The State government is exploring the possibility of using it for medicine. Cannabis legalised for medicinal and industrial use may give Manipur’s start-up dream a high.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government, headed by Chief Minister Nongthom-bam Biren Singh, has been hard-selling its ‘Start-up Manipur’ campaign since August 2018. Round two of the campaign began on September 20.
On Sunday, Mr. Singh told The Hindu from Imphal that his government was planning to legalise cannabis to enable units of companies using it as an ingredient for medicines or for other industrial purposes to open.
Start-ups would also be considered. “But such companies have to be capable,” he said.
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