Economic Importance of Cannabis Sativa

[Miles2006]

Regulating the supply only can’t stop people from abusing the use of Cannabis, when I read the topic first thing I thought about was Herb production etc. Cannabis is beneficial in terms of medicinal use no doubt, I’m surprised to an extend the economy can benefit from such production although not all country due to scarcity. At this point Marijuana is highly illegal in most countries meanwhile countries still generate their income from trading hemp and the funny thing is trying to indicate the purpose of using cannabis. Wondering why the government should legalize the use despite the record of abuse, definitely the demand is so beneficial to the economy I guess people will continue to abuse generally all over the world while people still find good in the production.

[348Judah]

Many are running their business smoothly under the pretense that they don't even exist, while on the real sense they are making their money in plating cannabis, i even appreciate the bold steps in some countries where the growth of this plant has been made legal, even in some states in US, they permits for the use of cannabis, but am still wondering on why it should be found illegal when alcohol and other toxic chemicals locally produce and taken are not banned or restricted.

[coupable]

Between that the state need to play a Major role in it production and usage, to avoid illegal use of the cannabis itself.

I doubt that any state can manage this sector perfectly without collateral damages. See the examples of any country producing Sativa, they are all fighting gangs who produce real Cannabis in paralel. You can't control what people plant in their own lands especially if they a get a licence to produce Sativa, they will think about it as the safest way to produce cannabis. Government can't count every leaf in every plant. This is almost impossible

[Ojima-ojo]

Between that the state need to play a Major role in it production and usage, to avoid illegal use of the cannabis itself.

I doubt that any state can manage this sector perfectly without collateral damages. See the examples of any country producing Sativa, they are all fighting gangs who produce real Cannabis in paralel. You can't control what people plant in their own lands especially if they a get a licence to produce Sativa, they will think about it as the safest way to produce cannabis. Government can't count every leaf in every plant. This is almost impossible

that is the reason we see that some countries avoid legalizing cannabis for whatever uses, despite it multiple importance role as raw material for medical and other material production, alot of times what the government is borderd about is not the revenue generation of cannabis but the abuse that will come from it processing just like you mentioned.


Over here cannabis abuse have been said to be responsible for several crimes, so the government treat it like every other drugs, so banned outrightly.

[coupable]

Between that the state need to play a Major role in it production and usage, to avoid illegal use of the cannabis itself.

I doubt that any state can manage this sector perfectly without collateral damages. See the examples of any country producing Sativa, they are all fighting gangs who produce real Cannabis in paralel. You can't control what people plant in their own lands especially if they a get a licence to produce Sativa, they will think about it as the safest way to produce cannabis. Government can't count every leaf in every plant. This is almost impossible

that is the reason we see that some countries avoid legalizing cannabis for whatever uses, despite it multiple importance role as raw material for medical and other material production, alot of times what the government is borderd about is not the revenue generation of cannabis but the abuse that will come from it processing just like you mentioned.


Over here cannabis abuse have been said to be responsible for several crimes, so the government treat it like every other drugs, so banned outrightly.

There is still a chance for few countries to produce Stiva in large scale for the needs of the whole world. Those countries are the ones with already high production of cannabis. I can mention Morroco, Lebanon, and Afghanistan where regions dedicated to this industry. The problem is Sativa isn't profitable as much as cannabis so no one is interested to work on it. This remains only one option os that the state itself who produce Sative under the controle of the national army or even ask the army forces to produce Sativa to finance its budgets. In Morroco it's not legal to produce cannabis but the government doesn't care as long as there are no related crimes and generate profits in international currencies (mainly dollar and euro). In Lebanon, armed missiles control this industry and the government can't do anything since they are armed. Afghanistan is another complicated story.

[Sticky Bomb]

Merely looking up Cannabis sativa shows clearly that it has application around a broader scope like textures, building materials, food and medicine. It was funny but yet inspiring seeing that some houses were built using hempcrete from cannabis. Now the question arises as to why countries like mine declare cannabis completely illegal  instead of regulating it's abuse because honestly cannabis doesn't look illegal here as people consume it very well and freely while bribing officials to evade arrest.

Thank you OP for this topic, I never knew cannabis was this useful.

