THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has 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, today, 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.”
