Dr Andrew Katelaris on The Reckoning with Timothy Shea - 28 October 2022

GUEST OVERVIEW: Dr Katelaris’ involvement with cannabis started in the early 90s when he began importing hemp for the manufacture of clothing. He was granted the first NSW industrial hemp licence in 1997, and in 2001, he was issued with a licence to grow plants for medical research. Over later years, the doctor began providing medicinal cannabis to patients, including children with serious seizure disorders like intractable epilepsy. He found that this illicit medicine is able to provide those in need with a quality of life that traditional western medicines can’t. Dr Katelaris remarked a few years back that once he saw the effects of what he was doing and “the clear superiority of cannabis therapeutics”, he couldn’t turn back. He also made it clear that he’d be mad not to supply the medicine to kids with serious diseases. Dr Katelaris has quite literally put himself on the line for his patients, and the herb.