NSW motorists who use medicinal cannabis may soon be able to drive without fear of major penalty

Key points

• Motorists who use medicinal cannabis may soon be able to drive on New South Wales roads without fear of a severe penalty as the Minns government announces long-awaited reforms.
• The government announced on Thursday it would introduce legislation which would see drivers with a medicinal cannabis prescription no longer face a three-month licence suspension or fine for having the THC component of cannabis in their system.
• Under the proposed new system, drivers with a full licence can drive with THC up to a threshold.
• However, if the driver – who will be required to register that they have a prescription with Transport NSW – returns a positive test they will still face a 24-hour ban while a laboratory tests the results.
• If the lab result shows the person’s THC levels were above the allowed threshold, they will receive a warning on the first and second occasion to give them an...