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Subscriber only How long cannabis users stay impaired or stoned has been discovered by researchers at the Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, as medicinal cannabis prescriptions exceed 100,000 nationwide. As legal cannabis is prescribed more regularly, lead researcher Dr Danielle McCarthy and associates conducted the most comprehensive study so far into cannabis impairment. While the intoxicating ingredient in marijuana, THC, can be detected for weeks after consumption, researchers found people remained impaired for between three and 10 hours after consuming moderate to high doses of cannabis. The Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics was launched at Sydney University after Barry and Joy Lambert made a $33.7 million donation for research into the therapeutic use of medicinal cannabis.
Gladstone has experienced its wettest day so far in 2021 with 45mm of rain falling at the airport between 9am and 5pm on Monday.
Biloela has been very dry compared to Gladstone, with on 0.4mm of rain falling over the same period.
The Bureau of Meteorology released a statement on Monday, April 5 with a downgraded forecast of rain for the Capricornia region.
âA coastal trough lies offshore of the Capricornia, Wide Bay, and Southeast Coast districts, with several embedded low pressure systems,â the statement said.
âThe risk that any of these lows will move onshore has now decreased.
âWidespread heavy rainfall is no longer expected over land.
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The Queensland Conservation Council has requested an urgent government briefing after CS Energy revealed PFAS chemicals were detected in drinking water supplies of seven properties near Biloela.
CS Energy operates the Callide Power Station, where PFAS chemical-containing firefighting foam was used until two years ago, when the Queensland Government mandated the removal of the chemicals by July 2019.
In February 2021, CS Energy ‘voluntarily disclosed’ that PFAS chemicals had been detected at “levels less than two times over the drinking water guideline” at a groundwater monitoring location near the Linkes Road crossing. Biloela s town water supply was declared safe to drink in February, following the detection of PFAS chemicals in a nearby creek.