Industrial Hemp and Iranian Poppy Cultivation Authorized Under Controlled Conditions

The Director General for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs of the National Headquarters for Combating Narcotics announced that the cultivation of industrial hemp and Iranian poppy (Papaver bracteatum) has been regulated under controlled conditions for the first time under the 14th administration. He said the move aims to harness the economic and medicinal potential of these plants, secure raw materials for medicine, strengthen the resistance economy, and prevent diversion during cultivation and harvest, and will lead to self-sufficiency in industrial and pharmaceutical production.

The director general of legal affairs and affairs of the headquarters of the anti-narcotics headquarters announced the regulation of the cultivation of industrial hemp and Iranian anemone (bracteatum) for the first time in the 14th government under controlled conditions and said: this action was carried out with the aim of utilizing the economic and medicinal capacities of these plants, providing raw materials for medicine, strengthening the resistance economy and preventing deviations in their cultivation and harvesting, and it will lead to self-sufficiency in industrial and pharmaceutical production.