While smoking marijuana for recreational purposes is prohibited in India, smoking ‘weed’ is very common. Cannabis has anyway been consumed in India for spiritual, medicinal, and recreational purposes for centuries, reported MoneyControl.
Drug laws and substance abuse in India
There are two laws:
NDPS Act: It prohibits the cultivation, production, possession, sale, purchase, trade, import, export, use and consumption of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances except for medical and scientific purposes, in accordance with the law.
Cannabis: Is a narcotic drug. Using its plant resin (charas) and its concentrated variant hashish or the dried flowering or fruiting tops, called ganja, or any mixture of ganja or charas, is prohibited in India, said the report.
Punishment: From fines to imprisonment.
India’s policy on drugs, what is banned?
Cannabis products allowed in India
Punishment for the possession of illegal drugs in India
Rigorous imprisonment for 10 years to 20 years and a fine between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 2 lakh.
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