Mr. Kampyongo has told parliament in a ministerial statement that this is provided for under section 9 of the narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances act cap 96 of the law of Zambia.
He however, states that it is mandatory that one obtains requisite lawful authority to enable them cultivate cannabis for medicinal purposes, failure to which one commits an offence even if it is for medicinal purposes.
Mr. Kampyongo says the minister of health is the licensing authority for purposes of issuing licenses to persons who intend to cultivate cannabis for medicinal purposes.
He says any person who cultivates cannabis for medicinal purposes without obtaining the requisite license does so without lawful authority.
He adds that a license or authority granted by the minister will be subject to certain conditions including the payment of a fee in respect to the license as the minister deems fit.
Mr. Kampyongo points out that according to section 6 of the dangerous and drugs act cap 95 of the laws of Zambia, the minister may by regulation provide for controlling or restricting the production, possession, sell and distribution of drugs to which this part applies.
He adds that the minister may also provide for prohibiting and production, possession, sell or distribution of any drug to which this part applies except by any persons licensed or authorized by the minister.
At long last. It will be a good source of forex for the country. Its big business and its good that Zambians can begin to cash in as well.
Atiiiiii? Chapwa twawina. I will be cultivating for selling to the needy.
And I do hope plans are also underway to expand Chainama Hospital for Mental Health. In it’s current state it won’t be able accommodate more would be patients!
I submit my name for the position SG of GGAZ (Ganja Growers Association of Zambia), can’t challenge Peter Sinkamba the incumbent Chairman of GGAZ.
Am sparking mad doobies when I get there! Yeah man!
Thanks Minister. But how do we sale??
Just smoke it. The permit is not for selling but use as medication.
Power: I think it’s how do we justify massive commercial cultivation of Chamba as being for medicinal purposes? How do you control the work force? Serious analysis needs to be done for this to be a success. So Chishimba does not read as well.
Warning!
Warning! The Surgeon General warns
Cigarette smoking is dangerous, dangerous
Hazard to your health
Does that mean anything to you?
Then legalize marijuana, yeah
Right here in Jamaica
I’m say it cure glaucoma
I man a de Bush Doctor
So there’ll be
No more smokin’ and feelin’ tense
When I see them a come
I don’t have to jump no fence
Legalize marijuana
Down here in Jamaica
Only cure for asthma, yeah
I man a de Minister (of the Herb)
So there’ll be no more
Police brutality
No more disrespect
For humanity
Legalize marijuana
Down here in Jamaica
It can build up your failing economy
Eliminate the slavish mentality
There’ll be no more
Illegal humiliation
And no more police
Interrogation
Legalize marijuana
Down…
Peter Mackintosh
So legalize marijuana
Down here in ZAMBIA
It’s the only cure for glaucoma
I man a de Minister
Mr Peter Sinkamba – have you heard? Seek audience with Chitalu Chilufya immediately.
Hon. Mr. Steven Kampyongo from now on you are my friend!
P.S. Quickly accept my Facebook friend request to officially kick-off our friendship.
I like any move that gets away from criminalizing hemp.
A little sceptical about having to get a government license. However it is a step in the right direction.
Well done zambia.
Just make personal consumption legal instead of waiting for the west to do it first…..
Ibange. It was illegal to grow ibange and until the muzungu came to Zambia.
I meant it was legal
Just legalise it and stop this nonsense…I want to get a license as well solely for export purposes only to Holland. I will register with ZRA…
What if one grows it at the backyard of UTH?
UTH is not a licensing authority but the Minister
Really? Shut. Nice
Green Party
their president smokes dagga that is why he is always making silly decisions and then changing them again. Without effective legal systems and enforcment in place , this dull minister is inviting illegal cultivators to take the lead. The pf government has failed to manage the economy and now they think they can manage to regulate marijuana cultivation. Lungu needs to stop dobo. niwofunta lungu
Just legalise and don’t criticise it. It’s the only cure for local man.
