Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi suggested that India legalises marijuana for medicinal purposes.
The suggestion was made by Gandhi at a meeting of a group of ministers (GOM), which examined the draft cabinet note National Drug Demand Reduction Policy, according to the minutes of the second meeting.
The GoM approved the draft national policy with minor modifications suggested in the meeting.
Gandhi informed that in “some of the developed countries like the US, marijuana has been legalised which ultimately results in less drug abuse”.
She said that “the possibility of the same may be explored in India”, as per the document.
When asked to elaborate, Gandhi told that “marijuana should be legalised for medical purposes, especially as it serves a purpose in cancer”.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed the GoM to examine the draft policy for drug demand reduction which seeks to address the problem of drug and substance abuse in the country,
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