Senate panel passes cannabis control bill amendments

Author: Agencies

The Senate Standing Committee on Science and Technology, unanimously passed the bill titled ‘The Cannabis Control and Regulatory Authority Bill, 2024’ during a meeting held on Monday.

The meeting, chaired by Senator Kamil Ali Agha, was held at parliament house. The Committee had detailed deliberations and passed the bill with amendments, including the inclusion of two members of the Senate, one of whom is a woman, as members of the Board of Governors of the authority, along with amendments to other clauses of the bill.

Chairman Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), Dr. Syed Hussain Abidi, stated that the bill aimed to ensure public health by regulating the cultivation and manufacturing of cannabis and to generate revenue by utilizing the economic potential of the cannabis industry. He highlighted that cannabis can be used for industrial and medicinal purposes and has an economic potential of 04 to 06 billion dollars.

Share
Leave a Comment

Recent Posts

  • International

Summit of Whose Future? Girls Have the Answers: Leaders Must Listen

NEW YORK, N.Y., SEPTEMBER 21, 2024 /CISION/ -- Today in New York City, more than…

20 hours ago
  • Cartoons

TODAY’S CARTOON

1 day ago
  • Editorial

PTI in Lahore

"Tsunami" or "PTI's funeral," the performance of yesterday's much-awaited power show in Lahore, which former…

1 day ago
  • Editorial

What Next?

After an extraordinary two-stage attack involving thousands of walkie-talkies and pagers--injuring thousands of people and…

1 day ago
  • Op-Ed

A Legal Balancing Act

Pakistan stands at the precipice of significant judicial reform, a move that has the potential…

1 day ago
  • Op-Ed

Who is Obstructing Justice?

A strong state is like a building, whose strength depends on three pillars: the legislature,…

1 day ago