No plans to legalise marijuana – Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum

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.

dr-raju

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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