Farmers in Ghana can only cultivate industrial cannabis – Interior Minister
Ghana’s legal framework for cannabis cultivation is guided by the Narcotics Control Commission (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Act 1100) and the Narcotics Control Commission Regulations, 2023 (L.
Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, the Minister of the Interior Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak, the Minister of the Interior, has clarified that although Ghana has legalised the cultivation of cannabis, popularly known as “weed,” only industrial cannabis with a tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content of 0.
He explained that the Ministry, in collaboration with the Narcotics Control Commission, in 2025 undertook 2,170 community sensitisation activities and radio programmes, reaching an estimated 500,000 people nationwide on the guidelines and dangers of narcotic drug cultivation.
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