The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Wednesday defended the criminalisation of marijuana use in Nigeria as opposed to several other countries such as the US, UK, and Canada.

The Secretary, NDLEA, Shadrack Haruna, who was a guest on Wednesday’s edition of Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, said there was “a lot of misconception” about decriminalising the use of drugs.

“You travel to Canada, you travel anywhere, and you say, ‘They’ve decriminalised marijuana or cannabis and we’re using it,’” he said.

“But of course, you have different species of marijuana and in those countries, they have very good policies; very good enforcement and measurement standards which they have to follow.”

Haruna explained that there are different species of cannabis grown worldwide.

“The species they have, which they say they have decriminalised in some of those countries, are those without Tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the active ingredient that makes one to be something else,” he said.

“We have cannabis that is far, far more potent, almost 45 percent, 100 percent Tetrahydrocannabinol. We can’t compare it to what they’re saying they have decriminalised.”

In those countries, enforcement is strict, he explained, arguing further that not so many countries, including the US, have “actually said we have decriminalised some of these drugs. None, including the UK”.

According to the NDLEA secretary, the UK used to allow the importation of cannabinol, which he said is used for some kinds of medical treatment.

“But of late, they have also restricted it because they’ve noticed the increasing content of cannabinol in that particular oil,” he said.

Haruna said while some argue for its commercialisation in Nigeria, the World Health Organization (WHO) has advised that the harmful impact of cannabis outweighs its benefits.

“Some people are saying, ‘We make a lot of money from it.’ But it is not money we are looking for. We are looking for the health of the nation. We’re looking for the well-being of individuals,” he said.

“But they are talking about the commercialisation of drugs and all those things. To me, it is a misconception, which of course the media should come out against it because we know that it’s something that is wrong for this country.”

Source- https://www.channelstv.com/2023/06/28/why-cannabis-use-in-us-uk-others-differs-from-nigeria-ndlea/

Mynd44 Nlfpmod Lalasticlala

Hw you take know,abi you sef dey take am?

After taking kwale weed.

After sufficient dose of kwale weed, two guys having conversation;

First guy: I fell from a 12-storey building 9 years ago.

Second guy: Did you die?

First guy: Bro, I can't remember oh?

This man is talking rubbish.. so legalised canada loud is weaker than our local weed ?

Don't use big English to lie..thc is higher in legal foreign weed than our local weed

Its just hypocrisy and extortion as well as dangerous for weed to be illegal and tobacco is legal

LeoDeKing:
After taking kale weed.

Stop acting all sissy and a simp, weed won't make you act this way. 😡

OKOATA:
Stop acting all sissy and a simp, weed won't make you act this way. 😡

Are you talking from experience?

So what made them watch the "TV"?

Could it be mkpurimmiri?

LeoDeKing:

Are you talking from experience?

So what made them watch the "TV"?

Could it be mkpurimmiri?

werey 😁. Na only colos fit make person act this way bro. Haha.

Hypocrite!!! Why not band cigarettes that is more harmful and legalize zaza. Misplaced priority

There's a bill in the NA, is about the legalization of weed in Nigeria, what's the latest?

I do not agree with these man, base on experiment by smokers, Canadian Loud is more powerful than Nigeria Loud but there are some good strains grown in Nigeria that will go head to head with Foreign MJ

This man is a liar.

It is even Nigerian cannabis that is natural, while the foreign ones can contain all sorts.

Our own dey differen before na, who no know that

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“The species they have, which they say they have decriminalised in some of those countries, are those without Tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the active ingredient that makes one to be something else,” he said.

“We have cannabis that is far, far more potent, almost 45 percent, 100 percent Tetrahydrocannabinol. We can’t compare it to what they’re saying they have decriminalised.” [quote]

E be like this man never smoke Canadian loud or join a Jamaican man on percel or finger.....

Damnnn niggar
Which health of the nation are you guys looking for

Common legalize this thing joor

95 percent of Nigerians smoke it

APC is a disaster

Last last.... Tinubu will legalize this stuff

Even if the type that used over there is brought down here people will still abuse it

Make I read small

Sincerely na only non smokers wet dey Canada dey miss home, no police, no SARS, no intimidation, if you are not lazy you must make money.
God blesses Canada.

And that makes our specie more potent and active in tackling certain medical conditions. Nigeria is losing billions of dollars in earnings by not allowing this to fly. We can regulate it.

Mallam will always be Mallam in their shallow way of thinking. I remember when they said GSM revolution would hurt their earnings from the sector, if permitted, when abacha was in power. Kingibe and Co said it on the national TV back then. Now, they're making 10 times more in earnings from telecoms. I don't even want to talk of the millions of Nigerians who have benefited from this, in one way or the other in employment generation and tech-related opportunities. Many have access to the social media accounts today via data on their GSM phones.

Governor Akeredolu once advocated for this. They once said Nigeria can't use atms but today, we have them installed not only in banks but in hidden malls . Those discouraging this from flying are the most abusers of cannabis. There's a former Governor I know, who was seen smoking it after a football match with his friends ended on a weekend in a popular stadium. My brother, who accompanied one of the ex governor's friends to the stadium for the match saw him.

Decriminalise weed
Decriminalise weed
Decriminalise weed

eliyke:
Hw you take know,abi you sef dey take am?

Come now... This is easily verifiable in laboratories!

My sole issue with them is their poor approach to tackling the drug menace.

Lol