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Nigeria isn't ready to legalise marijuana: a scientist's view

By Sunday Olakunle Idowu, Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Pharmaceutical Profiling & Informatics), University of Ibadan

Nigeria has been debating whether to legalise marijuana. Its House of Representatives is set to discuss a bill to that effect. The Conversation Africa’s Wale Fatade asked Olakunle Idowu, a Professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, to explain the science behind the debate.

Is there any scientific basis for legalising marijuana?

The plant, Cannabis sativa, or Cannabis indica,…

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