Smoking and Narcotics: Ruling on Cultivating Plants Used for Narcotic Drugs

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Smoking and Narcotics: Ruling on Cultivating Plants Used for Narcotic Drugs

English:

Question #1395:

What is the ruling in the matter of growing those plants that produce narcotic drugs like opium, heroin, morphine, hashish, and cocaine?

Answer #1395:

There is no objection to doing so for the sake of considerable ḥalāl purposes like producing medicines and treatment.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Smoking and Narcotics