona Patten has announced a run for the senate for the Legalise Cannabis Party so we’ve dug this one out of the vault for your listening pleasure.
As a Member of Parliament from 2014-22, Ms. Patten chaired the public inquiry into personal cannabis use, and has battled uphill to help other parliamentarians understand how and why people use cannabis.
In this episode:
How we met (1:40)
The fallacy of roadside drug testing (4:30)
Discriminating against patients (7:00)
Writing to your MP (15:00)
Inquiry into personal use (21:00)
Victorian Politics (24:00)
Personal relationship with cannabis (26:00)
MPs Behaving Badly (29:00)
What is Decriminalisation (37:00)
Paul’s of Wisdom (41:00)
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