Impaired or not when driving? The SA government doesn't care
Unlike other states around the country such as Tasmania, Victoria, and New South Wales, the South Australian government are going backwards on their s...
South Australia Cannabis News
Latest cannabis news and updates from South Australia.
"Yes," many South Australians want cannabis legalised
Last week, Greens MLC Tammy Franks introduced the "Cannabis Legalisation Bill 2021" to South Australia's parliament. If it passed, the bill would lega...
"Fine food, wine, and weed from our clean green environment" SA Greens bid for legalisation
On Wednesday, November 17th, South Australian Greens will present a new cannabis legalisation bill to SA's Upper House. The bill is backed by...
Best buds avoid jail over cannabis business
Two 23-year-old friends from South Australia have avoided jail over their cannabis business. Police arrested the two budtrepreneurs back afte...
Adelaide man caught with cannabis garden after police investigate why he was stabbed
Police discovered the man's cannabis garden on February 12th 2020, after they came to his Noarlunga Downs home to investigate after someone stabbed hi...
Pensioner fined for growing 49 cannabis plants to use as seizure medication
A judge has fined a pensioner from South Australia after he was caught growing 49 cannabis plants on a rural property in Binnum, located 330 kilometre...
Hemp seed research receives $500k+ in funding from Australian Research Council
The Australian Research Council (ARC) has awarded the University of Adelaide nearly $2 million in Linkage grants to fund four new studies, including a...
SA police seize 12 cannabis plants from Myponga home
South Australian police have seized a dozen cannabis plants from a house in Myponga (located 60 kilometres south of Adelaide). Police raided ...
The plantdemic: COVID-19 causes cannabis street deal seizures to double
From January to June last year, Adelaide police interrupted 127,560 cannabis street deals. That number has more than doubled when compared to the firs...
SA police raid major cannabis operation in Brompton
South Australia police have dismantled a significant cannabis operation discovered inside a warehouse in the inner-north Adelaide suburb of Brompton. ...
Canadian company seeking participants in Adelaide for medical cannabis and chronic pain study
Canadian company Zyus Life Sciences will hold a clinical trial assessing the effectiveness of a new cannabis medication on chronic pain, paying partic...
South Australia court sentences four men for $10 million cannabis operation
A South Australian court has sentenced four men to a combined 30 years in prison over their role in a $10 million cannabis operation. Thanh Chi...
Police crackdowns aren’t stopping cannabis use from increasing in South Australia
In February, tests published by the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program revealed that cannabis use is increasing in South Australia - despite ...
South Australian woman sentenced after growing 72 cannabis plants to win back her cheating husband
An Albanian refugee living in South Australia has been sentenced after she helped her cheating husband grow cannabis in her house. Aneta Merkaj...
Italian tourist handed prison sentence for role as a gardener in large-scale cannabis operation
An Italian tourist trapped in Australia by COVID-19 border closures has been given a prison sentence for his role in a large-scale cannabis cultivatio...
Italian tourist argues he was “trapped” by COVID when faced with life sentence or $1 million fine for cannabis
An Italian tourist has argued in court that he was “trapped” in Australia by COVID-19, leaving him to take part in a major cannabis cultivation operat...
South Australian police seize $1.5 million of cannabis in bikie bud bust
South Australian police have seized over $1.5 million in cannabis from an Adelaide property as part of a statewide crackdown on black market cannabis....
SA Greens propose new laws that would let medical cannabis patients drive
A South Australian Greens MP has proposed new legislation that will allow Australians taking cannabis medications to drive without fear of losing thei...
Illegal cannabis crop discovered after garage accidentally catches fire in Mount Gambier
South Australian police have uncovered the remains of an illegal cannabis crop after a garage caught fire in Mount Gambier. The Metropolitan Fi...
SA police uncover hidden cannabis crop behind "secret underground door"
South Australian police have uncovered a secret cannabis crop hidden behind a bookshelf in a property in Adelaide’s north-east. Police carried ...