Travel & flights
Part of Getting around
Flying interstate with prescribed medicine, taking a vaporiser on a plane, and why the drive to the airport is driving law, answered elsewhere.
- Can I fly interstate with my prescribed medicinal cannabis?The law is settled
Yes, and no Commonwealth approval, permit or notification exists for it — because the Commonwealth does not regulate you carrying it. It regulates your prescriber's authority to su
- Can I take my vaporiser in my luggage?Clear law, contested application
It is a battery question, not a drug question, and the answer is not in Australian law at all. Part 92 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 hands the actual rule to the IC
- Can I drive to the airport after taking my medicine?Covered on a sibling site, not here
Of everything in a trip — the packing, the screening, the flight — the drive is where prescribed patients actually come unstuck. It is also the one subject this site does not cover
Status: not yet checked against primary sources — general information, not legal advice