Zimbabwe legalises marijuana for medical and scientific use https://www.yahoo.com/news/zimbabwe-legalises-marijuana-medical-scientific-143459716.html Zimbabwe has become the second African country to legalize marijuana for medical and scientific purposes. Dr David Parirenyatwa, the country's health minister, said in a government notice that individuals and businesses would be able to apply for licences to cultivate cannabis for medicinal or scientific use. The five-year licences will clear also clear growers to possess, transport and sell fresh cannabis, cannabis oil, and dried product. Production and possession of marijuana, known as mbanje or dagga in southern Africa, was previously punishable by up to 12 years in jail. Recreational use will remain illegal. Applicants for the licenses must submit detailed plans of their proposed production site and yield, according to the government notice published in the Harare Herald on Saturday. Those previously convicted of drug offences will not be allowed to apply. The tiny state of Lesotho issued Africa's first license for medical marijuana production last year. A South African court last year ruled that private use of marijuana was legal, but the government appealed the ruling at the Constitutional Court. Zimbabwe has been debating legalization of medicinal cannabis production as the government seeks new revenue streams for its agricultural economy. Last year Obert Mpofu, the then investment minister, said a Canadian firm had applied to the government for a permit to produce the drug in planned special economic zones designed to lure foreign investors. Zimbabwe is already one of southern Africa's biggest tobacco producers, exporting much of its crop to China. Africa is second only to the Americas in terms of production and consumption of marijuana, according to the United Nations' 2017 World Drug Report.
I'm having a hard time seeing a zimbabwe dispensary handling all the cash selling $5 prerolls alone... ya^^old meme...but it was the first thing I thought of with that country...
Great but who cares. Not to be a dick. This would have been a big story if they had the balls to do this in the 90's. Now legalizing weed is old hat. Not that I'm not happy it happened. But I'm not going to high five them like they're going out on a limb.
dude, it means a lot for another country to legalize it, especially seeing it as someone from an illegal country. kind of gives hope and inspires people to fight for legalization in their country
I'm all for it. My old post sounds like crap. I just wish they would have done it a long time ago. I'm still watching people on cops get arrested for weed in the US.