Goa Government May Introduce A Bill To Allow Growing Of Cannabis For Medicinal Use
The BJP-led Goa government is mulling over a bill to allow cannabis to be grown in the state for medicinal purposes. The proposal by the health department has already been vetted by the law department.
The BJP-led Goa government is mulling over a bill to allow cannabis to be grown in the state for medicinal purposes.
According to a report by The Times of India, the proposal by the health department has already been vetted by the law department.
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CM Pramod Sawant said that the state was looking at legalising cultivation of marijuana as an industry. No decision has been taken yet on the proposal by the health department, he added.
"Two to three states have allowed growing of cannabis... but we have not decided on it yet. I don't think we will be allowing the growing of cannabis in the state," he said.
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Law minister Nilesh Cabral told TOI that the crops would be purchased directly by the pharmaceutical industry.
Recently, India voted in favour of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to reclassify cannabis and drop it from the ¡®most strict¡¯ drug list.
