An ex-serviceman who makes use of medicinal hashish to deal with his well being points could lose his licence after he was deemed "beneath the affect" when a automobile crashed into him.
An out-of-control truck crashed into Paul Hardman's ute in Carrum Downs in Melbourne in July final yr.
Nearly 18 months on, the father-of-two will probably lose his licence as a result of he examined constructive to hashish.
Hardman informed 9News that he has been preventing it in courtroom.
"There was no accusation of impairment, it was simply me admitting I used to be a medicinal hashish person was the one motive I used to be despatched for a blood take a look at," he mentioned.
Enlisting within the military in 2007, the now 40-year-old was deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Bodily and mentally wounded, Hardman struggles with PTSD and different problems.
"It is unlucky that I am in a scenario the place there are legal guidelines in place that do not help what the division of veteran affairs is doing for me," he mentioned.
There are calls to vary the regulation so folks like Hardman haven't got to decide on between driving and being ache free.
Cause Occasion chief Fiona Patten mentioned Victorians who've a prescription for medicinal hashish ought to be allowed to drive when it is protected to take action.
"We must always enable these sufferers who've lastly bought nice lives again on the market and have the ability to drive when it is protected to take action."