SPOTLIGHT - PAPUA NEW GUINEA’S DRIVE - TO LEGALISE THE PRODUCTION - OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP: ARE WE

Sanida hemp products resulted in the relaxation of the prohibition of the cultivation of hemp in some countries and its production T he production of industrial hemp has been legalised has continued to expand in the global market (Law Library of for medicinal, industrial and scientific purposes in Congress, 2022).some countries as a result of the increase in demand for its products (Law Library of. [...] Most of the people believed that the country does not have the Industrial hemp products capacity to regulate the production of hemp in the country. [...] In terms of whether PNG has the capacity to regulate the • South Africa legalised the production of hemp for production of industrial hemp, of all the interviewees, only 30 agricultural and industrial purposes in 2021. [...] If should not legalise the production of industrial hemp because the production of industrial hemp is legalised and not managed of the following: properly, hemp may be abused by some people and may result in an increase in the number of people that have mental-related • Inadequate capacity to regulate the production and problems. [...] The legalisation of the the capacity to manage it and that most people in the country production of industrial hemp, which is new to the are aware about the differences between industrial hemp and country will put more strain to the law enforcement marijuana.