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JAMMU: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Jitendra Singh said on July 23 that Jammu is going to pioneer India’s first Cannabis Medicine Project.
‘Cannabis Research Project’ of CSIR-IIIM Jammu is a first of its kind in India initiated under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Private Public Partnership with a Canadian firm, has a great potential to put substance of abuse for the good of mankind especially for patients suffering from neuropathies, cancer and epilepsy.
Jitendra Singh said this during a visit to the Cannabis Cultivation Farm of CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine at Chatha near Jammu to get the first-hand information about the cultivation practices for Cannabis in the protected area of the institute and research work being carried out on this important plant.
