The Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN reportedly visited President Muhammadu Buhari to renew his usual calls for the legalisation of the farming of marijuana, which he said has a lot of economic and health values to the society.
The issue of legalizing Cannabis popularly known as marijuana has been lingering for a couple of years with emphasis on its advantages
Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the Cannabis plant used for medical or recreational purposes. The main psychoactive part of cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol, one of the 483 known compounds in the plant, including at least 65 other cannabinoids
Akeredolu who made the demand when he visited President Buhari at the presidential villa, Abuja said;
“It’s not because I take it; I take CBD, that’s the oil, for medical purposes.
I am convinced about the use to which we can put marijuana. I know of the fact because we had to bring in experts, who have gone round and believe that the strain of marijuana that we grow in Ogbese in Ondo State is the best in the world. .
So, if you have that then a government must find a way to put it into good use. Our own is that the pathway to growing marijuana for medical reasons, not for anybody to smoke.”