Albania Presents Draft Law on Legalising Medical Cannabis Production

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Aug 29

Albania Presents Draft Law on Legalising Medical Cannabis Production
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As reported in Exit News The Albanian government has processed its draft law for legalising the production of cannabis for medical and industrial purposes which will now be subject to public consultation, days after the country was ranked seventh globally for illegal cannabis and narcotic activity. Entitled, 'control of the cultivation and processing of the cannabis plant and the production of its by-products for medical and industrial purposes', the law is now available online after being put forward by the Ministry of Health. CONTROL OF THE CULTIVATION AND PROCESSING OF THE CANNABIS PLANT AND THE PRODUCTION OF ITS BY-PRODUCTS FOR MEDICAL AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES Ministry of Health and Social Protectio Posted on: 30.06.2022 Closing date: 21.07.2022 |Status: Open consultation DOWNLOAD DRAFT LEGISLATION PDF The object of this law is to determine the rules for the cultivation, production and controlled circulation of the cannabis plant and by-products, for medical and industrial use, through licensed entities and under the supervision of the National Agency for the Control and Monitoring of the Cultivation and Processing of the Cannabis Plant. Cannabis for medical and industrial purposes and the production of its by-products. Article 2 Purpose of the Law The purpose of this law is to regulate and guarantee the process of control, monitoring of the cultivation, processing of the cannabis plant and the production of its by-products, intended for medical and industrial purposes and their export according to the conditions and rules of this law and in implementation of the classification of the by-products of the cannabis plant, in accordance with the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, of 1961, as amended by the 1972 protocol, and the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971, ratified by laws No. 8722, dated 26.12.2000 "On the accession of the Republic of Albania to the "United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs…