Reviewed Sep 2026Medical only

Cannabis in Melbourne

Melbourne's cannabis patients gained a court defence in March 2025. A checklist for choosing among the East Melbourne, South Yarra and Richmond providers.

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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 Melbourne

The local risk in Melbourne is driving, since Victoria still bans any THC in your system, and only a court can now decide not to cancel your licence.

Keep the script current. Victoria's amendment to the Road Safety Act 1986 lets a court spare the licence only where the driver holds a current prescription and took the medicine as the doctor advised.
Check the prescriber on the AHPRA register. Alternaleaf, at Level 18/1 Nicholson Street, East Melbourne, and Polln, at 363-365 Bridge Road, Richmond, are telehealth services, so the doctor may not be near you.
Separate clinic from dispensary. Astrid Dispensary at 575 Chapel Street, South Yarra, is pharmacist-founded, while the others prescribe; ask whether your script can be filled at a pharmacy of your choice.
Know which brand group you are in. The Alternaleaf profile places it in the Montu group, which matters if you compare prices across brands.

What did the 2025 law change?

Parliament passed the amendment in November 2024, and from 1 March 2025 patients can appeal a suspension through the courts, according to the Penington Institute. Fines can still apply, and driving impaired remains illegal. It gives a magistrate discretion; it does not create a defence you can rely on at the roadside.

Where are the listed providers?

Verdex lists three: a telehealth service in East Melbourne, a dispensary in South Yarra and a telehealth service in Richmond. Guides for the whole state are on the Victoria page and the access guide.

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