Samajwadi Party MLA Atul Pradhan and hundreds of others from nearby districts and Haryana also tried to join the yatra, but were detained by the police at the Saharanpur border.
1. INTRODUCTION
The usage of cannabis, hemp or marijuana precedes official
records, and it is one of the oldest crops thought to have been
cultivated.
1 A complex plant with over 400 chemical
entities, it remains poorly understood to this day due to the
restrictions, legal and otherwise, imposed on it, making a
rational, scientific appraisal and acceptance of it by the general
public, difficult.
2
Hemp and hemp products have been a central theme in the
international drug control regime and have been controversial, to
say the least. A hemp plant, however, can be much more than just a
gateway drug, as is commonly misunderstood, and can have various