[coupable]

Merely looking up Cannabis sativa shows clearly that it has application around a broader scope like textures, building materials, food and medicine. It was funny but yet inspiring seeing that some houses were built using hempcrete from cannabis. Now the question arises as to why countries like mine declare cannabis completely illegal  instead of regulating it's abuse because honestly cannabis doesn't look illegal here as people consume it very well and freely while bribing officials to evade arrest.

I guess you are talking about the condition in your country. Which country it is? Do locals grow cannabis? I understood that your government declred the sector completely illegal, so how the traffic is running? If you have borders with one of the countries producing cannabis, i assume its price is cheapper so the consumption can be that large.
Except for Europe, in every continent we find a country specialized in growing cannabis for drug industry. Just like Afghanistan in Asia and Morroco in Africe. While most of the exports go to Europe because of the quality of consumers.

[Ojima-ojo]

Merely looking up Cannabis sativa shows clearly that it has application around a broader scope like textures, building materials, food and medicine. It was funny but yet inspiring seeing that some houses were built using hempcrete from cannabis. Now the question arises as to why countries like mine declare cannabis completely illegal  instead of regulating it's abuse because honestly cannabis doesn't look illegal here as people consume it very well and freely while bribing officials to evade arrest.

I guess you are talking about the condition in your country. Which country it is? Do locals grow cannabis? I understood that your government declred the sector completely illegal, so how the traffic is running? If you have borders with one of the countries producing cannabis, i assume its price is cheapper so the consumption can be that large.
Except for Europe, in every continent we find a country specialized in growing cannabis for drug industry. Just like Afghanistan in Asia and Morroco in Africe. While most of the exports go to Europe because of the quality of consumers.

Regardless of what the approach the government is taking, declaring that sector as total illegal is somewhat not worth, and we should avoid taking such step as developing country, since by so doing we are denying the citizens of the right to quality products that could be generated from cannabis, and not as if if they ban it, that will solve the issues of illegals supply and usage.


You still fine alot of citizens from this countries that ban cannabis consuming and abusing the drug at large scale level, so what exactly is the government banning then?

[Dunamisx]

Between that the state need to play a Major role in it production and usage, to avoid illegal use of the cannabis itself.

I doubt that any state can manage this sector perfectly without collateral damages. See the examples of any country producing Sativa, they are all fighting gangs who produce real Cannabis in paralel. You can't control what people plant in their own lands especially if they a get a licence to produce Sativa, they will think about it as the safest way to produce cannabis. Government can't count every leaf in every plant. This is almost impossible

that is the reason we see that some countries avoid legalizing cannabis for whatever uses, despite it multiple importance role as raw material for medical and other material production, alot of times what the government is borderd about is not the revenue generation of cannabis but the abuse that will come from it processing just like you mentioned.

But despite all these regulations, ban and uses of cannabis, are the common men on the street not taking it, are the production industries not utilizing for manufacturing purposes, are government themselves not making cool money from the seizures of those selling it without their approval, things like this will always happened, because they know how it has been beneficial upon them to boost the economy underground.

Over here cannabis abuse have been said to be responsible for several crimes, so the government treat it like every other drugs, so banned outrightly.

What of alcohol, is it not intoxicating, they wouldn't have allowed for the people to sell and buy liquor as well, isn't alcohol used in the production of some drugs, are people not drinking to stupor, maybe they only want to be in control of how cannabis is being run, both the buying and selling and also restrict the poor from buying, while the rich are getting access to all these in large quantity because they can afford to.

[DeathAngel]

I’m not sure how important it is really for the economy. It brings in revenue from taxes but does it lose revenue for the economy too with weed smokers being lazy, taking sick days. Long term cannabis use can lead to psychosis so there’s a danger there. Overall I’m not sure how important cannabis is to the economy.

[Roseline492]

I doubt that any state can manage this sector perfectly without collateral damages. See the examples of any country producing Sativa, they are all fighting gangs who produce real Cannabis in paralel.

Since is going to become very common the management of it is going be less effective because so many would be using it for different things, is actually because of regulations some countries do not want it because they don't trust the compliance of the people they're ruling in terms conforming to the regulations they would give, so is actually what you had said about Sativa regarding how a place usually results if they allowed it because with gang stars reproducing it, it will from there and results another thing that would lead to more problem in the country, actually if not for the negativity in might cause it would have been a good thing since a lot of people consider it helpful in terms of herbs

[coupable]

Merely looking up Cannabis sativa shows clearly that it has application around a broader scope like textures, building materials, food and medicine. It was funny but yet inspiring seeing that some houses were built using hempcrete from cannabis. Now the question arises as to why countries like mine declare cannabis completely illegal  instead of regulating it's abuse because honestly cannabis doesn't look illegal here as people consume it very well and freely while bribing officials to evade arrest.

