Growing Interest in Hemp and Medical Cannabis in Japan
Japan More and more voices are being raised in Japan, calling for an end to the zero-tolerance policy on cannabis. One political party wants to see the ban on research on the cannabis plant lifted, thereby legalising medicinal cannabis. Interest in industrial hemp applications has also been growing. Might we tentatively be able to speak of a cannabis comeback?
Japan has one of the world’s most stringent drugs laws. Being caught with a joint for the first time in your life can be enough to warrant a five-year custodial sentence. The New Renaissance Party (Shinto Kaikaku) wishes to see an end to this policy. “We are proposing lifting the ban on research [into cannabis] to see what the truth is,” Saya Takagi told Reuters. By legalising research into the cannabis plant, the New Renaissance Party hopes to champion the interests of a large group of Japanese patients who would be well...
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