Paulin Sterkaj

Albania MP Seeks End to Ban on Growing Hemp

Published by Balkan Insight on Thu, 04/21/2016 - 08:34

A government MP in Albania is preparing an amendment to the law code that will permit the cultivation of hemp, or so-called "industrial cannabis", in the country.

Villages in the Malesia e Madhe in northern Albania grew hemp for years for use in the textile and oil industries but stopped doing so in 2000 when Albania classified hemp as a narcotic.