Australian law treats medicinal cannabis and vaping products as regulated therapeutic goods. If you’re eligible, you can get medicinal cannabis—including vaping products—with a prescription from your doctor or nurse practitioner and pick it up at a pharmacy. But buying these products from a tobacconist, vape shop, convenience store, or an unregistered online seller breaks the law.

You also can’t legally import medicinal cannabis for personal use from overseas websites, even if you have a prescription. States and territories have their own rules, too—things like how you store these products, whether you can drive after using them, prescribing details, and where you can use them in public. Check with the Therapeutic Goods Administration, your local medicines authority, and your healthcare professional to make sure you’re following the latest requirements before you decide what to do.