Tripura Health Minister Sudip Roy Barman on Friday said that cannabis can be used for the treatment of many ailments, including treatment of cancer. Advertising Speaking to reporters at the state secretariat here this evening, the health minister said that cannabis has several medical applications. “Cannabis is banned under a central act which bans certain substances, though it is a medicinal plant. It (cannabis) is used in different medicinal purposes including treatment of cancer. The central government has to take a call whether they exclude it from the list of banned things. Once it is out, many states can make it legalized”, the health minister said. He added that the central government holds the right to amend the national law that bans cultivation, sale or use of cannabis along with other narcotic substances. “If the central government amends the law, there is no harm in it. Many states can take it up then”, Roy Barman said.