Cannabis is a miracle drug allowed for medical purposes – UN approves
ABUJA – STRONG indications Monday; Nigeria may soon relax laws against planting and consumption of cannabis.
The United Nations ((UN) has approved usage of the drug for medical purposes.
The position of UN on the usage and abuse of drug was declared by Project Officer of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Nigeria, Harsheth Kaur Virk in her presentation at a one day Public hearing.
The hearing, organized by Senator Joshua Lidani, PDP, Gombe South led Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics.
It addressed the need to check rising menace of Pharmaceutical drugs abuse among youth in Nigeria.
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/03/962644/
Great information from you @surfyogi, sure it has some medical usage as well as natural usage too like enhancing hair growth when mixed with hair cream, but I hope when it is approved it will not be abused because that might be a big problem.
Oh really? I need some cannabis then
It's sad to say this but sometimes the government of Nigeria have misplaced priority. Cannabis is a drug of abuse-agreed. But is is also important in the production of different therapeutic chemical substances by pharmaceutical companies. Let these cannabis farmers be.
Your interest in Nigeria amazes me though. You could come down here for humanitarian services you know😎😎
Looks like I will be prevented from traveling internationally for the summer, than I'm a free man!
Anytime you'll be free to travel, we will be glad to welcome you here 😃
Another great news for Cannabis lovers, I wish it would be used mostly for medicinal purposes, it would make more sense that way.
What we figured out in California (where full legalization for recreational use by adults started this year) is that with simple education, the issues involved with abuse are FAR outweighed by the BENEFITS of legalization. And it's really a NON-ISSUE compared to ALL THE PEOPLE DIEING of OPIATES manufactured by BIG PHARMA COMPANIES!!! (WHICH IS #1 KILLER OF PEOPLE IN USA!)
If same method can be adopted here in Nigeria, then it will be very helpful. We need sufficient education and awareness to really highlight all the health benefits associated with the use of Cannabis. And I totally agree with you @surfyogi when you said that the benefits outweighs the abuse.
I'll have to do research about this to know more about the medicinal benefits, so at least the campaign can start with me over here. Thank you for bringing this to our attention
Wow this is great news.
The government has always been at war with cannabis farmers.
Enough of the injustice weed has suffered in the hands of our government.
In recent times, many cannabis farm has been burnt or taken over by the government in Western Nigeria. Now there will be law to protect farmers from government illegal possession marijuana farm
PAYED FOR BY USA and EU BIG PHARMA, pay the local militia to march in and BURN the farmers crops...
I thought as much. Cannabis is a threat to big PHARMA companies
This is totally outrageous.
Weed is a plant not a terrorist for the government to fight.
Weed is a plant not an epidemic/outbreak for those Big Pharma to pay for its destruction.
I couldn't believe this is happening, I really love this piece for it really enlighting me more
I'm from Nigeria and I know what this mean. But Im not totally in support of this because Nigerians usually abuse things, it will really turn to something else now when this is legalized and made law. Soon we will be seeing people with marijuana working the street as they like. I know our people more. I hope this isn't happening for real
Please read my comments above!
These cannabis farmers are the not the problems of Nigeria. The government should focus on more pressing issues like the current killing of Christians in the Northern and Eastern parts of Nigeria. @surfyogi please propagate this whether the outside world will help and come to our aid. I am from Benue State and for the past three months I've not been able to go back home due to ethnoreligious crisis. As I speak, I don't know the whereabouts of most of my family members. 😓😓
Our problem is more than cannabis
I think its sense of abuse is not the priority here...but thanks for your info @surfyogi
this is the positive news as it used as drug addicted, but now it has proven to use as medicine.
All about money.... I wish they'd have a public senate hearing and just listen to one after another people with the dreaded "big c" explain to the gov clowns how their quality of life has improved. Granted not 100% will be positive reviews, but it should be a viable option for many and not just people at the end of their road.
Hello @surfyogi
This news might be a welcome development in some quarters but not too welcome in others. The abuse of this substance bringing about far reaching consequences is what I fear. And our youths, tomorrow's leaders are ever so prone to substance abuse.
@edith4angelseu