As posted on Linked In
Amid a year of intensified national focus on both medicinal and personal-use cannabis, we are releasing Cannabis in Australia 2025, our fourth annual report charting the major shifts shaping Australia’s cannabis landscape.
Report findings demonstrate that smarter, evidence-based reforms are needed to minimise harm, strengthen public health and safety, and deliver better outcomes for communities.
Key insights from the 2025 report include:
>> Demand for medicinal cannabis appears to be plateauing, with product sales stabilising after years of rapid growth.
>> Prescription trends are shifting, with access to edible cannabis medicines almost doubling over the past year, potentially signalling a move away from smoked flower.
>> Prohibition of personal use cannabis continues to absorb billions in enforcement while failing to reduce cannabis use, instead funnelling everyday Australians into the criminal justice system.
>> The illicit cannabis market remains profitable and entrenched.
With political and public momentum for cannabis law reform growing nationwide, the report underscores the necessity of governments acting now -to build a coherent, evidence-based system that safeguards medicinal cannabis patients, reduces harm for people who use cannabis, curtails the criminal market and reduces the strain on police and the courts from enforcing ineffective laws.
You can read the full report here >>
https://lnkd.in/ghY-KNpC