I guess you are talking about the condition in your country. Which country it is? Do locals grow cannabis? I understood that your government declred the sector completely illegal, so how the traffic is running? If you have borders with one of the countries producing cannabis, i assume its price is cheapper so the consumption can be that large.
Except for Europe, in every continent we find a country specialized in growing cannabis for drug industry. Just like Afghanistan in Asia and Morroco in Africe. While most of the exports go to Europe because of the quality of consumers.

Regardless of what the approach the government is taking, declaring that sector as total illegal is somewhat not worth, and we should avoid taking such step as developing country, since by so doing we are denying the citizens of the right to quality products that could be generated from cannabis, and not as if if they ban it, that will solve the issues of illegals supply and usage.


You still fine alot of citizens from this countries that ban cannabis consuming and abusing the drug at large scale level, so what exactly is the government banning then?

During the social discussions about legalizing producing cannabis for medical and industrial purposes, there a strong opposition formed by two major economic powers; alcohol production barons, and illegal drug production cartels.
For alcohol producers, legal regulation opens the door to legal competition for a substance that could partially replace alcohol consumption in certain contexts. As for Cartels traffic, it strikes the heart of the illegal drug trade, as the profit risk equation will turn against them in favor for a regulated economy.

[iBaba]

Between that the state need to play a Major role in it production and usage, to avoid illegal use of the cannabis itself.

I doubt that any state can manage this sector perfectly without collateral damages. See the examples of any country producing Sativa, they are all fighting gangs who produce real Cannabis in paralel. You can't control what people plant in their own lands especially if they a get a licence to produce Sativa, they will think about it as the safest way to produce cannabis. Government can't count every leaf in every plant. This is almost impossible

This was proposed in my own country at a point but it never got any good executive or legislative support because their arguments are closely related to what you just mentioned. Cannabis is said to have different economic importance eg. Because of its medicinal value which is used as pain relief, treatment for epilepsy and other cancer treatment supports, it's industrial use in textile, building material, ropes and other biofuels, it can immediately bring about a boost in the revenue generation and attract both local and foreign investor but when you look at the negative effects of it basef of what you already mentioned, my country is already suffering from issues of proper enforcement of public policies and regulations, the abuse of it as hard drugs will immediately increase significantly and the bad eggs in the government especially within the law enforcements agencies will take advantage of that to increase the cost of governance in the name of curbing its misuse. I think its wisdom for the government not have allowed the legalization of Cannabis in my country.

[Marykeller]

What someone really doesn't know is above them. The way governments and people portrayed cannabis sativa as a bad thing, you will avoid taking or even planting it in your environment as it is meant to be illegal, whereas it has economic importance to humans that we don't know apart from smoking it, to feel good.

Well, this is an eye-opener that cannabis sativa can be used for other purposes as our government and other industrial companies are the ones making millions out of it, while they fight those who smoke it, not letting us know the things we can achieve through it, if not making it a business to sell it to those who smoke it

[coupable]

Between that the state need to play a Major role in it production and usage, to avoid illegal use of the cannabis itself.

I doubt that any state can manage this sector perfectly without collateral damages. See the examples of any country producing Sativa, they are all fighting gangs who produce real Cannabis in paralel. You can't control what people plant in their own lands especially if they a get a licence to produce Sativa, they will think about it as the safest way to produce cannabis. Government can't count every leaf in every plant. This is almost impossible

This was proposed in my own country at a point but it never got any good executive or legislative support because their arguments are closely related to what you just mentioned. Cannabis is said to have different economic importance eg. Because of its medicinal value which is used as pain relief, treatment for epilepsy and other cancer treatment supports, it's industrial use in textile, building material, ropes and other biofuels, it can immediately bring about a boost in the revenue generation and attract both local and foreign investor but when you look at the negative effects of it basef of what you already mentioned, my country is already suffering from issues of proper enforcement of public policies and regulations, the abuse of it as hard drugs will immediately increase significantly and the bad eggs in the government especially within the law enforcements agencies will take advantage of that to increase the cost of governance in the name of curbing its misuse. I think its wisdom for the government not have allowed the legalization of Cannabis in my country.

