{"id":29757,"date":"2025-01-31T02:41:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T21:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29757"},"modified":"2025-04-09T10:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T05:07:19","slug":"controlled-cannabis-cultivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/controlled-cannabis-cultivation\/","title":{"rendered":"Controlled Cannabis Cultivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Controlled Cannabis Cultivation Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, the Himachal Pradesh Cabinet approved a pilot study by two universities on the controlled cultivation of cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes.<\/p>\n<h2>About Controlled Cannabis Cultivation<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>regulated cultivation of specific cannabis<\/strong> varieties having minimal intoxicating properties, along with strict monitoring to prevent misuse. Such varieties are commonly known as hemp.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>tetrahydrocannabinol<\/strong> (THC) cannabinoid content (a kind of chemical that has an intoxicating effect) in controlled cannabis should be less than or equal to 0.3 per cent.<\/li>\n<li>Under this, authorities focus on its non-narcotic applications, particularly in the pharmaceutical and industrial sectors.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Uses of Hemp:<\/strong> Hemp\u2019s stalks, leaves, and seeds can also be converted into textile, paper, food, cosmetics, biofuel and more. Additionally, <strong>cannabidiol <\/strong>(CBD) compounds in the plant are effective in <strong>treating chronic pain.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Laws related to Cannabis Cultivation in India<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Cannabis cultivation is <strong>largely prohibited<\/strong> in India due to its <strong>psychoactive properties.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Section 2 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, prohibits the production and sale of cannabis resin and flowers.<\/li>\n<li>It defines charas as the separated resin, in any form (crude or purified), obtained from the cannabis plant. It also includes concentrated preparations such as hashish oil or liquid hashish.<\/li>\n<li>However, it <strong>provides exceptions<\/strong> for cannabis cultivation and <strong>use for industrial and medicinal purposes under government regulation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Section 10<\/strong> of the Act <strong>allows state governments<\/strong> to regulate, permit, or prohibit cannabis cultivation for medicinal and scientific purposes.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, <strong>Section 14<\/strong> grants the Central government the power to authorise and regulate cannabis cultivation for research or other approved purposes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Controlled Cannabis Cultivation FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong> What does cultivating cannabis mean?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> It refers to the practice and process of producing cannabis flowers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong> What are the active agents in cannabis?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Tetrahydrocannabinol<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong> Which state initiated operation parivartan to eliminate the cultivation of cannabis?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Andhra Pradesh<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4: <\/strong>What is cannabis called in India?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> Charas (resin), ganja (flower), and bhang (seeds and leaves)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/himachal-controlled-cannabis-cultivation-ndps-9807684\/#:~:text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Controlled Cannabis Cultivation regulates hemp growth with minimal intoxicating properties, ensuring strict monitoring to prevent misuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29758,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}