No plans to legalise marijuana – Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

Budget-2020-2021

No plans to legalise marijuana – Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

By Vijay Narayan

Thursday 25/06/2020

Attorney General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum. [image: Fijian Govt]

Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says if you get into the space of legalising marijuana or Indian Hemp, the country could be blacklisted.

Sayed-Khaiyum was responding to a question posed by Nadi Chamber of Commerce President, Doctor Ram Raju during the National Budget consultation in Nadi on whether the government is planning to legalise marijuana.

The Minister for Economy says there are no plans to do that.

The 2020/2021 National Budget will be announced on July 17th.

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