I would call it a wise decision not to allow the production of cannabis ever for good reasons if the country is really drug free. But the dilemma is that cannabis is everywhere and even spreaded much more to be so popular in non productive countries and in countries without borders with productive countries. I invite you to see statistics about consumption percentage rate compared to total population in countries considered non productive like England or France, then compare it with the rate of consumption in countries like Afghanistan or Morroco.

The truth is that this case is subject to politics decisions and has nothing related to public health or ethics. Alcohol is more dangerous than cannabis but we don't have this social discussion about legalization because of the benefits from it as a giant industry.

[Dunamisx]

What someone really doesn't know is above them. The way governments and people portrayed cannabis sativa as a bad thing, you will avoid taking or even planting it in your environment as it is meant to be illegal, whereas it has economic importance to humans that we don't know apart from smoking it, to feel good.

The governments make it illegal to plant and to use, except in some few country whereby you can have the privilege of planting it, yet this same government are the ones that have been controlling the mobility of how it is been planted, sold and also distributed across some specific locations, which many don't even know.

Well, this is an eye-opener that cannabis sativa can be used for other purposes as our government and other industrial companies are the ones making millions out of it, while they fight those who smoke it, not letting us know the things we can achieve through it, if not making it a business to sell it to those who smoke it

If you check on the internet, you will discover that government and most of the big producing organizations have been using it in the production of many finished products we use in our homes, yet denying the poor form using them.

[coolcoinz]

It is not as economically relevant, even in the countries where it is completely legal.

Are you sure? When marijuana is making billions of dollars for people in the United States.

It's funny that you defend the plant using the negative word that the US government popularized to distance their Tax Act of 1937 from hemp, which it was actually aimed at.

So, back then hemp was really competing with cotton as it was cheaper and stronger. Most farmers would use this material and you can actually see it on some early 20th century photographs.
The cotton companies lobbied against the use of hemp, so they created this narrative that it's used as a drug and called it marijuana to emphasize a foreign origin (Mexican), while the real name that we should be using is cannabis. The act was later found to be unconstitutional.

[AmoreJaz]

What someone really doesn't know is above them. The way governments and people portrayed cannabis sativa as a bad thing, you will avoid taking or even planting it in your environment as it is meant to be illegal, whereas it has economic importance to humans that we don't know apart from smoking it, to feel good.

Well, this is an eye-opener that cannabis sativa can be used for other purposes as our government and other industrial companies are the ones making millions out of it, while they fight those who smoke it, not letting us know the things we can achieve through it, if not making it a business to sell it to those who smoke it

In this digital age, it would be easy to get info as anyone can just hit search over the net. So the ignorance is being lessened in today's generation. So for me, it is really not a question of ignorance anymore but more of laziness if you have no idea of something. Because it is quite easy to check and browse over the net and read whatever you need or want to explore. Every topic is basically available. So yes, it is only laziness if you have no idea of something. As long as you have the net, you can basically learn something new today. So if people are smart enough, they can easily access the net and educate themselves. It is not a secret knowledge anymore. And so the government can't contain such sources of info today. You can basically search anything today and enrich yourself with any info that you want.

[uneng]

If it wasn't for the smoking appeal, would be there so much fascination around Cannabis Sativa? Because it truly looks like all the propaganda around the different products you can make from this herb is just an excuse for people who smoke it to make their practice look clean and legit.

While in fact what happens is total cognitive degeneration along the years, meaning people who smoke this herb get dumber and more letargic the more they consume it. In no way it's benefical for the individual, society, neither for the economy.

Each person is free to take their own decisions, so nobody is going to prevent them from smoking. At same time, reality can't be denied. The consequences are there to be observed. It's just not possible to take someone who have been smoking for few decades or even some years and still claim they are a positive influence or role model for others.

[Mate2237]

Cannabis sativa has a lot of economic benefits one of which is the economic importance that it plays because cannabis plays a role in medicine because cannabis is used in the treatment of mental health cases because cannabis is an effective agent in the treatment of person's with persons with mental health challenges.


If regulated well with the right laws and enforcement this leave can serve alot of economic and health benefits to the public.