Over 70 Registered Businesses waiting on Government to pass LI on cultivation, export and processing of Industrial hemp in Ghana
Many Ghanaians including over 70 registered businesses would have a certain relief if a legislative instrument is introduced to Parliament by the Ministry of Interior for the passage of a law that would guide the Narcotics Control Commission Act, 2020, Act 1019 on a licensing regime to cater for cultivation, export, import of seeds, experimentation, breeding, research and processing of industrial hemp, otherwise known as Cannabis Sativa, in Ghana.
Report of growing usage of Cannabis by patients with Parkinson’s Disease in US
An evidence-based study conducted by the Parkinson’s Foundation in US indicates a growing number of Americans with Parkinson’s Disease are consuming cannabis for relief. A survey on cannabis use among people living with Parkinson’s Disease in the U.S., was distributed to 7,607 people from 48 states in January 2020, with 1,064 complete responses analyzed.
KWAME A Plus amplifies calls to stop criminalizing the recreational use of Hemp
On last Thursday a top Ghanaian musician and Government critique, Kwame A Plus boldly stated that the Police should stop arresting “wee” smokers and release all convicted persons of cannabis. According to A Plus, too many young people have wasted their lives in jail just because they were caught in possession of the leaf plant.
The Politics of Cannabis decriminalization in Africa – what Ghana and South Africa share with the rest of the continent
With the passage of a new narcotics control law in Ghana to deal with limited-content of the cultivation of cannabis for industrial and medicinal purposes, and with the announcement by President of South Africa, His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa, in his State of the Nation’s Address (SONA) in 2020 where he stated that the next 12 months will see the commercial use of hemp and cannabis in South Africa, both countries bring light on others in the continent with shared experience in addressing the growing political demands with respect to decriminalization process.
Government Needs To Release Prisoners Who Are Convicted Because Of Cannabis – Nana Kwaku Agyemang
It was just recently that the government of Ghana announced the decriminalization of the use of Cannabis for Industrial and Health purposes.
This news made a lot of waves on social media, especially when some Ghanaian celebrities hailed the President of Ghana for making that decision. The likes of Shatta Wale, Black Rasta, Samini and many others.
Ghana legalises cannabis for health and industrial purposes
Ghana has decriminalised the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes.
Weed legalisation will boost Ghana’s economy – Daddy Bosco
The Chairman of the Rastafari Council of Ghana, Ahuma Bosco Ocansey, aka Daddy Bosco, has indicated that the legalisation of weed in Ghana will further boost the local economy.
Parliament has not legalized ‘wee’ for public consumption - MP
Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu Amankwah, has rebutted claims that cannabis has been legalised by the Ghanaian Parliament for public consumption.
According to the two-time legislator, Parliament only legalised the use of the weed for medicinal purposes.
Speaking to Michael Ofosu-Afriyie Sunday evening, Mr Amankwah expressed worry about the erroneous claims some members of the public have since the passage of the Narcotics Act into law have been making.