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The State Government may permit, control and regulate all activities pertaining to poppy straw, cannabis excluding, charas and only possession, transport, sale, purchase, import and export of manufacturing drugs other than opium and coca leaves.
Powers of State Government
The State Government
may permit, control and regulate all activities pertaining to poppy straw,
cannabis excluding, charas and only possession, transport, sale, purchase,
import and export of manufacturing drugs other than opium and coca leaves. The
State Government is empowered to declare a place as warehouse for poppy straw,
define limits of license for cannabis, fix price to be paid for cultivation of
cannabis and impose other conditions of licence and permit. .
No external dealings
of NDPS are permitted. There are special provisions for coca plant and leaves
which do not contain alkaloid cocaine and used as a flavouring agent. Special
orders of State Government are required for cannabis cultivation for obtaining
fibres for industrial use or seeds for horticultural purpose.
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