Regarding the following article by http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/3694871/why-medical-cannabis-has-to-be-legal/
Kelly is right on the ball when she "blamed big pharmaceutical companies for lobbying governments and obstructing the passage to legalisation."
In 2014 the top 10 pharmaceutical companies made approximately 86 billion dollars profit between them.
If medical cannabis was available at a reasonable price, like in Uruguay where it's $1 per gram, or if patients were allowed to grow it themselves, pharmaceutical companies would really feel the sting in their pockets.
That's the price cannabis should be, or there abouts. It's a fast growing, pest resistant herb that will grow in most climates and as such should be affordable for patients.
In the government's and pharmaceutical companies eagerness to profit from this organic non-toxic natural medicine, they've forgotton about the people who need this medicine to function a normal life, or do they care? Is it just about money and the economy? has society become so twisted?

A great example of leading a normal life on cannabis is Irvin Rosenfeld, a Florida resident who suffered from a rare bone disease and has consumed over 120,000 cannabis joints over the past 34 years. All supplied by the U.S. government on a monthly basis.
Irvin drives to work every day after consuming 3 joints (no tobacco ever) and has never had an accident whilst driving. Irvin did mention he got pulled over for going 10 mph over the speed limit once, but has had no other issues whilst driving.
Irvin's 63 and presently works as a stockbroker, has done so for the past 29 years. Initially doctors predicted Irvin wouldn't survive past his teens, but depite that prognosis he lives a normal life with his partner Heidi, all thanks to cannabis.
The US Government has supplied Irvin with an aluminium canister of 300 pre-rolled joints every month for the past 34 years, though this is a fact that they do not like to advertise. The cannabis is grown on the university of Mississippi campus.
Despite his diagnosis he's proven to be a productive member of society.

As for Kelly and the related article below; I applaud you Kelly for having the fortitude to speak out, it takes real courage and your words resonate through the masses who know what's right and maybe also those who seem to not care, but should.
What we don't need in Australia is an oligopoly put together by big pharmaceutical companies and the Australian government as though it's for the public's safety.
The town of Nimbin in northern NSW has been freely growing, providing and using cannabis since the early 70's (for the most part) without government interference.
Don't they care about the residents of Nimbin and their health or is this a 50 year social experiment that's outside the law? Double standards?

A RIVERINA woman who turned to cannabis to deal with crippling arthritis has joined the crusade to legalise the drug as medicine.
Kelly Cameron, 33, said despite medical cannabis giving her profound relief from her chronic condition, she was too concerned to take it during the week because of fear of prosecution.

Her story comes amid a national revolution on medical cannabis, with campaigners inching closer to having a federal bill tabled in parliament.

Meanwhile, the NSW government has approved clinical trials of the drug.

Ms Cameron, a former top-flight equestrian rider, first experimented with medical cannabis after her body was unable to cope with opiates.

“Opiates made me violently ill and I turned to it as a last resort,” Ms Cameron said.

“I was at my wit’s end; I had nowhere else to turn.

“If I can’t have it, I can’t live a normal life.”

The Griffith vet nurse said tougher drug-driving laws, which are set to intensify in 2016, meant she was unable to use it during the working week.

She said it was “ludicrous” that she the only place she could buy such an effective medicine was on the black market.

“We need complete and utter law reform, it’s that simple,” Ms Cameron said.

“The government is putting lives at risk (by not legalising it).”

She also blamed big pharmaceutical companies for lobbying governments and obstructing the passage to legalisation.

Ms Cameron even raised the spectre of medical cannabis creating a new industry in the Riverina.

“I’d like to see the industry brought back here and given to farmers,” she said.

Wagga MP Daryl Maguire pledged his support for Ms Cameron’s stance and medical cannabis.

“If it’s going to provide relief for terminally ill patients or children suffering convulsive events, then we should legalise it,” he said.

“I was one of the first MPs to support it.

“It has had enormous support from members of parliament. We have a responsibility and we’re acting very quickly on it.”

Polls have consistently shown more than two-thirds of Australians back the use of medical cannabis.

reference: http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/3694871/why-medical-cannabis-has-to-be-legal/