Everything You Need to Know About Marijuana in India
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Most believe that marijuana the best drug on Earth. Marijuana, however, is actually Cannabis Sativa. Cannabis Sativa is originally a plant, the dry leaves of which are used in the processing of marijuana. Marijuana is also commonly known as ghanja, charas, and hash. People use leaves of the same plant in the making of our favourite Holi drink: bhang. The fact that marijuana in India is banned is not undisclosed to the world. However, the consumption still continues.
Here is everything one needs to know about marijuana in India in a nutshell:
WEED WAS ONCE LEGAL IN INDIA
Until 1985, the consumption of weed was legal in India. As a matter fact, many retail stores openly sold weed to the public. What a merry country it once was!
THE BRITISHERS TRIED BANNING IT INDIA
Indians were huge consumers of weed. The Britishers noticed the impact of this mind-alternating drug. They studied this issue in-depth. They even appointed a commission and asked them to look into the cultivation and trading of these drugs. However, back in the 1890s, the British couldn’t put a ban on this drug due to its affiliation with the Indian religions.
UNDER THE US PRESSURE, INDIA BANNED WEED
Under the pressure put by the US, Rajiv Gandhi had to put a ban on weed in India in 1985. He brought Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS: a law against such drugs) into force. What startles us Indians the most is the fact that consumption of weed is now legal in several states of the US, but still remains illegal in India.
LEGAL PLACES TO BUY WEED FROM
India has legalized the consumption of marijuana as long as it is in an edible form. All of these places will basically have edibles made out of bhang. Jaisalmer, Sector 15 Noida, Mathura, Pushkar, Varanasi and Mathura are some of the locations which sell legal marijuana in edible forms.
INDIA IS SECOND TO AFGHANISTAN
India is the second largest exporter of weed, after Afghanistan.
THE SACRED PLANT
Cannabis Sativa is mentioned in our Atharva Veda. According to it, cannabis is one of 5 sacred plants on Earth. In Atharva Veda, Cannabis is referred to as ‘guardian angel’. It a passage of seeking happiness. It liberates one and brings joy in life.
LORD SHIVA
Our Lord Shiva was a particular fan of weed. He was often seen smoking chillum or drinking bhang (both include weed.) This, he did, to seek solace and to escape from the worldly tensions.
INDIANS ALWAYS FIND A WAY ABOUT
The banning of weed didn’t put an end to its consumption. Hills of Himachal Pradesh like Kasol and Mcleodganj are hotspots of weed. In fact, in Himachal, more than 60,000 kg of weed is produced, of which only 1% has been caught. Indians also consume weed in different forms.
Bhang Ladoos 
Bhang 
Weed Brownies
MARIJUANA BARELY KILLS
To die of consumption of marijuana, one must consume 680 kgs of weed within 15 minutes. Marijuana is also 144 times less dangeroua than alcohol and cigarette. In fact, beer and marijuana have hops from the same plant. Moreover, recent studies have found that cigarette has a 90% addiction rate. Marijuana stands comparatively less addictive.
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