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Himachal eyes pot of gold under grass [01.10.2023] For almost 40 years now, cannabis cultivation has been a crime in India. But that has never stopped farmers in parts of Himachal’s Kullu, Chamba, Sir ...
Explained: Bhang, ganja, and criminality in the NDPS Act [01.09.2022] While granting bail to a man arrested on June 1 for possessing 29 kg of bhang and 400 g of ganja, Karnataka High Court recently observed that nowhere ...
Bhang not a prohibited drink or drug: Karnataka HC [20.08.2022] Citing that bhang is not a prohibited drink under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the Karnataka high court has granted bai ...
Where do Indian bhang shops get their legal cannabis from? [17.03.2022] Shops selling bhang, have to obtain and frequently renew their licence from the local excise department before selling it in various forms, the most ...
No complete ban on cannabis, medical use allowed: Centre to Delhi High Court [10.01.2022] The use of cannabis is not completely banned in India as its medical and scientific use is allowed under the law, the Centre has told the Delhi High ...
‘We will give up ganja cultivation if MSP is guaranteed for agriculture produce,’ say Odisha villagers [23.11.2021] Despite knowing that they could be penalised under provisions of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, for growing cannabis, vil ...
Modi govt plans changes to NDPS Act, could decriminalise possession of small quantities of drugs [14.11.2021] In an attempt to help the victims of drug abuse to come out of addiction, the Narendra Modi government is planning to decriminalise personal consumpt ...
Avoid jail for drug users, seizure of small amounts: Social justice ministry [24.10.2021] In its suggestion to review the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment of India ...
Is it time to decriminalise Cannabis use in India? [23.10.2021] The consumption of Cannabis (Ganja) and its resin (Charas) has been a punishable offence in India since 1985 after the enactment of the Narcotic Drug ...
Grow landrace cannabis strains with ‘fair trade’ seeds from the source [26.04.2021] Throughout India and Southeast Asia, indigenous farmers grow cannabis and make hashish using methods passed down for untold generations. Despite a gl ...
Mood of the Nation poll: Despite clamour for making cannabis legal, 55% against it [22.01.2021] Despite a growing clamour by some sections and NGOs in India to legalise the recreational use of cannabis, more than half of the respondents (55 per ...
Why is Asia divided on a green light for medical marijuana? [17.12.2020] The issue of cannabis legalisation around the world was once again thrust into the spotlight following a vote by the United Nations’ Commission on Na ...
Legalise marijuana: Government’s contradictions on cannabis use must be ironed out [06.12.2020] India has voted in favour in the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to remove cannabis from Schedule IV of the 1961 Convention. It was only under Americ ...
UN reclassification of cannabis could give India’s legalisation movement a boost [04.12.2020] In a highly-anticipated vote held on December 2, the United Nations Commission for Narcotic Drugs reclassified cannabis as a less dangerous drug. The ...
Should India make cannabis legal? [19.09.2020] According to former Narcotics Commissioner Romesh Bhattacharjee cannabis is cultivated in nearly 60 per cent, or 400, of India’s 670 districts. “Sinc ...
Cannabis in India: A rather long story, with its highs and lows [12.09.2020] Cannabis is illegal in India. But still its prevalence is remarkable across the social and spiritual landscape of India. It is in fact particularly p ...
In 2017-18, 97% drugs cases in Mumbai courts over possession: study [09.09.2020] Over 97 per cent of drug-related cases decided by Mumbai courts in 2017 and 2018 involved possession for personal consumption, according to a study b ...
Case for decriminalising cannabis use in India [20.08.2020] Criminalising cannabis use in India has been a much-debated topic. Vidhi’s new research study shows that it has had little impact on reduction of dru ...
‘Legalise cannabis’: Tripura BJP leader writes to PM Modi [11.03.2020] As the Tripura government continues its crackdown on cannabis, a state BJP leader has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking legalisation o ...
Why this patient has marijuana in his pav bhaji [07.03.2020] Across the world, CBD is growing in popularity as a medicinal treatment for pain, anxiety and inflammation though the scientific world is still divid ...
Delhi HC seeks Centre's stand on use of cannabis [07.11.2019] The Delhi High Court has sought Centre's response over a plea filed by Great Legalisation Movement India Trust (GLMIT) challenging certain provisions ...
Delhi HC issues notice in plea challenging prohibition and criminalization of Cannabis use in India [06.11.2019] The Delhi High Court issued notice in a plea challenging the prohibition and criminalization of the use of cannabis in India. Notice was issued to th ...
Not Malana cream; Nepalese charas sells in Himachal [23.09.2019] The increase in cases of charas seizure in Himachal, especially in Kullu, despite police and state government running several programmes to destroy t ...
Govt. has ignored benefits of cannabis, claims plea in HC [19.07.2019] There is not a single document which shows that cannabis is lethal to human, a social cause litigation has claimed before the Delhi High Court in its ...
Legalising cannabis could be one solution to India’s agrarian distress [31.05.2019] In the past decade, there’s been a sea change with respect to the global attitude to cannabis. India, however, is completely out of step with this gl ...
