Tag Archives: Cabinet turns down draft policy as two ministries vie to spearhead hemp-making

The policy, presented by the Ministry of Narco­tics Control, proposed the establishment of a new body to oversee the cul­ti­v­ation, harvest, processing and sale of medicinal hemp. The policy was opposed by the Ministry of Science and Technology on the grounds that medicinal hemp was neither a kind of drug nor a toxic substance, thus it falls outside the purview …

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