WHY SHOULD THE USE OF CANNABIS BE LEGALISED

SITUATION IN INDIA

India banned the use of marijuana by declaring a hard drug in the 1980s under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Although, Bhang is still legal in certain states for cultural traditions. The reasons why India should legalize marijuana are many.

India has been facing acute agrarian problems since the last 4-5 years, extreme climatic conditions and low produce price results in ever-increasing suicide cases of farmers. Cannabis production could introduce a whole new revenue system including export earnings; this would cut short some agrarian problems of the country.

In states like Himachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, marijuana grows naturally and is the only source of income for most of the local population. Since marijuana is illegal right now, locals are forced to sell it to traders at cheap prices and also have to live in constant fear of getting caught by the police. The legalization of marijuana would solve this problem.