Cannabis Cultivation Permitted in Iran + Details

The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Director-General of the Headquarters for Combating Narcotics was the first to announce the authorization of regulated cultivation of industrial cannabis and Iranian poppy (Papaver bracteatum).

The General Director of Legal Affairs and Majlis Affairs of the Narcotics Control Headquarters announced for the first time that the regulated cultivation of industrial hemp and Iranian anemone (bracteatum) has been allowed.

According to Ambassador Arjan, Dr. Mohammad Tarhami, Director General of Legal Affairs and Affairs of the National Narcotics Headquarters, said about the notification of the instructions for the cultivation of industrial hemp: With the notification of the instructions for the supervision of the cultivation of industrial hemp under controlled conditions, the cultivation of this plant was declared permitted.

He added: In order to strengthen the resistance economy and take advantage of the benefits of industrial hemp cultivation, create indigenous and knowledge-based transformation industries, produce food inputs and resulting industrial artifacts, drug raw materials and create sustainable employment in this field, the instructions for monitoring the cultivation of industrial hemp have been announced for implementation.

Cultivation of cannabis without the intention of producing drugs and psychotropic substances is not a crime

Tarhami continued: Based on Article 28 of the Convention on Narcotic Drugs approved in 1961 and the Law of Accession of the Government of Iran approved in 1351 to the mentioned treaty, and since according to Article 2 of the Anti-Narcotics Law approved in 1367 with subsequent additions and amendments, cultivation of cannabis without the intention of producing narcotic drugs and psychoactive substances is not a crime, a regulation has been established to clarify and distinguish between industrial hemp and species that are mainly cultivated to harvest psychoactive substances.

Director General of Legal Affairs and Legislative Affairs of the Anti-Narcotics Headquarters said: Cannabis is one of the medicinal and industrial plants, which has a special place as a strategic product and creator of conversion industries in the economy based on agriculture and its related industries, and its net income in terms of agriculture and conversion industries, food and supplements, thick fibers and fabrics, construction materials, medicine and sanitary materials, is comparable to the income from mining and oil extraction.

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Details of industrial hemp cultivation instructions

He added: The Secretariat of the Anti-Narcotics Headquarters has issued instructions on the cultivation of industrial hemp by determining regulations, removing obstacles to production and intensifying monitoring and prevention of deviation.

Tarhami stated: In this instruction, farmers volunteering to grow certified cannabis seeds that contain less than 3 tenths of THC and the proportion of CBD is predominant, can cultivate industrial hemp by obtaining a license from the Provincial Agricultural Jihad Organization.

He continued: If it is necessary to grow cannabis with more than 3 tenths of THC for the production of medicinal substances, the conditions for cultivating anemones will be governed by the relevant regulations that were approved by the headquarters and notified by the president in the 151st meeting, and the steering and monitoring committee of the headquarters' secretariat will supervise this issue.

Tarhami also said about the cultivation of Iranian anemone (bracteatum): With the notification of the representative of the president and the secretary general of the general staff, the cultivation of Iranian anemone (bracteatum) was allowed under controlled conditions for the production of herbs and medicinal needs of the country.

He added: This type of anemone, which originates from Iran, is currently cultivated as a supplier of medicinal raw materials, especially Tabain, in countries such as Australia, and due to the need to extract the said alkaloid with an industrial process, the cultivation of this plant has no deviation and it is also considered as a poisonous plant.

The General Director of Legal Affairs and Majlis Affairs of the Narcotics Control Headquarters continued: The only missing link in its exploitation in the past years has been the fact that thebaine alkaloid is under control. Therefore, the pharmaceutical companies used the collection of this plant by local people from nature, and harvesting the aerial parts of this plant, while endangering the environment and the genetic species of this native Iranian plant, the amount of its fruit in the tabain material, could not be planned to meet the medicinal needs of the country.

Tarhami said: Since Tabain is the raw material for the production of many medicines, in order to prevent dependence on its import, foreign exchange from the country and strengthen the resistance economy and take advantage of the benefits of growing Iranian anemone plant (bracteatum), create indigenous and knowledge-based transformation industries, produce raw materials for medicine, protect the environment, comply with the principles of sustainable development, preserve the genetic resources of wild Iranian medicinal plants and create sustainable employment in this field, cultivate Iranian anemone plant (bracteatum) to prepare Tabain, according to the instructions Regarding the cultivation of Iranian anemones (bracteatum) notified by the representative of the president and the secretary general of the staff, it has been regulated and has been implemented.