Bhubaneswar, Aug 13: The Odisha government has now declared ‘Bhang’ as an intoxicant.
Henceforth, the Bhang, prepared from hemp leaves will be classified as an intoxicant as the Excise Department, Government of Odisha has issued a notification in this connection.
The notification read, Bhang, a soupy preparation from the leaves, or small stalks of the Indian hemp plant (Cannabis Sativa), which is widely used as a relaxant and smoked, chewed, eaten or infused and drunk is an intoxicant.
This has been done as Bhang has the potential of producing symptoms of grandiosity, excitement, hostility, disorientation, hallucinations and thought disorder like other intoxicants.
