Stories of children with drug-resistant epilepsy have reportedly moved Queensland's premier into announcing the state's first trial of medicinal cannabis.
According to News Corp Australia, Annastacia Palaszczuk today will announce Queensland will join NSW in decriminalising the drug for trials involving patients with epilepsy, end-of-life pain and chemotherapy-related nausea.
The premier says she discussed the trials with NSW counterpart Mike Baird on Friday during the COAG meeting in Canberra.
Ms Palaszczuk says the trial is about letting experts do as much research as possible into the issue to get a clearer understanding of any clinical benefits medicinal cannabis can provide.
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