By SILUMESI MALUMOIT is a shame that Zambia is still toying with the implementation of a billion dollar marijuana strategy when struggling countries like Zimbabwe are already making fortunes out of the commodity, Chikondi Foundation, president John Mambo has said.Bishop Mambo urged Government to follow the footsteps of Zimbabwe and actualise the cultivation of marijuana to generate revenue to revamp the dwindling economy.The clergyman said the economy was in a sorry situation, hence the need to implement ideas that would revive the economy.Bishop Mambo said if Zimbabwe could implement the cultivation of marijuana in a time, what would stop Zambia from doing that.The government of Zimbabwe will next year introduce a cannabis levy to tap into the envisaged boom in the production of the crop follow-ing the decision to legalise and commercialise its farming.Cannabis is used by leading pharmaceuticals the world over in the manufacturing of drugs and provides Zimbabwe with a potentially huge foreign […]
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