NACOC warns illegal cannabis farms face sanctions

ANCO Gilbert explained that Ghana’s legal framework permitted cannabis cultivation strictly for medicinal and industrial purposes, as well as scientific research, and not for recreational use or smoking.

Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Ho, ANCO Gilbert said reports of cannabis cultivation in some parts of the country, including the Volta Region, constituted illegal activities under the current law.

Assistant Narcotics Control Officer (ANCO) Millicent Marfo, also a Narcotic Officer from the Education Unit of the Volta Regional Command, disclosed that the Commission had developed about 11 categories of licences covering activities such as cultivation, transportation, storage, processing and distribution, subject to applicants meeting specific requirements.