How do DEC tell the difference
If the world smoked a joint for an hour, there will be world peace for an hour. Imagin alepo no fighting? We tired fi lik di herb INA bush. Jah jah see dema come…… Again a step further some grams for recreation in fact our soils produce high grade remember it’s jah given Genesis 1v 29 jah bless these words
To hell you mad pf thug
@at my zambia….how will it bring in forex when it is illegal to use in most of the world. The Honorable Minister says it is legal to GROW for medicinal purposes, but it is still illegal to use it..Am sure to use it you will have to have a prescription or be having treatment in an hospital….
Be careful it doesnt attract a criminal element that comes here to smuggle into other countries.
A lot of Western Countries have permitted medicinal marijuana.under strict supervision?
Well done Minister on clarifying the Governments pozition6
What do you think the Rastas have been smoking all these past years? what do you think that ganja party president has been smoking? and what do you think this Steven has been smoking when he oppresses the private media and the opposition?
I was smoking a joint on to of the roof just in case DEC dog’s are near they wherent able to get me .
Dagga is better than alcohol and this is true ,
You can mix daggga with antibiotics, antimalarial tabs no problem .other than taking antimalarial with booze
In the fourth paragraph the Minister is quoted as saying that by REGULATION he may…….. My question before everybody applies for a licence is , IS THERE A REGULATION in place permitting him to do so.
Apparently medicinal marijuana in the western world does not contain enough THC to get you HIGHER AND HIGHER.
Please just give a contract to mpezeni, he will supply ‘A’ grade Malawi gold from his Kingdom… No magwalala.
At last Mr Peter sinkamba’s idea has been adopted….pliz give us the address we want to apply,the farm is waiting,by the end of this rain season my plants ll move on a certain stage.
How come Linda(LAZ) didn’t know that this law exists? Poor reading culture is costing us a lot. Maybe Kampyongo smokes the stuff and that is how he developed interest to look for Section 9.
From today when smoking dagga we shall refer to it as S9.
kikikikikikikiiiiiiii..am high on section 9!
This is VICTORY for Sinkamba and Tafeni, these gentlemen at least read and understand things while impyongo na mafutu yanabo are kicking the ball in all the wrong directions.
Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo’s pronouncement that there is in fact a legal provision for cultivating cannabis in Zambia is a welcome clarification for those who have unsuccessfully sought approval for such cultivation in the past.
As scientific studies continue to provide volumes of evidence, the benefits of cannabis are becoming clearer to more and more people, both here in Zambia and worldwide. So too should our understanding and acceptance of the plant grow with the evidence.
However, there are some concerns shared by thousands of Zambians who call for the reform of our country’s colonial anti-cannabis laws. As much as Honorable Kampyongo’s clarification of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is appreciated, perhaps we should also look at the draconian…
… provisions within that law which are directly responsible for the terrible prison overcrowding in this country. Under the said law, cannabis offenses such as “trafficking” are non-bailable. This means that cannabis offenders are held in remand without bail, whereas those arrested for corruption or even defilement or violent assault can apply for and receive bail.
Under this provision, the Drug Enforcement Commission has caged as many as 15,000 non-violent drug offenders in the last three years alone, including elderly widows, family breadwinners, unemployed youths, and children as young as 11 years old. Clearly this has massively contributed to the shameful epidemic of prison overcrowding in Zambia.
As confirmed by the Zambian Correctional Service late last year, Zambia currently…
… has a record number of well over 20,000 prisoners against a capacity of just over 8000. This makes Zambia one of the worst nations on Earth for prison overcrowding.
DEC’s own statistics suggest that a major source of these prisoners is Zambia’s colonial-minded drug policy of caging poor and vulnerable citizens for non-violent drug offenses. This is unjust and unsustainable, not to mention unChristian.
… Like our President Edgar Lungu, Minister Kampyongo has a reputation of being a man of the people. With that in mind—and on behalf of the countless thousands of cannabis growers, user, and supporters, and the tens of thousands of victims of DEC’s unjust “war on cannabis”—NORML Zambia calls on the Honorable Minister to clarify whether or not the government will reform the law and allow non-violent cannabis offenders to receive bail and be home with their families rather than rotting in remand for growing or consuming a plant that has been grown and consumed in this country for hundreds of years.
Sincerely,
NORML Zambia