Graham Abbot
5 January 2024 at 08:30:00
Lawmakers in Ghana’s Parliament voted last month to legalize the cultivation of cannabis for medical and industrial purposes, putting a 0,3% THC cap for growers.
<p class="font_8">This article was published by <a href="https://www.ganjapreneur.com/ghana-legalizes-cannabis-for-medical-industrial-purposes/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ghana_legalizes_medical_cannabis_two_arrested_for_falsifying_legalization_petition_signatures_and_more&utm_term=2023-12-27"><u>Ganjapreneur.com</u></a> on 27 December 2023.</p>
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<p class="font_8">Under the 14 December 2023 decision, the country’s Interior Minister was given the authority to begin issuing <a href="http://www.ganjapreneur.com/topic/cultivation"><u>cultivation</u></a> licenses. Licenses are ultimately expected for every aspect of the cannabis industry including cultivation, distribution, processing, sale, import, and export, according to the report.</p>
<p class="font_8">Notably, the new law includes a 0.3% THC cap for cannabis crops grown in the country, which matches the restrictions for <a href="http://www.ganjapreneur.com/news/hemp"><u>industrial hemp </u></a>crops grown in the U.S.</p>
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<p class="font_8">Experts predict that cannabis and hemp <a href="http://www.ganjapreneur.com/topic/cultivation"><u>cultivation </u></a>could prove to be a significant boon to the country because the crop will grow readily in every region of Ghana and will bring a multitude of employment opportunities, the report said.</p>
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<p class="font_8">The move marks Ghana’s next step in aligning itself with the international trend of reforming cannabis laws, which lawmakers had set as a priority in 2020 with the Narcotics Control Commission Act.</p>
<p class="font_8">Other African countries that have legalized medical cannabis and/or industrial hemp include Lesotho, Malawi, Morocco, South Africa, Eswatini, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe; South Africa has also <a href="https://www.ganjapreneur.com/south-africa-decriminalizes-personal-cannabis-use/"><u>decriminalized </u></a>the personal possession of cannabis.</p>
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<p class="font_8">A 2022 report described the cannabis sector in <a href="http://www.ganjapreneur.com/topic/africa"><u>Africa</u></a> as “poised” for <a href="https://www.ganjapreneur.com/report-cannabis-industry-poised-for-massive-growth-in-africa/"><u>significant growth</u></a>, and New Frontier Data <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2019/05/23/1841483/0/en/One-Third-of-Worldwide-Cannabis-Users-Are-in-Africa.html"><u>reported in 2019 </u></a>that approximately one-third of the world’s cannabis consumers live in Africa.</p>
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