Chief Executive Officer of the Mental Health Authority, Dr. Akwasi Osei, has urged the relevant authorities to reject calls for the legalizing marijuana in Ghana, advising that it will lead to unprecedented levels of crimes in the country.
This comes after a lot of public figures in Ghana pushing for Marijuana to be legalized because of its monetary benefit which can help Ghana economically.
“We are reaping the consequence of our neglect, the consequences of our neglect for mental health and our entertaining the thoughts of legalizing cannabis. These are the consequences,”, he said in a recent interview.
He further added that, “so somebody takes marijuana even if he does not become frantic psychotic, these are the consequences, behavioural problems and disorders. And in deed, in countries where marijuana has been legalized they had begun to record high levels of crime, high levels aggression, these are the natural consequences.”
Source: ghgossip.com