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    NDLEA explains why marijuana use is criminalized in Nigeria unlike Canada, UK and US

    MARIJUANA

    National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has defended the criminalisation of marijuana use in Nigeria in contrast to other countries such as the US, UK, and Canada.

    “There is a lot of misconception about decriminalising the use of drugs.” Shadrack Haruna, the Secretary of NDLEA told Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.

    “You travel to Canada, you travel anywhere, and you say, ‘They’ve decriminalised marijuana or cannabis and we’re using it,’” he said.

    “But of course, you have different species of marijuana and in those countries, they have very good policies; very good enforcement and measurement standards which they have to follow.”

    Haruna explained that there are different species of cannabis grown worldwide.

    “The species they have, which they say they have decriminalised in some of those countries, are those without Tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the active ingredient that makes one to be something else,” he said.

    “We have cannabis that is far, far more potent, almost 45 percent, 100 percent Tetrahydrocannabinol. We can’t compare it to what they’re saying they have decriminalised.”

    In those countries, enforcement is strict, he explained, arguing further that not so many countries, including the US, have “actually said we have decriminalised some of these drugs. None, including the UK”.

    He said the UK used to allow the importation of cannabinol, which is used for some kinds of medical treatment.

    “But of late, they have also restricted it because they’ve noticed the increasing content of cannabinol in that particular oil,” he said.

    Haruna added that the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised that the harmful impact of cannabis outweighs its benefits.

    “Some people are saying, ‘We make a lot of money from it.’ But it is not money we are looking for. We are looking for the health of the nation. We’re looking for the well-being of individuals,” he said.

    “But they are talking about the commercialisation of drugs and all those things. To me, it is a misconception, which of course the media should come out against it because we know that it’s something that is wrong for this country.”

     

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