The Ashanti Regional Director of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB), Francis Amoah, has identified Ashanti, Brong Ahafo and Volta regions as areas with high production of marijuana locally known as ‘wee’.
He observed that the cultivation of the illegal drug in these regions makes it easily accessible and stress-free in purchasing in those areas.
“Here in Ashanti region, we need to do everything possible to ensure that smoking of marijuana is curtailed. Ashanti region, Brong Ahafo and Volta region are places where ‘wee’ is grown on a large scale which makes it easy for young men and women to have access. Because the quantity of production here [Asanti region] is high, it is very cheap and makes it easy for people to buy and smoke,” he explained in an interview with AdehyeƐ FM and Kumasi FM’s Daniel Abugri.
Focusing on the Ashanti region, he said even though they are yet to come out with figures to indicate the number of cases they have recorded in connection with narcotic drugs, their intelligence shows that the consumption of illicit drugs particularly the marijuana which is highly patronised by the youth is on the increase and so the office of the Narcotics Control Board in conjunction with the police in the region is working diligently to get it eradicated.
“If we arrest you [for smoking] and prosecute, you will spend at least five years in jail. If we arrest you peddling marijuana, you will be imprisoned for at least 10 years.
“Illicit drugs destroy society and human health. There are several places in Ashanti region where we need to collaborate more with the police to ensure that smoking of marijuana is clamped down,” he added.
Mr Amoah indicated that information concerning areas where the ‘wee’ production takes place is scarce and urged the public to volunteer to offer leads to make the fight against illegal drugs successful.
He also bemoaned the staff strength of NACOB and admonished the recruitment of more qualified personnel to boost operations.
Source: classfmonline.com
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Think think think... This war against "WEED" will not help anyone. U will only end up jailing young and energetic youth nothing again, Ivory Coast did it in early 90's they failed by sentencing most of their brilliant science students. The only sensible way forward is to either soften and arrest or give it a blank eye. That's how it is in the whole wide world, arresting the young youth and put them in prison where u don't even have enough space is senseless. Ghana think.
how can you jail someone 5 years for smoking wee, no wonder our prisons are overcrowded,where are th psychiatric docs we need research .scientists in europe and america say its safe no overdose,health benefits etc. so y won't our people research or experiment so we know whether it's bad or not coz the white mans knowledge which we rely on has changed .
Arresting and prosecuting them will not solve the problem, neither will it stop people from cultivating them. What we need to do is to legalize it. Of course some people need it for their health. Let people go through medical screening to identify those who can use the them. From there, we can have Pharmacies that can sell to people who have license or ID cards from medical practitioners to buy. As a country, it also create job opportunities for the youth through large scale cultivation for export to other countries. Wee is used for many things and are also used in many products all around the world. For example, most medicines that you and I take from hospital contains wee. The more we tend to arrest the growers and smokers the more they grow and smoke secretly.