There's a boom in the use of pharmaceutical cannabis in Australia. More than a million prescriptions have been filled since medical cannabis was legalised in 2016.

Now there are calls to decriminalise the drug for recreational use, to meet a global market tipped to be worth trillions. Landline's Sean Murphy reports.

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