What is special about Mallana Cream, Himachal’s unique cannabis product?
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10th Dec, 2020
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The Narcotics Control Bureau has seized the contraband ‘Malana Cream’.
Context
- The Narcotics Control Bureau has seized the contraband ‘Malana Cream’.
What is Malana Cream?
- It is the charas or hash or hashish which comes from the Malana Valley in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh.
- Charas, called bhang in Himachal, is the resin obtained from a species or strain of the cannabis plant, which grows naturally in the valley and is also cultivated illegally.
- The valley has a single village, Malana, and the hash resin produced there is generally more ‘creamy’, or clay-like, as compared to that produced in other parts of the state.
How it is unique?
- The cannabis plant has several chemical compounds called cannabinoids, among which tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is the primary psychoactive constituent which produces the high sensation.
- Strains of the plant with low levels of THC are used for industrial and non-drug purposes such as making ropes, paper, textiles, etc.
- Plants with a high level of another cannabinoid called CBD (cannabidiol) are used for medicinal purposes.