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Mozambique discusses regulated cannabis legalisation

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A national drugs conference in Maputo examined the regulated legalisation of cannabis production, sale and consumption in Mozambique. Its final declaration recognises medical and scientific uses, but does not yet set out a licensing system, reports Zitamar.

A national drugs conference organised in Maputo by the Attorney General’s Office of Mozambique examined the possibility of legalising the production, sale and regulated consumption of cannabis, according to Zitamar. Its final declaration recognises the plant’s medicinal and scientific uses, as well as its economic potential in other countries.

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