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Ghana Passes Law to Allow Cultivation of Medicinal, Industrial Cannabis
Ghana’s minister of interior can now issue permits for the cultivation of cannabis, but only for industrial purposes – the plants will have Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) limits. THC is the principal psychoactive constituent in cannabis – i.e. the part that makes you “high”.
The law legalizing cultivating cannabis for industrial and medical uses was approved by Ghana’s parliament, allowing the West African country to participate in the multibillion dollar worldwide market, Bloomberg reports.
This major milestone, according to the report, follows the Supreme Court’s intervention, which prevented the legislation’s passage by ruling that section 43 of the statute was unconstitutional.
– Read the entire article at All Africa.
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