Cannabis legalised for health and industrial purposes in Ghana

Ghana has decriminalised the use of cannabis for health and industrial purposes.Parliament passed the Narcotics Control Commission Bill, 2019 on the Friday evening. The law also makes the country’s Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) a Commission with enhanced powers to also oversee the industrial use of some narcotic substances. The Commission, however, will have the mandate to also

control and then eliminate the trafficking of prohibited narcotic drugs to ensure public safety. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around 147 million people, or 2.5 percent of the world population, consume cannabis. On the African continent, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Lesotho, and South Africa are also among counties that have decriminalised medicinal cannabis use.