The Office of the Solicitor-General is still drafting the Medicinal Cannabis legislation, which was approved by Cabinet in December last year.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Communications Manoa Kamikamica told The Fiji Times yesterday that it should be tabled in Parliament in the “next couple of months”.
“We’re just waiting on the legislation,” Mr Kamikamica said.
“It’s currently in the Solicitor-General’s office.
“Hopefully, we can get it tabled in the next couple of months.
“It’s on track — a bit slow — it’s a resourcing issue with the Solicitor-General’s office, but trying to work together to get it done.”
Last year, the Cabinet also approved the Medicinal Cannabis Industry Feasibility Study Report, which was done with the support of the Australian Government and Market Development Facility, and PharmOut.
The feasibility study was for the Nutraceutical and Medicinal Cannabis Industries in Fiji.
Mr Kamikamica also confirmed the Government was still trying to sort out laws to address the glue sniffing issue among children in Fiji.
In May this year, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka confirmed that regulations banning the sale of glue to children are being drafted “and it would be passed into law as soon as these come before Cabinet”.
When asked yesterday, Mr Kamikamica said it’s quite urgent and needed to be looked into.
“We’re trying to sort out the issue around how to regulate it.
“I understand the former attorney-general was looking into it, so we’ll probably need to chase that one, because it’s quite urgent as well.”