Dear Alison Buchan

Thank you for your request for official information, received by the
Ministry of Health on 21 March 2016, requesting:
1) The number of application for medicinal cannabis,
2) How many succeeded and,
3) The average time from application to when a decision is made.

Your request has been received and logged.

As required under the Official Information Act 1982, the Ministry will
respond to your request within 20 working days. You should receive a
response on or before 20 April 2016

If a large amount of information has been requested or if the Ministry
needs to consult in order to make a decision, we may need to extend this
date (this is provided for in Section 15A of the Act).  We will advise you
if such an extension is necessary.

The Ministry's reference number for your request is: H201600989

Kind regards,

Ashley Goodwin l Support Officer
[MOH request email]
Government Relations l Office of the Director General

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Kia ora,

Please find attached the response to your recent request for information.

Kind regards,

Chris Fletcher l OIA Co-ordinator
[MOH request email]
Government Relations l Office of the Director General

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From:        Alison Buchan <[FOI #3791 email]>
To:        OIA requests at MOH <[MOH request email]>,
Date:        20/03/2016 04:38 p.m.
Subject:        Official Information Act request - Number of application
for medicinal cannabis and how many succeeded and the average time from
application to a decision is made.

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Dear Ministry of Health,

I would like to know under the official information act the following:

1) The number of application for medicinal cannabis,
2) How many succeeded and,
3) The average time from application to when a decision is made.

Yours sincerely,

Alison Buchan

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