As the discriminalisation of cannabis and hemp takes effect today, concerned parties are obliged to speed up a crucial law to regulate the use of the two substances. Earlier in February, the government removed cannabis and hemp from the drug list, but it required 120 days for the delisting to take full effect. This means that from today, planting cannabis or hemp at home or consuming the former for medicinal purposes should not land anyone in legal trouble. Before the two were banned under the anti-narcotics law in the 1970s, they used to be a component in traditional medicine as well as a foo…

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