{"id":767395,"date":"2019-12-18T11:03:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T11:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/18\/zambia-president-reiterates-smoking-cannabis-remains-a-crime\/"},"modified":"2019-12-18T11:03:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T11:03:50","slug":"zambia-president-reiterates-smoking-cannabis-remains-a-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/18\/zambia-president-reiterates-smoking-cannabis-remains-a-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia president reiterates smoking cannabis remains a crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dagga-brits2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-more-body\" data-reactid=\".8cn7kp9s1q.1.e.0.0.0.5.1\"><!--sse--><!-- C-ON- TEXT_CONTENT_START --><\/p>\n<p>Rustenburg &#8211; Smoking cannabis is still a crime in Zambia, despite the southern African country approving its use for economic and medicinal purposes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) reported that according to president Edgar Lungu, government had not legalised the plant for smoking.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Lungu warned Zambians that those found smoking cannabis would be arrested.<\/p>\n<p>He was expected to engage the ministry of health and various stakeholders to &#8220;sensitise&#8221; citizens on the reasons government decided to legalise cultivation of the plant for specific purposes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lungu&#8217;s cabinet approved the cultivation, processing and exporting of cannabis for economic and medicinal purposes at its special sitting on December 4.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".8cn7kp9s1q.0.1d\">!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {\n                        if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {\n                           n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                        if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                        n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                        t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                        fbq('init', '794201197427829');\n                        fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                           <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-reactid=\".8cn7kp9s1q.1.4\">(function(d, s, id) {\n                    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                    js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9\";\n                    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\" id=\"facebook-jssdk\" async=\"\" data-reactid=\".8cn7kp9s1q.1.u\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rustenburg &#8211; Smoking cannabis is still a crime in Zambia, despite the southern African country approving its use for economic and medicinal purposes.\u00a0 The Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) reported that according to president Edgar Lungu, government had not legalised the plant for smoking.\u00a0\u00a0 Lungu warned Zambians that those found smoking cannabis would be arrested. 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