According to a new report, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh announced on Saturday, 21 September, that he hoped to legalise cannabis for medicinal and industrial purposes.
A report in The Indian Express added that during a conference for ‘Start-Up Manipur’ Singh hoped that his innovative idea could boost the state’s revenue. Start-Up Manipur aims to provide schemes to SC, ST, OBC, Minority entrepreneurs in Manipur.
Singh told The Indian Express that since cannabis grows “in the wild abundantly,” t could be used for its hemp oil and “medicinal property.” He stressed the revenue-boosting opportunities in this.