About 400,000 patients have accessed legal medicinal cannabis in Australia since 2016.

Cannabis is prescribed for a range of conditions, from chronic pain to anxiety and depression.

It is not on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, so patients pay full price, but that has not dampened demand.

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