The Minister of the Interior, Alhaji Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has revealed that eight companies have filed to plant industrial cannabis in Ghana.
The Minister explained in front of Parliament’s Assurances Committee that only cannabis with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) level of 0.3% or less may be grown for industrial and therapeutic uses within the nation’s legal framework. He said that recreational use is still forbidden.
He emphasised that legalisation did not allow the plant to be cultivated carelessly.
The Minister clarified that in order to inform communities on the rules and risks associated with narcotic drug cultivation, the Ministry, in collaboration with the Narcotics Control Commission, conducted 2,170 sensitisation events and radio programs in 2025, reaching an estimated 500,000 individuals nationwide.
In order to improve drug education, student drug clubs were established in schools as part of the awareness campaign.
Alhaji Muntaka also said that the government intends to hire experts in drug intelligence for each of the 261 metropolitan, municipal, and district assemblies. The Narcotics Control Commission currently has offices in 66 MMDAs, and during the next five to seven years, it plans to expand nationally.
The Narcotics Control Commission (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 1100) and the Narcotics Control Commission Regulations, 2023 (L.I. 2475), which permit controlled cultivation of cannabis with THC ≤ 0.3% for industrial and medicinal purposes, subject to Commission licensing, serve as the foundation for Ghana’s cannabis policy.
Source: newsthemegh.com