The United Nations has approved the use of cannabis for medical purposes.
Harsheth Kaur Virk, the Project Officer of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime in Nigeria made this known in a one-day public hearing held by the Senate Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Health on the need to curb the pharmaceutical drug abuse among the Nigerian youth.
She urged that it be legalized only for medical purposes, and also advised that people addicted to drugs be treated as sick and rehabilitated, and not convicted.