These are the countries most likely to legalize weed next [17.04.2019] In October 2018, Canada became the second country after Uruguay—and the first G7 nation—to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. Led by Prime Mi ...
Boheco: This cannabis startup is weeding out the high notes for a hemp economy [16.04.2019] Bombay Hemp Company (BOHECO), is a first mover in the industrial hemp and medicinal cannabis’ space in India. Boheco slowly started making inroads in ...
Fair(er) Trade Options for the Cannabis Market [21.03.2019] Policy changes over the past five years or so have dramatically reshaped the global cannabis market. Not only has there been an unprecedented boom in ...
Drug policy in India: Key developments since the UNGASS 2016 [20.02.2019] This paper outlines the key drug policy developments in India since the UNGASS Outcome Document was adopted in 2016, which highlights health and huma ...
Time to ease up on marijuana? [25.11.2018] With several States in the United States, and Canada this year, permitting the use of the marijuana for medical as well as recreational use, there is ...
Human clinical trials of cannabis as medicine [24.11.2018] Government scientists are preparing for India’s first human clinical trials to test cannabis-based compounds on select diseases in line with what the ...
Legalising cannabis cultivation — the dilemma remains [17.11.2018] Faced with a surge to remove medicinal marijuana from the list of banned drugs and permit cannabis cultivation has the Himachal Government in a catch ...
Green gold rush: Thailand, Malaysia race to legalise medical marijuana [12.11.2018] Asia has the toughest penalties against drug use and trafficking but the legal landscape is shifting in several countries where cannabis once deemed ...
Drug addiction: A different approach [12.10.2018] The debate on the pitfalls of incarcerating drug addicts is an old one, and a study "From Addict to Convict: The Working of the NDPS Act (1985) in Pu ...
Is India losing out on a ready-to-boom cannabis market by not legalising its use? [06.10.2018] Just about everybody smokes cannabis in India. Hush, not a word to anybody. We will all be arrested. It’s a democratic, egalitarian weed loved by cop ...
Should Punjab government legalise opium? Here's what leaders have to say [03.10.2018] Consuming opium and poppy husk is not considered bad in Punjab. It is called 'kali nagini ' (black female serpent) and people from all walks of life ...
Seek drug reform within international law: Tom Blickman [01.10.2018] Dating back to the latter part of 1800s, precisely in 1894-95, the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission consisting of medical experts of Indian and British o ...
Andhra Pradesh's north eastern hilly belt fast becoming cannabis capital of India [02.09.2018] Paderu is the main town in the area and the cannabis produced in the entire belt is popularly called Paderu ganja. This region is quickly becoming th ...
The Chitta economy: How the business of drugs works in Punjab [01.09.2018] In the last few years, while the business and economy in the state kept sliding, the drugs trade flourished. With addicts turning peddlers and severa ...
Gandhi’s plea to legalise soft drugs gains support [30.08.2018] MP Dr Dharamvira Gandhi’s demand for legalising soft drugs, including poppy husk, opium and marijuana, is gaining ground. Earlier, the idea was endor ...
Biplab Deb’s push for cannabis-free Tripura triggers exodus of farmers, they call for legalisation [24.08.2018] Over the years, better processing systems, well-planned smuggling routes and a bigger corridor from Assam to Bangladesh helped fuel a parallel cannab ...
'Decriminalise consumption of drugs to cure Udta Punjab' [23.08.2018] As Punjab, Manipur, Mizoram and Assam battle rampant drug abuse among its populace, a leading independent think-tank involved in legal research stron ...
Cannabis to give a ‘high’ to Himachal textiles [11.08.2018] The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to explore the industrial possibilities with hemp, a variety of cannabis, to produce yarn for making clot ...
Poppy husk smuggling up in Barmer, but no excise case registered in 10 years [12.07.2018] Smuggling of doda post (lanced poppy husk) is on the rise in Barmer district after government supply of the narcotic was banned from April 2016, but ...
Hemp cultivation is now 'legal' in Uttarakhand [10.07.2018] Uttarakhand will be the first State in India to allow commercial cultivation of hemp crop, a rich source of high-quality fibre and a host of medicina ...
Death penalty for drug crimes: How the law changed over time [03.07.2018] A 2012 report by Harm Reduction International, formerly known as International Harm Reduction Association, a NGO working globally on the subject of d ...
Legalising marijuana: An intoxicating affair [17.06.2018] Cannabis, hemp, pot, ganja, bhang – call it what you wish, but there’s no denying that the venerable, yet also reviled, plant has been endemic to the ...
When will weed be legalised in India? [20.04.2018] The Great Legalisation Movement - India (GLM) was founded in Bengaluru in 2014, with the aim of legalising cannabis and hemp production. The movement ...
CAG raps Odisha govt. for weak enforcement in drug trafficking [27.03.2018] Though illegal cultivation of hemp over 9,548 acres were destroyed during the past three years in Odisha, the enforcement agencies managed to arrest ...
Hemp without the high: Legal side still smoky, but cannabis startups eye areas from fabric to medicine [20.02.2018] In April 2017, when the Central government and the Ministry of Health and Welfare issued the first-ever research licence to grow cannabis to the Coun ...

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