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\"Marijuana\"<\/a>The Narcotics Control Board has expressed worry about the increasing rate of distribution and use of marijuana in Ghana.<\/p>\n

According to NACOB, Ghana is making international headlines for the use and production of marijuana and trafficking in the deadly methamphetamine<\/em> substance.<\/p>\n

Addressing the media in Accra on Tuesday, Executive Secretary of NACOB, Yaw Akrasi Sarpong said the situation has escalated to alarming proportions which, if not regulated immediately, could have serious consequences on the future of the youth in Ghana.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 It is more dangerous than cocaine and heroine,\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Mr Akrasi Sarpong said drugs such as cocaine and heroin were currently not as threatening to the country as marijuana.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarijuana continues to be the gravest challenge, prevalent usage, it cuts across all sectors society and every village in this country you have a pusher,\u2019\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n

He further stated that the of Indian Hemp in the saloons by women is a recognition that every home uses the marijuana substance. \u2018\u2019It is grown 24\/7 in homes, flower pots, roofs etc; Somehow, in the West African sub-region Ghana marijuana is a premium,\u2019\u2019 he noted.<\/p>\n

He revealed that there is a thriving market for the Ghanaian marijuana.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019Our major problem is Indian Hemp,\u2019\u2019 he stressed.<\/p>\n

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By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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