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South Australia -Penalties for cultivating cannabis hydroponically . . . . . . will be drastically increased under proposed new legislation. The Government's aim is to curb the trade in very strong cannabis . . . ..

Attorney-General Michael Atkinson said there was now a general agreement that cannabis produced hydroponically had a much higher THC content than cannabis grown normally. "To make the production of hydroponically grown cannabis an expiable offence is a nonsense," Mr Atkinson said.

Under the Bill to be introduced to State Parliament today (Thurs), cultivating cannabis hydroponically will carry a maximum penalty of $2000 and/or two years' jail. "People don't realise just how strong hydroponically grown cannabis is," he said. The current expiation fee for having one cannabis plant grown outdoors is a $300 on-the-spot fine - while growing one plant hydroponically currently results in $500 expiation notice.

If a person is convicted of a drug related crime and has possession of a firearm then both drug and firearm offences will have to be serviced cumulatively.

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