00:00Residents of Australia's bush capital have become accustomed to growing weed, and breaking
00:07the rules to do it.
00:08I think it's more of a policy statement and a statement of intent by the ACG government
00:13rather than being something that aligns with practical utility.
00:17The University of Sydney's Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics surveyed 311
00:22Canberra cultivators to find out who is growing what and how.
00:27What I've done is had a few plants within the legal limits of growing them both within
00:32pots and in the ground. We're talking about very small setups along the side of my property.
00:3759% said they illegally shared seeds, plants and harvested cannabis. 40% bought seeds online,
00:44while 68% harvested more than 150g of plant material.
00:49My most successful year, probably about half a kilogram is what you're looking at.
00:55All practices outside the decriminalisation laws. Some sent samples of their backyard
01:00buds for chemical analysis at the Lambert Initiative.
01:03Very strong cannabis is about 30% THC, and what we found was the average was 9% THC,
01:12which means it was really quite mild and modest cannabis that wouldn't really blow people's
01:18heads off.
01:19Surveyed growers generally smoked or converted their cannabis into edibles.
01:2342% of cultivators were both medical and non-medical users. There was 13% who were pure medical-only users.
01:33ACT police say charges laid against backyard growers have been minimal, and their focus
01:38is mostly on illegal commercial grow houses.
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