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Laws and legal bridge for marijuana in Nigeria

Marijuana is illegal in Nigeria. If you get caught trafficking, purchasing, using and cultivating, there are reserved punishments for such acts. NIGERIAN INDIAN HEMP ACT
Marijuana prohibition causes more problems than it solves, and ruins thousands more lives than it supposedly tries to save. The NAIJA GANJA legal committee provides legal support and assistance to victims of the current marijuana laws, and also monitors developments in state and federal law, with hope to change them.

 

Benefits of hemp

Medical Use

Marijuana, or cannabis, as it is more appropriately called, has been part of
humanity's medicine chest for almost as long as history has been recorded.
Of all the negative consequences of marijuana prohibition, none is as tragic as the denial of medicinal cannabis to the tens of thousands of patients who could benefit from its therapeutic use.
Modern research suggests that cannabis is a valuable aid in the treatment of a wide range of clinical applications. These include pain relief -- particularly of neuropathic pain (pain from nerve damage) -- nausea, spasticity, glaucoma, and movement disorders. Marijuana is also a powerful appetite stimulant, specifically for patients suffering from HIV, the AIDS wasting syndrome, or dementia. Emerging research suggests that marijuana's medicinal properties may protect the body against some types of malignant tumors and are neuroprotective.
Currently, more than international health organizations support granting patients immediate legal access to medicinal marijuana under a physician's supervision.

Industrial Hemp

Various parts of the hemp plant can be utilized in the making of textiles, paper, paints, clothing, plastics, cosmetics, foodstuffs, insulation, animal feed and other products.
Hemp produces a much higher yield per acre than do common substitutes such as cotton and requires few pesticides. In addition, hemp has an average growing cycle of only 100 days and leaves the soil virtually weed-free for the next planting.
The hemp plant is currently harvested for commercial purposes in over 30 nations, including Canada, Japan and the European Union. Although it grows wild across much of America and presents no public health or safety threat, hemp is nevertheless routinely uprooted and destroyed by law enforcement. Each year, approximately 98% of all the marijuana eliminated by the DEA's is actually hemp, as can be seen on the NDLEA website.

Facts

Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in Nigeria (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by many Nigerians. According to surveys, 22% of Nigerians use marijuana regularly despite harsh laws against its use.

Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. By comparison, marijuana is nontoxic and cannot cause death by overdose.