Zambia’s Green Party, which advocates for legalising the cultivation of marijuana, is buoyed by swelling support globally. Leader of the party Peter Sinkamba is currently pursuing a judicial review of an earlier court decision to deny him a license to cultivate marijuana for medicinal uses. This is encouraged by the…
Zambia’s Green Party is lobbying maize farmers to help legalise the cultivation of marijuana. “This year’s poor maize price merely goes to show that it’s a poor man’s crop,” party President Peter Sinkamba said in an interview with Africanfarming.com. The Food Reserve Agency (FRA) is buying maize at K60/50kg, much…
The Zambian government has rejected an application by the opposition Green Party to cultivate marijuana for medicinal use. “It will be irresponsible for government to allow the cultivation of marijuana as the plant is harmful to humans, regardless of the means of consumption,” Health Minister Chitalu Sampa told parliament. Green…
The Zambia Medical Association (ZMA) has joined calls for the legalisation of the medical use of marijuana and the farming of the crop. This is a controversial position in a country where the majority of the citizens are Christian. ZMA President Dr Aaron Mujajati urged government and other stakeholders to…
