DRUG LEGALIZATION
Marijuana has been used since the Pre-Historic period of Man’s existence and is closely integrated with the history of the most Ancient civilizations known to have existed. In India, it is association with religious customs and traditions that date back to the period of thriving gods and goddesses. Legalization of marijuana has always been a debatable topic after the enforcement of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 illegalising sale and possession of marijuana all over India. Despite its use in the medical field no positive step has been taken. In the wake of the recent events in which two US states have voted to legalize recreational use of marijuana, a wave of liberal thoughts have up-roared in this country. This paper aims at drawing a strict analysis of usage of marijuana followed with a comparative study with the rest of the world pin-pointing whether India should legalize marijuana or not
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Tathagata Satpathy
This article explains about the recreational use, medicinal purpose, industrial usage, it helps people with cancer, it is way more cheaper than alcohol, where it is also a custom in odisha
Hussain
It is toxic for the brain harder substances, increased the vulnerabilities of the youths, increase,crime, businessman who hold revenue, to a cannabis free society.
Research firm in India raised 6.25 cr from Ratan Tata, Rajan Anandan, monetary penalities, more than 50 US state done vomiting in the advanced stages of llnesses such a cancer and aids.
Cannabis has been recognized for its medical use in 29 out of 51 US states, Canada, Australia– 20 countries, opium cultivation, and medicinal usage.
FOR WHAT REASON DID INDIA BOYCOTT MARIJUANA
Utilization of bhang and charas was lawful in India, however the US had been compelling India to put a prohibited on their generation cannabis since 1961. At long last, in 1985, the Indian government passed the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and put a restriction on the creation and offer of cannabis gum and blooms. Be that as it may, government allowed the utilization of leaves and seeds enabling the states to manage it as needs be.
STANDARD USE OF CANNABIS IN INDIA
With regards to standard use of cannabis, the principal thing which clicks our psyche is Lord Shiva. The celebration of Maha Shivratri is commended by offering cannabis to LordShiva. The celebration makes utilization of Bhang adequate as it is expressed in the Hindu sacred writings that bhang is utilized to filter the remedy of life Lord Shiva which he made from his body. Hence, weed was totally legitimate in the recorded period, and there was no policing done to its usage
