Reviewed Sep 2026Medical only

Cannabis in Victoria

Victoria allows medicinal cannabis on prescription only. Since March 2025 magistrates may choose not to cancel licences of some non-impaired patients.

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Cities: 6
Minimum age: 18+

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The rules

Key rules in Australia

Plain-language summary. The regulator is Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).

Possession (no prescription)
Illegal in all states and the Northern Territory; penalties and diversion schemes vary by state. The ACT allows adults limited personal possession (see below).
Prescribed cannabis
Legal when prescribed by a doctor through the TGA Special Access Scheme or Authorised Prescriber pathway and dispensed by a pharmacy. Only Epidyolex and Sativex are registered medicines.
ACT personal use
Since January 31, 2020 adults 18+ in the ACT may possess up to 50 g dried (150 g fresh) and grow 2 plants per person, 4 per household. Sale, supply and public use remain offenses; Commonwealth law is unchanged.
Home grow
Illegal everywhere except the limited ACT allowance; a prescription does not permit cultivation. Commercial cultivation requires Office of Drug Control licences.
Public use
Illegal. Even in the ACT, using cannabis in public or near anyone under 18 is an offense.
Driving
Roadside tests detect THC regardless of prescription. Tasmania has a medical defence since 2017; Victoria's magistrates have had licence-loss discretion for some patients since March 2025; NSW passed a registration-based reform on September 17, 2026, not yet in force.
Advertising
Advertising prescription medicines, including medicinal cannabis, to the public is prohibited under the Therapeutic Goods Act; the TGA issues fines and brings court cases.
CBD products
Low-dose CBD (up to 150 mg a day, adults) was down-scheduled to pharmacist-only in 2021, but no product had been approved for that route by 2026; other CBD requires a prescription.
Age
No statutory minimum for prescriptions, but Medical Board guidance (July 2025) says doctors should avoid prescribing to patients under 18; most clinics accept adults only. ACT personal-use rules apply to 18+.

Summary, not legal advice — rules change; check local law. Last reviewed Sep 2026.

How it works

How cannabis is sold in Victoria

In Victoria, as elsewhere in Australia, cannabis is legal only as a prescribed medicine supplied through a pharmacy; recreational possession and home growing remain offenses. Melbourne is a hub for the industry: Montu's Alternaleaf telehealth clinic lists its office in East Melbourne, and several specialist dispensaries operate in the city.

Driving is the main friction for patients. It is still an offense to drive with any detectable THC, even with a valid prescription, but since March 2025 magistrates have had discretion over whether to cancel the licence of certain medicinal cannabis patients who test positive but were not impaired. That is narrower than the defence available in Tasmania or the registration scheme passed in New South Wales in 2026, so patients should plan travel accordingly.

Victorian businesses in our directory include Alternaleaf (East Melbourne, online), Astrid Dispensary on Chapel Street in South Yarra, Releaf's clinic-dispensaries in St Kilda and Bentleigh, and an IvyMed consulting room inside a Vermont South pharmacy. Commercial growers need federal Office of Drug Control licences; Cann Group's Mildura facility and Cannatrek's site in Greater Shepparton are among the producers based in the state.

By location

Cities in Victoria