Decriminalizing Marijuana: The Science and Social Sustainability Behind the use of Marijuana (Cannabis) in India

Abstract

Thinking of decriminalization or legalization for medical or recreational use of cannabis (Cannabis sativa spp.) is now legal in many countries across the globe but there is an urgent need to understand how cannabis may impact the environment. Due to the challenges of researching quasi-legal commodities, peer-reviewed studies documenting the environmental impacts of cannabis are limited, slowing the development of policies and agricultural extension guidelines needed to minimize adverse environmental outcomes. The impact and fillip from cannabis cultivation (land-cover change, water use, pesticide use, energy use, and air pollution) and consumption (water pollution) are astounding. It shows how science can contribute to minimize environmental risks and inform the development of regulations for the growing the universal cannabis industry. The NDPS Act does not bargain similarly with ganja, charas, and bhang. As bhang isn't secured under the meaning of cannabis, it is devoured lawfully on a huge scale in northern India. That each kind of cannabis ought to be restricted but the purpose of giving a special case to the therapeutic utilization of cannabis is exceptionally difficult to look for consent, due to its medicinal and logical experimentation and purposes. Ownership of any of the medications sorted illicit by the NDPS Act leads to decade imprisonment. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), indicates that 88 percent of the medication-related seizures in India represent tranquilize clients. Just two percent are traffickers and not the agents or of those running the medication exchange at a larger scale.