Australia to fund research on medicinal cannabis as demand grows

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Australia will provide A$3 million ($2.03 million) for research on the use of ca...

MELBOURNE - Australia will provide A$3 million for research on the use of cannabis to help cancer patients, its health minister said on Sunday, as the demand for medicinal cannabis products grows rapidly.

On Sunday, Health Minister Greg Hunt said access had been permitted to more than 11,000 patients, with most approvals this year. Hunt was speaking at a fundraising walk led by Olivia Newton-John, the English-born Australian singer and actress who became an ardent advocate of medical cannabis after being diagnosed with cancer.

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