Legalise Cannabis makes united push for personal marijuana use in three Australian states

The party's bill allowing adults to possess and grow small quantities of the drug at home will be introduced across Victoria, NSW and WA

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Legalise Cannabis MPs are launching a coordinated push to make marijuana legal for personal use in three states and overhaul what the party says is outdated legislation that unnecessarily criminalises people.

The party's drug reform bill will be introduced on Tuesday in state parliaments in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia - the jurisdictions where it has representation in the state's upper houses.

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