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New York state legalizes recreational marijuana

New York state legalizes recreational marijuana

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation legalizing recreational marijuana on Wednesday, with a large chunk of tax revenues from sales set to go to minority communities. New York joins 14 other US states and the District of Columbia in permitting cannabis after lawmakers in both state chambers, where Cuomo’s Democratic Party holds strong majorities, […]
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Drake ventures into Marijuana business

Drake ventures into Marijuana business

Popular Canadian rapper, Drake has signed up with his country’s biggest cannabis producers to launch a fully-licensed joint venture to produce and distribute marijuana. The move is also to promote ‘More Life Growth Company’, his new firm, which appears to be named after his 2017 project ‘More Life’. On Tuesday, the singer took to his […]

How MTN uses music to fight substance abuse using David Jones David

How MTN uses music to fight substance abuse using David Jones David

Nonso Ikoku (real name withheld) was an undergraduate. He had friends who did music. Sometime in April 2019, while on holiday, Nonso joined them for a concert. Before they got upstage, one of them gave him a wrap of Indian hemp laced with another narcotic substance. Nonso is not your typical partygoer. Usually shy around […]

The politics of marijuana in Nigeria

The politics of marijuana in Nigeria

The inspiration for this piece comes from the CNN Julie Chatterley show, aired between 2 pm and 3 pm on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. It was titled, “Politics of cannabis”. They discussed whether states should be free to decide on the question of legalisation of cannabis or not. As at the last count, 30 states in the United States of America, have given their approval for the use of marijuana. Some countries in Europe such as The Netherlands had done so in the past.