Question from a leading newspaper:
1. In a 2019 study commissioned by the social justice and empowerment ministry, 31 million people in India were reported to have consumed a cannabis product in the past year, of which 13 million had used weed and hash....
Given this widespread prevalence of cannabis consumption and calls for its decriminalisation, the NCB arrests in the Rajput case have triggered a furious debate across the country on whether the agency’s enthusiasm was misplaced or even hypocritical.
2. There has been much debate over legalising marijuana. Globally, in the past decade, several countries have legalised the consumption of cannabis for medicinal purposes, while Uruguay and Canada have legalised it entirely.
3. Legalising marijuana can also help reduce addictive behaviour by erasing the stigma around it.
My answer:
Legalizing Marijuana could possibly help in decriminalizing it particularly since it is fairly common.
We already have licensed vendors in Rajasthan selling bhang. In places like Banaras and Rishikesh the Hindu 'holy' men openly smoke it. I have never known anyone of them locked up like Rhea Chakraborty.
In other parts of the country every third pan vendor sells it. If we have over 30 million using it, there must be a huge distribution chain. India has licensed production of opium poppy in MP and Rajasthan.
I think licensed vends and smoking places could be the way out.
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