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By Robert Anane / Benjamin Adamafio Commey,
GNA
Accra, July 24, GNA – A call was made
for the cultivation and use of cannabis to be legalized.
Indeed, although the plant is widely
badociated with crime, it offers great prospects for rapid socio-economic development.
growth.
Mr Ahuma Ocansey, President of Rastafari
Council of Ghana, declared Tuesday in Accra the first national conference on cannabis
Conference.
On the theme "Ghana Beyond Assistance; Cannabis
Contribution ", the conference of the day aimed to raise public awareness of the
benefits of cannabis.
He said that the time has come for the arguments
based on scientific research and devoid of any form of prejudgment to be held on the
legalization of cannabis in the country, adding that it is only by doing so,
that the good qualities of the plant would be appreciated.
Mr. Ocansey said the benefits of cannabis
were such as decriminalizing its use, while setting up the right to
regulations, would make the plant an essential means of generating wealth in the
country.
Touch on what he called widely held
misconceptions about cannabis, said Ocansey over the years,
misinformation from governments around the world "painted the image of the
hemp plant in a very very scary way, far from what the plant is actually
able to achieve ".
He continued, "the good news is that
most developed countries realized their mistakes and started doing the
once important legal agricultural product to grow again ".
Mr. Ocansey said to unlock the potential of
cannabis to support the socio-economic growth of the country, there was
the need to step up education on the true benefits of cannabis.
Mr. Godfred Aboagye, co-founder of the
International Cannabis Company, said with Africa growing steadily in the
international market for cannabis, it was important that Ghana seek to
produce in the best standards, in the appropriate rules.
He said that the lives of young people in Ghana
could see immense improvements, if the country excelled in cannabis production
in West Africa.
Mr. Aboagye called on the government and all
other stakeholders, to help universities across the country conduct research on
the uses of cannabis, in order to find the true essence of the plant.
GNA
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