Pakistan Senate Committee Unanimously Approves Cannabis Control And Regulatory Bill
The Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology on Monday unanimously passed The Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority Bill, 2024.
Senator Kamil Ali Agha chaired the meeting held at Parliament House. The committee detailed deliberations and passed the bill with amendments, including two members of the Senate, one of whom is a woman, as members of the Board of Governors of the authority, along with amendments to other clauses of the bill.
Dr. Syed Hussain Abidi, chairman of the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), stated that the bill aims to ensure public health by regulating the cultivation and production of marijuana and to generate revenue by utilizing the economic potential of the cannabis industry. He highlighted that the plant can be used for industrial and medicinal purposes and has an economic potential of $4 to $5 billion.
Senator Musadik Masood Malik asserted that cannabis use could be …